Good for Rolen, but fuck the BBWAA in general. I'm so tired of the pearl-clutching over '90s players.
MLB Offseason: All Rise for the Judge
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Good for Rolen, but fuck the BBWAA in general. I'm so tired of the pearl-clutching over '90s players.
I imagine there were a lot of spring training parks damaged by Hurricane Ian. What's the latest on that? The teams that were hit, all have alternate sites they can go to, I assume?
I know the Rays are going to have to train at the Trop because their training park was hit hard....
I know the Rays are going to have to train at the Trop because their training park was hit hard....
Dale Murphy!!!!!!!
The Padres trying to win upsets other owners
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/...ghlights-mlbs-biggest-problem-in-the-process/
How dare the Padres not cry poor and pocket the cash?
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/...ghlights-mlbs-biggest-problem-in-the-process/
How dare the Padres not cry poor and pocket the cash?
Whatever works I guess, but that's just a bit to much info there Derek. 
Not exactly like the "slump-busters" that Jim Bouton wrote about. 
Not exactly like the "slump-busters" that Jim Bouton wrote about.
There was a customer in my store today who had a Dodger cap on, but the logo was backwards. He didn't seem to know why (it was his son's hat). Any idea what this could be, other than a 
-up at the factory?
I told him he should hang onto the hat 'cos it could be worth some serious coin one day!
-up at the factory?I told him he should hang onto the hat 'cos it could be worth some serious coin one day!
There was a customer in my store today who had a Dodger cap on, but the logo was backwards. He didn't seem to know why (it was his son's hat). Any idea what this could be, other than a
I told him he should hang onto the hat 'cos it could be worth some serious coin one day!
New Era made upside-down hats in 2021 as a promotional gimmick.
This wasn’t upside down, it was side to side.
That or something they bought off of Etsy?
^ Hmmm. I thought they'd already retired it...
For the longest time, the Dodgers have had an unwritten policy that they only retire the numbers of players who are in the Hall of Fame. I think Jim Gilliam is the only exception.
^ They also retired Walter Alston's number before he was elected.
His number was retired as a manager, though, not as a player. Alston only played in one major-league game in his entire career.
Toronto Maple Leafs did not retire numbers, only "honoured" them with banners, until 2016, when they officially retired the numbers.
I'm in the minority on this that I don't like retiring numbers. I just don't get the significance in taking the number out of circulation.
The Ravens venerate a guy who was involved in a double-homicide and almost certainly committed much more severe obstruction of justice than he pled to by destroying evidence, though. (His plea was for initially providing misleading statements to the police, but the suit he was wearing the night of the murder was never found, and it's widely believed he burned it or got rid of it in a Dumpster at a nearby restaurant.)
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