MLB 2021 season: Corn-Driven Humidity

[Spider]

Back in the old days when the Astro's were in the National League they always had trouble with Atlanta. LOL

 

[Caretaker]

Well, there goes any interest I had in the World Series. Two teams that I absolutely cannot stand.

 

[Worf factor9]

Well, there goes any interest I had in the World Series. Two teams that I absolutely cannot stand.

Ain't life and baseball a bitch?

One wrong bounce and ... , but look at it this way Spring training is only a coupla' months away.

"Get 'em next year, unless we are rebuilding."

 

[1001001]

Go Braves.

(I usually root for the AL team, but when it comes to the Houston Cheaters, I make an exception).

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Seed six teams by record by league.

So what would the game structure be, then?

At first I thought you said five teams, which would make sense, as they could have the same setup they do now. But how would SIX teams work?

 

[BillJ]

So what would the game structure be, then?

At first I thought you said five teams, which would make sense, as they could have the same setup they do now. But how would SIX teams work?

Top two teams would have a bye. Like the NFL used to do.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Padres looking for a new manager in...Ozzie Guillen?!?

 

[BillJ]

Padres looking for a new manager in...Ozzie Guillen?!?

He was a good manager once upon a time. Not seeing a reason not to allow him to manage again since he is already part of the White Sox Spanish language broadcasts.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Charlie Morton (Braves) is out for the rest of the WS...right fibia fracture

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Yeah, that really fucking sucks. The Braves need him to win this World Series. At least they've gotten a strong start in the first game and finish it out on top.

 

[1001001]

How bizarre was that!?

 

[Jedi_Master]

Go Braves.

(I usually root for the AL team, but when it comes to the Houston Cheaters, I make an exception).

That's my mindset. I have no warm feelings for the Braves, but I will never cheer for the Trash Cans.

 

[Aragorn]

And in not-surprising-at-all news, the Cleveland Guardians roller derby team is suing the Cleveland Indians for trying to take their name.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

And in not-surprising-at-all news, the Cleveland Guardians roller derby team is suing the Cleveland Indians for trying to take their name.

It took a while.

A roller derby team that has called itself the Cleveland Guardians since 2013 sued the city's Major League Baseball team in federal court in Cleveland on Wednesday alleging that the name switch from Indians to Guardians infringes on its trademark.

"A Major League club cannot simply take a smaller team's name and use it for itself," the lawsuit said. "There cannot be two 'Cleveland Guardians' teams in Cleveland, and, to be blunt, Plaintiff was here first."

Go go go

and they knew what they were doing too...

In April, the baseball team filed a trademark application for the Guardians name in the East African island nation of Mauritius, "effectively hiding the application unless one knew where to look," the lawsuit said.

 

[BillJ]

Doesn't seem like anyone wants to be the Mets GM.

 

[BillJ]

In April, the baseball team filed a trademark application for the Guardians name in the East African island nation of Mauritius, "effectively hiding the application unless one knew where to look," the lawsuit said.

This confuses me on how it helps the Indians case? Surely if it went to court they would have to provide the documentation that they filed for the Guardians name. Mauritius may have accepted it, but surely the US trademark claimed by the roller derby team would supersede the Indians claim?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I can certainly understand why the (roller-derby) Guardians might be a bit upset that the Indians took their name, but given that there have already been multiple teams in different sports with the same name - for example, there were once both baseball AND football teams called "New York Giants" and "St. Louis Cardinals" (and in both cases, the teams had absolutely nothing to do with each other except for the name) - why is it a legal problem THIS time?

 

[BillJ]

I can certainly understand why the (roller-derby) Guardians might be a bit upset that the Indians took their name, but given that there have already been multiple teams in different sports with the same name - for example, there were once both baseball AND football teams called "New York Giants" and "St. Louis Cardinals" (and in both cases, the teams had absolutely nothing to do with each other except for the name) - why is it a legal problem THIS time?

Because one team already has the trademark and doesn't want to share, likely without being compensated for having their name taken. Every decision has a financial component to it now, unlike back in the mid-20th century.

As far as the Cardinals go, they were the Cardinals well before moving to St. Louis. The name originated when they were in Chicago.

 

[Worf factor9]

And in not-surprising-at-all news, the Cleveland Guardians roller derby team is suing the Cleveland Indians for trying to take their name.

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[Ar-Pharazon]

Baseball Cardinals were formed in 1892, the football Cardinals formed in 1898.

Giants baseball team was formed in 1883, the football Giants (technically the "New York Football Giants") were formed in 1925.

Possibly before they did ™'s for pro sports teams?

Giants - In 1925, Tim Mara purchased New York's first professional football team for a reported $500. Owner Tim Mara “borrowed” the Giants name from the city's Major League Baseball team of the same name. Mara decided on Giants because his team would play at the Polo Grounds, the home of baseball's New York Giants.