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Rangers get their 9th straight road win and take a 2-1 series lead.

What a sports night…
Boston Bruins win
Boston Celtics win
WS game on
MNF on (because it’s Monday) 😆
 
CarlyAnn said:
Rangers get their 9th straight road win and take a 2-1 series lead.

What a sports night…
Boston Bruins win
Boston Celtics win
WS game on
MNF on (because it’s Monday) 😆
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So many road wins this playoff, from all of the teams
 
Welp…my Dodgers didn’t all win, but I’m happy at least 3 former Dodgers did!

World Series Champion Andrew “Hean-dog” Heaney! 🐶🎉

2x World Series Champion Mad Max Scherzer! 🎉🎉

2x MVP and 2x World Series Champion COREY MOTHERFUCKING SEAGER!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
 
Kitty_so_frisky said:
Welp…my Dodgers didn’t all win, but I’m happy at least 3 former Dodgers did!

World Series Champion Andrew “Hean-dog” Heaney! 🐶🎉

2x World Series Champion Mad Max Scherzer! 🎉🎉

2x MVP and 2x World Series Champion COREY MOTHERFUCKING SEAGER!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
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I'm also really pleased for former Blue Jays great Marcus Semien.
Yes, I realize that he wasn't in Toronto for very long, but he was quite impactful in his time there.
Happy for him! Congratulations.
 
Kitty_so_frisky said:
I just read Semien played in all 179 Rangers games this year. Well-deserved!
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I actually had no idea! Thank you for sharing that cool stat. Very well-deserved.

I haven't followed Semien as closely since he went to Texas... back when they signed him and Seager.
Boy, did those moves ever pay off.

I'm actually quite pleased for Bruce Bochy too, if I'm being honest.
But I know that you're a Dodgers fan, and I'm absolutely not trying to start trouble... lol.
 
The Rangers were 11-0 in road games in the playoffs.

They were the first team to commit no errors in the playoffs since the ‘66 Orioles.

Bochy is the sixth manager to win four titles, joining Casey Stengel (seven), Joe McCarthy (seven), Connie Mack (five), Walter Alston (four) and Joe Torre (four).

The End
 
Hot stove picking up now.....

Yankees close to getting Juan Soto from San Diego.Kimbrel to the Orioles.
Braves pick up Kelenic from Seattle,probbaly slides into left field for Rosario.

But the big one everyone's waiting on is Ohtani....
 
Red Sox trade Verdugo to the Yankees for 3 minor league pitchers. Only the 8th trade between these two teams in the last 54 years. Boston has some young guys to replace Verdugo.
 
I am not a baseball fan...but maybe someone can explain how an irrelevant team can trade all that young talent for one person...and think that will make them relevant? Do people understand how much trade value the Padres received? The Padres won that trade. And the Yankees got one player that can hit.

I look at the Ohtani trade the same way. Amazing player. But is he worth the headaches he brings and the dollars that must be paid? No. Last I knew...baseball is a team sport.
 
The Yankees had a specific need in mind going into the offseason. Soto is the best hitting outfielder available and obviously they didn't give up anything they thought they would need to contend. They also never care about money. They pay the luxury tax and just live with it. Although they'll never admit it, the Yankees, Dodgers, Cubs, Red Sox and probably Giants will never have a revenue problem. People go to the games and buy merch and drink $20 beers no matter who walks onto the field. Look at a team like KC or Florida and it's totally different. They only sell tickets when they're competitive. They only sell jerseys of stars. There are certain teams that can just buy whatever they want and that's why the Yankees got Soto and the Padres got prospects.

Ohtani is a different one though. I think teams view him as much as a revenue generator as part of the team. Whatever team that gets Ohtani is going to sell tickets to people who just want to see him play. I have a feeling they have number crunchers that can probably tell you how much revenue he will bring in for the team and what the appropriate price tag is. The teams above could pay for him. I'm surprised by teams like the Angels or Jays being in the mix. They're really putting all their eggs in the Ohtani basket. Baseball is truly a team sport, you cannot win with one player (or two if you consider that the Angels have had Mike Trout the whole time too).
 
I just wonder how Stanton and especially Judge feel about this trade. Bringing in Soto seems like they don't think that their bats are good enough. Judge and Soto both are right fielders. Then where do you put Verdugo.
 
While the Yankees are likely to inquire with Soto’s representatives at the Boras Corporation about a possible long-term extension, it is widely expected he’s strictly a one-year rental.

Big trade for only one year?This same guy did turn down a 440 million dollar contract though...
 
Dribble said:
I am not a baseball fan...but maybe someone can explain how an irrelevant team can trade all that young talent for one person...and think that will make them relevant? Do people understand how much trade value the Padres received? The Padres won that trade. And the Yankees got one player that can hit.

I look at the Ohtani trade the same way. Amazing player. But is he worth the headaches he brings and the dollars that must be paid? No. Last I knew...baseball is a team sport.
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Lots of good questions. I'll go ahead and answer a few. You may not have been looking for answers this in-depth, but I love talking about this game and you gave me a reason to do so (thank you).

irrelevant team can trade all that young talent for one person
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The Yankees—even when bad—are never irrelevant. Folks around the world wear their hat who have never even seen a game. They almost never have years when they tank or do poorly on purpose. The roster has lots of high-caliber players, but a lot of those players are dealing with injuries and a few are just getting older and in the declining years of their contracts. I say all this as someone who passionately dislikes the Yankees.

Juan Soto is a proven defensive and offensive player. He is smart, he is a known star (butts in seats), and he is only twenty-six years old. He is an outfielder—something the Yankees desperately need—and he bats from the left side, another big need of the Yankees.

Juan Soto is also a "rental player", meaning he only has one year left on his contract before he is a free agent and able to sign a new contract with whichever team he chooses—which may or may not be the Yankees. The Yankees traded away mostly prospects—no guarantee that any of them because as productive as Juan Soto.

Basically, the Yankees sold the Padres four scratch-off lottery tickets for a known value. Only time will tell who "won" the trade.

I look at the Ohtani trade the same way. Amazing player. But is he worth the headaches he brings and the dollars that must be paid?
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Based on his calculated value as a pitcher, Ohtani's contract should be something like seven years and 300 million; based on his calculated value as a hitter something like seven years 325 million. Ohtani does both. He hits for power and throws 100MPH. Extremely valuable to an organization both as a player and, cynically, as a marketing tool. The Angels have made the playoffs once in the last decade, but their logo was everywhere because of Ohtani.


...wait, this is Literotica right? Hopefully someone finds all this nerdiness arousing.
 
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