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- Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: League Polls
- Topic: Which Title Would you Want?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 1430
Re: Which Title Would you Want?
I can see where you’re coming from. When judging the competency of front offices I consider “lately” to be more than three years. St. Louis hasn’t come up but that’s been another model franchise in a small market. They struggled last year and might be in for another tough season but in my mind that...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:46 pm
- Forum: League Polls
- Topic: Which Title Would you Want?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 1430
Re: Which Title Would you Want?
I guess your words were "for awhile" so I suppose that's fair.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:36 pm
- Forum: League Polls
- Topic: Which Title Would you Want?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 1430
Re: Which Title Would you Want?
I'm not trying to rag on Cleveland. They are a great and storied franchise. They are doing fine. I think this started when you said Cleveland has been winning lately I responded with the fact that they have had losing seasons two of the last three years. I suppose you can argue with me, but to my mi...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:55 pm
- Forum: League Polls
- Topic: Which Title Would you Want?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 1430
Re: Which Title Would you Want?
Part of the beauty of baseball, though, is that it's the sport where then best team wins the least. So even behemoth clubs like the Dodgers and Yankees are still more likely to not win championships than they are to win one. It's not like the NBA where you can usually predict the playoff round befor...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:46 pm
- Forum: League Polls
- Topic: Which Title Would you Want?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 1430
Re: Which Title Would you Want?
The Yankees have not had a losing season since 1996. They won only 82 games last year, and everyone freaked out.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:43 pm
- Forum: League Polls
- Topic: Which Title Would you Want?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 1430
Re: Which Title Would you Want?
Yes, those are nice selective endpoints. The years before that were literally horrible. :) Cleveland has a pretty classic small market cycle over the last 15 years or so. Longer if you want to go back farther. They get really good for 3-4 years while their mega-kids are together, then white-knuckle ...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:31 pm
- Forum: Voting Chatter
- Topic: 2058, Hall of Fame Voting Chatter
- Replies: 24
- Views: 511
Re: 2058, Hall of Fame Voting Chatter
Danya needed four more votes. de'Medici edges up a little. Puckett falls a little. I expect they may fall as the next wave of old guy fills the list.
I think Flores and Rafael are done with eligibility.
I think Flores and Rafael are done with eligibility.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:57 pm
- Forum: League Polls
- Topic: Which Title Would you Want?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 1430
Re: Which Title Would you Want?
Hmmm ... discounting where they are very early in this season, Cleveland has had only one winning season in the last three.BaseClogger wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:53 pmGuardians have been winning for a while too. Reds are Orioles-lite. Tigers are Reds-lite.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:54 pm
- Forum: League Polls
- Topic: Which Title Would you Want?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 1430
Re: Which Title Would you Want?
Several good teams on that list. There is a lot of parity in baseball. Unfortunately the smaller spenders haven’t been able to get over the hump consistently in the playoffs but I think that’s just luck. The classic small market cycle has been comprised of focusing development resources on a set of...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:49 pm
- Forum: League Polls
- Topic: Which Title Would you Want?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 1430
Re: Which Title Would you Want?
The Brewers and particularly the Rays are small market teams that are surviving on baseball acumen and churning young players. That's really what Billy Beane was doing in the heyday of Oakland's competitive period. Everyone focuses on Moneyball and OBP, which was good, but he also worked in a world ...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:43 pm
- Forum: League Polls
- Topic: Which Title Would you Want?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 1430
Re: Which Title Would you Want?
In context for large market team, choosing not to spend means not getting close to the luxury tax line. The Cubs spent on several players and won a world series. That's pretty successful to me. Things happen, though. Rather than spend to re-up Rizzo, Bryant, and Baez (like fans wanted), they traded ...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: Brooklyn Robins
- Topic: Brooklyn State of Mind: Robins Team Statement On Free Agency Processing Issues (2059.1)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 119
Re: Brooklyn State of Mind: Robins Team Statement On Free Agency Processing Issues (2059.1)
Someone crossed the time streams.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:05 am
- Forum: New Applicants
- Topic: Application from Boyd Flanagan - New Applicant
- Replies: 17
- Views: 315
Re: Application from Boyd Flanagan - New Applicant
Welcome! Write away! I did that, too.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:04 am
- Forum: League Polls
- Topic: New Nickname for the Edmonton AA Team
- Replies: 16
- Views: 431
Re: New Nickname for the Edmonton AA Team
I changed my vote.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:03 am
- Forum: League Polls
- Topic: Which Title Would you Want?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 1430
Re: Which Title Would you Want?
The Cubs won a world series, then chose not to spend, and tore down to go youth and are again competing.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:13 am
- Forum: Buenos Aires Brisas
- Topic: Light wind - 2059.1 - Frosty reception
- Replies: 6
- Views: 173
Re: Light wind - 2059.1 - Frosty reception
Welcome back.
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:04 pm
- Forum: League Announcements
- Topic: 2059 BBA Compensation List
- Replies: 39
- Views: 834
Re: 2059 BBA Compensation List
Those guys did not meet the level this year, though, so don't qualify as a level B.
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: League Announcements
- Topic: 2059 BBA Compensation List
- Replies: 39
- Views: 834
Re: 2059 BBA Compensation List
Yeah...I think James is working on it again.
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: Edmonton Jackrabbits
- Topic: THE FAIRLY FICTIONAL ANNALS OF A BBA GM Part 5
- Replies: 4
- Views: 202
Re: THE FAIRLY FICTIONAL ANNALS OF A BBA GM Part 5
Total 2059 Caleca.
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: League Announcements
- Topic: 2059 BBA Compensation List
- Replies: 39
- Views: 834
Re: 2059 BBA Compensation List
Lots of Second Rounders....interesting to see who get signed. POS Name TM LG Lev COMP 1B Ernest McBride BRK BBA MLB Type A SP Ollie Lowry BRK BBA MLB Type A CF Pedro Rosales POR BBA MLB Type A 3B Luis Mendoza OMA BBA MLB Type A RF José Romero MAD BBA MLB Type A 1B Bastião Fardos BOI BBA MLB Type B 1...