Super Bowl LIII

Sounds a lot like what the Pirates are doing in Pitt. I know it seems like the players are acting entitled but more than half the teams in MLB are over 50 million below the luxury tax and almost a dozen are 100 million below. Miserly owners plus entitled players equals a mess that could result in another lock out. Our national team gets spanked on the reg by Asian and Latino countries. The national past time is in danger of becoming fringe except in big markets within a decade.

 

I think the driving factor behind the lag in the free agency market is driven by the fact that a lot of superstars in the last decade were being signed to 10 year, $200 million dorrar contracts and only performing for half of it. After 5 years, most of these players haven't been living up to the terms and teams have had a horrible time unloading the players and/or the contracts.

Collusion? Maybe. But more likely, it's just smart business sense to correct the market.

I think the other factor driving miserly attitudes has everything to do with that farking "Moneyball" movie. Beane had a couple good years using those stupid sabremetrics, throw in a handful of millennial front office geeks that swallowed that garbage and you've got a completely new brand of baseball thinking that a group of .230 hitters and 2-pitch pitchers with a lifetime ERA north of 5.00 will consistently win championships lol. But I digress.

But hey, the infield shift thing looks like it's here to stay, until hitters learn how to beat the shift regularly.

 

Exactly. I loved baseball in the 70's and 80's. In the 70's, Smaller market teams like the Pirates, Reds (Big Red Machine), Athletics, and Royals all had top teams. From 79 to 92 there was a different winner every year with the Dodgers and Twins being the only teams to win two in that time frame. The Yankees have always been the Yankees, except from 79 to 92. I don't hate the Yankees by any stretch, I like good baseball, but I think when it has become so slanted towards the big teams (Yanks, Sox, Cards,Cubs, Giants) it's not good for the overall health of the sport.

 

baseball during the steroids era was also a good time. bonds, mcguire n sosa all leading the HR list. it was a good time

 

Love it or hate it, most old school talent scouts are largely unemployed now.

 

As they should be. They never the less ruined enough lives.....

 

Ok I admit that this one took me a minute lol

 

And i'll admit..... this one took me a second to get. Then i died.

 

CR after SB

 

what a kook

 

Giselle had a shortboard

 

Man am I regretting not buying that Asian Day Spa groupon I saw last month

 

I had to look this up to find out if it was true lol.

Oh man

 

And supposedly they have live action video surveillance... ha