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Deeg

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« Reply #22500 on: October 30, 2024, 10:48:33 am »
He shouldn’t take this abuse. He should delete his account and leave rather than do that.
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BearHit

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« Reply #22501 on: October 30, 2024, 11:37:38 am »
Wonder if Steve Bartman saw that...
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DUSTY

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« Reply #22502 on: October 30, 2024, 12:24:41 pm »
I said that because nobody has posted in 2 days.

I was just playing.

It was funny though.
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craig

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« Reply #22503 on: October 30, 2024, 12:36:14 pm »
I thought that play was really funny!  I think while the one guy was trying to rip the ball out, the adjacent guy was kind of pulling/lifting/holding onto Betts' other arm.  I kinda think he was trying to keep Betts from falling to give his friend more time to rip the ball out?  Or maybe just to support Betts so his glove-arm didn't get ripped out of it's socket. 
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DUSTY

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« Reply #22504 on: October 30, 2024, 12:41:36 pm »
So I'm not the only one who found it amusing.
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« Reply #22505 on: October 30, 2024, 02:14:52 pm »
Can’t tolerate a fan aggressively and intentionally making contact like that with a player.

Typically, it’s inadvertent but this was different. Fan was ejected and, at minimum, should be barred for rest of this Series.
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craig

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« Reply #22506 on: October 30, 2024, 02:26:42 pm »
Yeah, Dusty, I thought it was hilarious!!  Fans often go crazy for souvenir balls, but I've never seen one quite like this. 

Dusty, you'd have loved a Green Bay Packers game two weeks ago.  When a Packer scores TD, he runs and does "Lambeau Leap" up ~6ft wall; Packer fans help pull him up and celebrate together.  It's really fun.  (Especially if it's like a biggish TE who can't jump, and the fans are drying to drag this heavy guy up over the wall.). .So, a Houston Texan scores, heads towards the stands, amidst sea of Packers green/gold sees a Texans fan dressed in white, and tries the leap....  Except the Packer fan next seat will have none of it!  He pushes the receiver back, helmet, shoulders, no Lambeau leaping into our stands!  The Texans receivers loved it, he was just laughing and laughing as and after it happened.  Fun. 
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DUSTY

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« Reply #22507 on: October 30, 2024, 02:49:16 pm »
Good to see I'm not the only one with a sense of humor Craig.
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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #22508 on: October 30, 2024, 08:50:04 pm »
Unbelievably bad defense from the Yankees
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craig

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« Reply #22509 on: October 30, 2024, 10:57:58 pm »
Buehler!  Nice save.  Wow, fun series. 
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« Reply #22510 on: October 30, 2024, 11:11:51 pm »
Dodgers spend a lot of money on a lot of great players, and the Dodgers win the World Series.

But at least the Cubs always plan for "intelligent spending." And they have good "organizational positioning."
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« Reply #22511 on: October 31, 2024, 01:51:28 pm »
Organizationally positioning ourselves to continue missing the WC rather than taking the division running away like we should
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« Reply #22512 on: October 31, 2024, 02:41:46 pm »
What's really frustrating is that their "organizational positioning" has put them in a perfect spot to go all-in for Soto. They need a star badly. They have more money than almost every team. They have no long-term commitments other than Swanson (there are no other guarantees past 2026, and Imanaga is the only guy with an option year in 2027).  In contrast, the few teams that can outspend them already have a lot more long term commitments, which may limit the degree to which they can outspend the Cubs. And they have a deep farm system that should be able to replace guys like Happ and Hoerner as their contracts expire.

To me, the biggest advantage of maximizing "organizational positioning" is that the team can have the flexibility to make a game-changing move if the opportunity comes up without killing your team's flexibility in 3-5 years. If they're not going to take advantage of this "enviable" positioning by making a real run at Soto, what's the point?
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Deeg

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« Reply #22513 on: October 31, 2024, 04:27:45 pm »
Quote from: brjones on October 31, 2024, 02:41:46 pm
If they're not going to take advantage of this "enviable" positioning by making a real run at Soto, what's the point?

You said the quiet part out loud.
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« Reply #22514 on: October 31, 2024, 04:49:20 pm »
Fisher offers $1B for Vegas stadium; A's post night-heavy '25 plan

What a dick.
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