MLB 2022 Season: Houston Warship: Go Phuck Yourselves

The Rays have time as their lease doesn’t run out until 2027. Is there even an inkling of a stadium deal in Las Vegas?

 

The A's have no stadium deal anywhere. Time is running out.

 

...which brings us back to my utter disdain for retaliatory beaning.

I hate it more than greedy owners.

That's saying a lot.

 

Uh...they're in St. Petersburg...

I admit, "Orlando Rays" has a nice ring to it. Sounds rather like Rage.

Oh well, at least that lameass deal to play half their games in Montréal appears to be off the table.

And if the A's bolt for Vegas, I will be laughing my ing ass off.

 

Yeah, it drives me absolutely nuts.

 

I guess I have more of a problem with Winker's tantrum than the HBP which led to it.

I mean, why flip the fans the bird? Wasn't their fault.

And speaking of fans, even I wish they'd cut it out with booing Jose Altuve at Yankee Stadium. Stick a fork in it, it's done.

 

I have a problem with all of it. Fans booing drives me insane but it's an energy in a crowd and people react to that. I mean, just need to see the Angels player throwing a box of sunflower seeds at...the grass?

Yeah, flipping the fans the bird was unsportsmanlike. And he apologized for it. So, he tried to own that part. But, in the moment, it's easy for it to all blur together.

 

Ahh...the good old days.

 

Oops, I left out the part about redeveloping the Tropicana Field site into a destination location. The plan for a new stadium in Ybor City might not be in the cards anymore.

 

Should put them out to sea on a barge, maybe they'll find a billion dollar stadium somewhere in the Pacific.

 

Baseball teams really can't just up and move like teams in other sports can, and the last football/baseball combo stadium is the one the A's are trying to escape from. The biggest minor league stadium is in Buffalo where the Blue Jays had to play during Covid and that only seats 16,000. Can baseball still be played at Olympic Stadium? I see the MLS team plays select games there.

 

Maybe just off Baja.



https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/great-pacific-garbage-patch

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/angels-mariners-disciplined-for-benches-clearing-incident

• Angels manager Phil Nevin has received a 10-game suspension for the intentional throwing by pitcher Andrew Wantz while warnings were in place.
• Mariners outfielder Jesse Winker has received a seven-game suspension for actions that caused the incident and for fighting.
• Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon has received a five-game suspension for his actions during the incident and for leaving the dugout while on the Injured List. His suspension will be served when he returns from the Injured List. In addition to the suspension, Rendon is prohibited from sitting on the bench for the Angels’ next seven games.
• Angels assistant pitching coach Dom Chiti has received a five-game suspension for his actions during the incident.
• Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford has received a five-game suspension for fighting.
• Angels pitcher Andrew Wantz has received a three-game suspension for his intentional throwing at Jesse Winker of the Mariners while warnings were in place. Wantz is not appealing and will begin serving his suspension tonight.
• Angels pitcher Ryan Tepera has received a three-game suspension for his actions.
• Angels pitcher Raisel Iglesias has received a two-game suspension for his actions.
• Mariners outfielder Julio Rodríguez has received a two-game suspension for his actions.
• Angels bench coach Ray Montgomery has received a two-game suspension for his actions.
• Angels Major League Interpreter Manny Del Campo has received a two-game suspension for his actions.
• Angels catching coach Bill Haselman has received a one-game suspension for his actions.

 

I don't usually track post-brawl suspensions but that does seem higher than usual. If so, maybe, just maybe people will finally fuck off with this shit.

Oh, who am I kidding?

 

...yeah...I knew it was a long shot...

 

Jesse Winker was justified in taking on the whole Angels bench.

 

And today's bench-clearing over an HBP is.... Boston at Toronto.

 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...lears-way-oakland-athletics-12b-ballpark-plan

"The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission voted 23-2 to reclassify a 56-acre terminal at the Port of Oakland as a mixed-use area where a new ballpark could be built. The vote is the first in a series of legal hurdles the team would have to overcome before it gets permission to break ground for the project."