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Should Ryan Braun's MVP award be taken away?
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/brewers...220004864.html
No
How many games is A Rod going to be suspended for? lol
Probably the same amount
- Alex Rodriguez could get lifetime ban
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/7/2...ban-biogenesis
Remember when the Marlins walked off on those scrubs in the World Series? ClassicQuote:
Originally Posted by CharlesJones
- Phillies fire their most successful coach in team history
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-bi...175928622.html
- Brian Wilson offered $1 million to shave beard
http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/...4a3cb15_01.jpg
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-bi...202911293.html
- Here's One Man's Thank You Note To Miami Marlins Owner Jeffrey Loria
There's a buzz in Marlins Park, but I'm pretty sure it's the air conditioning. After all, how much noise can a few thousand people make in a stadium built for 36,000? Factor in that one-third to one-half of the crowd is rooting for the opposing team, and at least one-quarter of the crowd is completely indifferent to anything happening on the field, and you have at most 800 or 900 people who are actually paying attention to the action on the field.
In short, it's a typical Marlins home game.
But don't misunderstand. I have no interest in writing another account of how the duplicitous Marlins ownership has antagonized, angered and alienated an entire fan base and city -- quite the contrary. I'm actually writing this to thank the ownership. Confused? Let me clarify.
If I were from Miami or South Florida, I would loathe Jeffrey Loria, David Samson and their minions. I would rail for hours about how they ripped off taxpayers and stubbornly put their new stadium in an inconvenient, practically inaccessible location from millions of Marlins fans. I would go on and on about how even if you decide to venture the hour or two down to the stadium from parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties, there is absolutely nothing to do near the site. And that's before I would work myself into a rage about how they signed a crop of new stars, redesigned the uniforms, sold the merchandise, then traded the players, leaving my children with barely worn Hanley Ramirez and Jose Reyes jerseys.
But again, that's not why I'm writing this. I'm writing because as a baseball fan in general and a Red Sox fan in particular, none of the above really bothers me. In fact, because of the above complaints, which I hear endlessly from my friends who are would-be Marlins fans or ex-Marlins fans (there are very few actual, bona fide, current Marlins fans), I have benefitted. As the potential home town fans have stayed away from Marlins Park, demand for tickets is nonexistent and has created, in my opinion, the best bargain in the majors to watch baseball at dirt cheap prices.
Not only that, when you combine the sheer number of empty seats and a decent amount of apathy by the stadium ushers, you can use your lower bowl seat to move around the stadium almost at will. Feel like watching the first few innings along the third baseline? No problem. Want to move to the first base side to get a better look at a Giancarlo Stanton at-bat after the 4th inning, go for it. Nobody cares. It's excellent.
Over the last few years I have seen the biggest stars in baseball, live, from box seats, for about the same price as an IMAX movie. Hell, my father and I had an entire lower–level section to ourselves when the Red Sox were in town last year. This year I've seen half of the National League All-Star team from just a few rows off the field. I saw David Wright with some solid glove work. I saw Stephen Strasburg from both the left and right side of the plate.
On one particular evening when the Nationals were in town, a Friday night, no less, after watching the first few innings in our $17 seats along the third base line, then a few more behind first base, my friends and I made our way to the Budweiser outfield bar for a few innings, then decided to pay the $10 cover charge to get into the Clevelander, which is a bar/club built into the left field wall where they have rows of seats only separated from the actual outfield by a chain-link fence.
Since it was a Marlins game, these seats were completely empty, so we took up the whole row, practically sitting on the warning track, about 20 feet from Bryce Harper. If you're keeping tabs at home, that's a grand total of $27 worth of tickets for seats about 15 rows back behind third base, another few innings at seats maybe 20 rows behind first base, a few innings sitting in deep left, and the last few sharing the outfield with one of baseball's brightest young stars.
I did a little StubHub research to give you an idea of what an amazing bargain this actually is. The same seats we had behind the third base line that we got for $17 at Marlins Park would be $304 at Yankee Stadium. The first base side seats, which were a little farther away, would be $184. The left field seats would be $84. And since the Audi club is the closest thing comparable to The Clevelander at Yankee Stadium (but with far worse seats), we'll use that as a comparison. Tickets for the Audi club run about $400. The grand total: $972 ... versus $27 at Marlins Park.
By my math, that makes the Marlins Park experience about a 36 times better value than the most expensive venue in baseball to watch the exact same players. And just for arguments sake, let's say the ticket prices at Busch Stadium or Dodger Stadium or AT&T Park or any other non-New York/Boston/Philly stadium are half as much, you'd still be spending $400 at that park to watch the same players for under $30 at Marlins Park.
