MLB Offseason: February 15 isn't THAT far away...

[Timby]

He's somewhat borderline, but the post season stuff has to be a big plus.

I've said before that the best postseason pitcher of all time is either Schilling or Mo Rivera, but even without the postseason dominance he's a shoo-in for the Hall. A lot of his counting stats were depressed by being on some really awful Phillies teams. But when you look at his peripherals, even in those terrible Philadelphia years, it's pretty easy to say that he was one of the best starters in the league for almost fifteen years.

He's a reprehensible piece of shit, but he's a Hall of Famer.

 

[Scout101]

Oh, not voting for his politics, but the mlb'er should be in th HOF in my opinion. Guy was a gamer

 

[Danny99]

Will the bloody sock from '04 get it's own display?

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Will the bloody sock from '04 get it's own display?

I thought it had it's own display, at least for a while.

 

[Skywalker]

It did. I saw it when I went to Cooperstown in '08. But apparently it was sold to a private collector in 2013. Too bad.

 

[Scout101]

Yeah, I saw it when it was there as well.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Historical baseball memorabilia is great and all, but who buys a bloody sock?

 

[Timby]

Historical baseball memorabilia is great and all, but who buys a bloody sock?

People buy porn stars' used underwear. There's a market for everything.

Edit: One of my clients at the moment is a hotel management group with properties in nine states. I've been heading up a market research project for them focused on their Midwestern properties as they explore possibly re-branding a few of them. One of the areas they've gotten dinged on by customers is that they don't allow pets outside of service animals (which makes sense, as these are some very upscale, very nice hotels). So one of the questions I've had directed to the polling groups is, "How could [Group]'s hotels be more pet-friendly?"

Surprisingly, more than ten percent of respondents have said some variation of "Allow guests to bring hamsters / gerbils / guinea pigs into the rooms." Which just goes to show there's a market for everything.

 

[Scout101]

lol, that took an odd turn!

And yeah, the sock thing is a little weird, but at least you CAN point to it as a distinct piece of memorabilia. Front and center in a pretty important game, and part of breaking the 86-year drought.

Little different than buying used porn star underwear because you're a perv. Doubt anyone is doing anything other than displaying the sock.

Plus Schilling was broke after tanking and screwing us over in Rhode Island, so he needed the cash...

 

[Timby]

Brendan Ryan, the player to be named later sent to the Cubs in the Starlin Castro trade, has already been released.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Daniel Murphy to the Nats on a 3 year deal

 

[Timby]

Washington, D.C., is quite possibly the gayest city in the country. It makes San Francisco look like Jacksonville. I'm sure Murphy will fit right in there.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Dave Henderson has passed away. Link

 

[tomalak301]

Dave Henderson has passed away. Link

I remember watching him play for Oakland in the bash brother years. He was a good player, even though I always confused him for Ricky Henderson.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Aroldis Chapman to the Yankees. Don't know who was exchanged for him, though.

 

[Timby]

This is a little shocking; it's highly irregular for the Yankees to pick up one player with character issues in an offseason, let alone two.

 

[Scout101]

to be fair, though, like most Yankees trades, they gave away 3 used balls and a kick in the junk for him. Pretty low risk, high reward. He'll get suspended for his 25-40 games or whatever, and be a stud for the rest. Or best case, he'll get suspended for 50 games and that will delay his FA a year, so they'll get even more out of him.

Most of the time, feels like teams are just honored to be mentioned in a trade with the Yankees, and don't care what they get back. Shocking how little it costs them in prospects sometimes...

 

[Yanks]

to be fair, though, like most Yankees trades, they gave away 3 used balls and a kick in the junk for him. Pretty low risk, high reward. He'll get suspended for his 25-40 games or whatever, and be a stud for the rest. Or best case, he'll get suspended for 50 games and that will delay his FA a year, so they'll get even more out of him.

Most of the time, feels like teams are just honored to be mentioned in a trade with the Yankees, and don't care what they get back. Shocking how little it costs them in prospects sometimes...

I'm so far out of the loop here... all I know is we picked him up.

What will he be suspended for?

Good lord, if they don't trade Miller away this has the potential to be the best 789 combo ever.

 

[Timby]

What will he be suspended for?

A minor incident involving him choking his girlfriend and firing eight gunshots inside their house.

 

[Yanks]

What will he be suspended for?

A minor incident involving him choking his girlfriend and firing eight gunshots inside their house.

"Minor" aye!

Jesus... what's up with these guys... make the millionaires and they still just don't get it.

I guess the Yankees aren't too concerned about it... I'm guessing they got him cheap because of it.