Twins and the Expos. The Twins ended up getting a new stadium, and the Expos moved to D.C.
MLB World Series 2018: Eh. Dodgers/Boston. Eh.
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It was messier than that. The franchise rights moved to DC, but Jeffrey Loria moved literally everything--down to the file cabinets--to Florida. It was all a shell game to get John Henry owning the Red Sox.
Roll that by me one more time...
The actual Expos operations, staff and all, went to Florida, while John Henry sold the Marlins franchise to Loria for a penny (figuratively speaking) and then bought the Red Sox in a sweetheart deal. The Expos' franchise rights were purchased by MLB, which operated the team until it found an ownership group of its liking in DC.
Totally legit and above board...
I've heard talk about changing the name of Yawkey Way. I know there's a lot of Redsox fans here, I'm curious as to what y'all think about this...
I'm not a Sox fan, but I imagine that like some of us Cardinals fans, they play the "what if?" game on integration. St. Louis was basically a southern town and the Cards were late to integrate (1954) and so never really put the team around Stan Musial they could've if they'd have seriously gone after some of the future black Hall of Famers being signed in the late-1940s and early 1950s.
Yawkey probably cost the Red Sox more pennants than "the curse." They gave Jackie Robinson a farcical try out in 1945 with no intent of signing him. Most say he did It just to be seen as having at least tried out a black player. Yawkey (and Joe Cronin) also passed on a scout's recommendation to sign Willie Mays. Just as Cardinal fans feel Musial was squandered by the Cards being slow to integrate, Ted Williams was wasted in Boston because the owner put race above winning.
Of course, Boston has never been a very good town for black athletes (to play in or visit). The Celtics were an early team to integrate in the NBA (having done so before the Red Sox), but Bill Russell was treated so horribly that he'd say he played for the Celtics, but not for Boston.
^How dare you call Boston asshole racists! We don't need your facts around here.
They changed it yesterday to Jersey Way, the old name.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/04/26/yawkey/bM9qiz3unAbM7vHcr0a9TJ/story.html
They changed it yesterday to Jersey Way, the old name.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/04/26/yawkey/bM9qiz3unAbM7vHcr0a9TJ/story.html
Pablo Sandoval, the pitcher.
Says the guy who spent a month whining about the Yankees trading Shane Greene for him.
Also, this is the greatest thing I'll see all week.
Says the guy who spent a month whining about the Yankees trading Shane Greene for him.
Also, this is the greatest thing I'll see all week.
It's the Bartolo Colon home run trot
So adorable!
Actually I was more concerned with the fact "they" were worried about how he would handle the NY media.Says the guy who spent a month whining about the Yankees trading Shane Greene for him.
Also, this is the greatest thing I'll see all week.
Wonder ii that kid had the theme from the Million Dollar Man running through his head
Very rare for that to happen to a position player. I think Sano had it before he came to the majors, and I remember Jose Canseco going down with it because the Rangers had him pitch a bullshit inning back in like 1993.
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