All of this is to say that while I completely understand the bile and venom Marlins fans have for their clueless, careless ownership, selfishly, I just wanted to say thank you, Jeffrey Loria. I'll probably never know what it's like to own my own ballpark, but I appreciate you allowing me to have the run of yours on game nights for about the cost of three beers at CitiField. Keep up the great work.
http://www.thepostgame.com/features/...-seats-fan-rip
Of all the teams that will probably make the playoffs I think the Braves are in the most trouble along with the Dodgers.
Check Two sticky this thread; especially now since it's almost time for the post season!!!!
lol I unsticky a thread if it hasn't had any activity for a certain amount of time, like over a month for example. I'll sticky it again now.
Sewage floods A's stadium again
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BUtSgKhCIAE9GwF.jpg
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-bi...1826--mlb.html
So the playoff teams are set in the National League, but not what teams will play who as the Central divison is coming down to the wire. In the American League a few teams still have a chance of making the wild card, and is too coming down to the wire. Both races should be interesting.
The A's are the best in the american league.
Boston is.
I find it funny how the Dodgers got all this praise this season, yet record wise in the National League will probably have the worse record of all the playoff teams.
True, but in baseball especially lately it seems like the wild card teams have done well in the playoffs, so not always ones with the best records.
It's been like that for all the sports in recent years (besides basketball) were a team gets hot at the right time. I mean the Indians could be in the World Series this year for all we know.
How come people make a big deal out of the Name the Redskins, but not so much the Indians?
Is any player worth that kind of money?Quote:
The gap between second baseman Robinson Cano and the New York Yankees on a new contract is enormous, with sources telling ESPN's Buster Olney that the soon-to-be free agent is seeking approximately $305 million over 10 years.
People familiar with Cano's thinking have a sense that he will take the biggest offer he receives this winter, regardless of whether it comes from the Yankees or another team.
The $305 million represents the total value of Alex Rodriguez's record-setting deal if he achieves all of the built-in incentives.
Cano, the Yankees' best hitter and a five-time All-Star, told Wallace Matthews of ESPNNewYork.com on Wednesday that he won't rush into anything, meaning the Yankees probably won't be able to take advantage of the exclusive negotiating window a club has with its free agents, which expires six days after the end of the World Series.
"If we don't make it to the playoffs, I want to take my time, go on vacation and relax," Cano said. "Then I want to sit down with my family and decide what we gonna do."
Cano, 30, a career .309 hitter who has averaged 28 home runs and 102 RBIs over the past five seasons, is expected to attract the most lucrative contract ever given to a second baseman. Currently, Ian Kinsler of the Texas Rangers is the highest-paid second baseman, having signed a five-year, $75 million contract before this season. Also this season, the Boston Red Sox gave second baseman Dustin Pedroia an extension that makes his total package worth $110 million over eight years.
"I haven't decided anything yet," said Cano, who leads the Yankees with 27 homers, 106 RBIs and a .315 batting average. "But don't get me wrong. I love this team, you know?"
Cano acknowledged that Thursday night's home finale against the Tampa Bay Rays could be his final game at Yankee Stadium, at least as a member of the home team.
"Oh, yeah, who knows? Who knows what's going to happen," he said. "I'm just enjoying being here, and I'm going to enjoy the last day, being here with all these guys. Nobody said I'm leaving; nobody said I'm staying. I haven't decided anything yet. Let's see what happens after the World Series."
Wallace Matthews of ESPNNewYork.com contributed to this report.
Baseball fan killed during Giants/Dodgers game :
http://www.webpronews.com/dodgers-fa...-fight-2013-09
Who's going to win the wild card games and also pre wild card? They should have a best out of three at least, instead of a one and done wildcard.
Why?
They play a million games during the season lol So I don't like seeing it decided by just one game.
Because they already played a season....
Pirate fan jumps off Roberto Clemente Bridge to celebrate Pirates playoff win
The Reds made a big mistake firing Dusty Baker.
God damn Cleveland Indians couldn't score hahahahahahahahahahaha. Cleveland teams can't win the big games in the playoffs for shit LOL.
Check Twice when you were upset about the playoff game only being one game I just realized you were talking about the wild card playoff games being one game, and not the game to see who plays in the wild card games. lol. I do agree with you that one game is kind of stupid, but the thing about that is if they did make a best of three game series the teams waiting for the winner would become rusty, and too much time off can be a bad thing in sports like baseball, so maybe a one game wild card game is not bad, or maybe they should just not have a wild card round, and only have one wild card team make the playoffs.
The Indians are on the right track though.Quote:
Originally Posted by CharlesJones
So A-Rod is suing MLB.
It's going to be the Red Sox, and Pirates in the World Series.
I hope not
Who do you want to see play?
The red sox fans are really irritating
I hate the Cards, and Dodgers, but if I had to choose one to go to the World Series I choose the Dodgers.
I think cardinals are going to win the world series.
They might. They always seem to play good in the playoffs. Them not resigning Albert pujols was a really smart move.