Spartacus1987
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Congrats to the Dodgers. Glad the WS is back in the National League. Padres ended up giving the Dodgers their hardest series.
Five unearned runs in one inning seldom ends well for the team making the error. They did get the lead again for a minute, though, and the Dodgers earned their way backMore than the Dodgers winning the series it sound like the Yankees gave it away.
Just Game 5. The Dodgers won the series fairly, even with their star suffering from a dislocated shoulder. The Yankees stars had no such excuse.More than the Dodgers winning the series it sound like the Yankees gave it away.
Maybe if he cures cancer, too.No player is worth this kind of money.
100%. Don't get me wrong, he is great, maybe the best hitter in baseball. $51 million per year is one thing, fairly outrageous. But what gets me is that it runs through age 41. Insane.No player is worth this kind of money.
Yeah, no idea why you’d sign a player into his 40’s. Maybe it’s the Mets taking him off the board for other teams for the rest of his career, but seems silly.100%. Don't get me wrong, he is great, maybe the best hitter in baseball. $51 million per year is one thing, fairly outrageous. But what gets me is that it runs through age 41. Insane.
The likelyhood that he plays until he's 40 is remote. They just sign these guys to crazy contracts knowing the last few years will be voided, or they'll get traded or deferred. It's kind of silly.Yeah, no idea why you’d sign a player into his 40’s. Maybe it’s the Mets taking him off the board for other teams for the rest of his career, but seems silly.
What?The likelyhood that he plays until he's 40 is remote. They just sign these guys to crazy contracts knowing the last few years will be voided, or they'll get traded or deferred. It's kind of silly.
The players that sign these 12-15 year contracts. They are not going to play that long.What?
He likely will play nearly that long, if not the entire 15 years. Votto did. Pujols did. Miggy did. Soto is only 26 (just turned 26 in October). He’ll be about to turn 41 when the contract is over.The players that sign these 12-15 year contracts. They are not going to play that long.
15 years is a long time, especially when you have more money than you'll ever need. How do those last few years look for the guys you mentioned?He likely will play nearly that long, if not the entire 15 years. Votto did. Pujols did. Miggy did. Soto is only 26 (just turned 26 in October). He’ll be about to turn 41 when the contract is over.
Bobby Bonilla Day ends in 2035. Maybe the Mets just want to have a seamless transition plan in place for Juan Soto Saturday starting in 2036.Yeah, no idea why you’d sign a player into his 40’s. Maybe it’s the Mets taking him off the board for other teams for the rest of his career, but seems silly.
Pretty damn good from the players perspective. Maximum payout for minimum output. You’re the only person who wouldn’t take that.15 years is a long time, especially when you have more money than you'll ever need. How do those last few years look for the guys you mentioned?
There’s zero pressure on Soto to perform for the rest of his baseball career. No deferred money, only opt out clause is for him after 3 years. If he stinks, he just rides it out or sits home collecting his checks.Pretty damn good from the players perspective. Maximum payout for minimum output. You’re the only person who wouldn’t take that.
We all agree that the contracts are foolish from the team's perspective. But the agent and the player ask for it, and some team always gives it to them. Cannot blame the players. If a regular Joe employee asks for a 1000% raise, and the employer says "OK sure", of course the employee will laugh all the way to the bank.The likelyhood that he plays until he's 40 is remote. They just sign these guys to crazy contracts knowing the last few years will be voided, or they'll get traded or deferred. It's kind of silly.
BREAKING NEWS: Yankees facial hair rule is dead*.
*facial hair still must be well-groomed.
Yes, the Cincinnati Reds had a no facial hair/ long hair policy, and I believe it was until the late/ mid 90's before it went away. Greg Vaughn was at the center of this I believe. So yes, you look at the 1990 world series champs, no beards, no long scraggly hair. It was really kind of an unspoken rule across baseball into the 70's. The Oakland A's really kind of pushed the first narrative with longer hair, mustache's and beards. To me, to look like a ball player means a short, clean haircut and no facial hair, but I'm old. I have no idea why some of these guys would even want to have long hair and play ball in the heat they do.Didn’t the Reds have a similar no facial hair policy at some point?![]()
'It was time': Yanks welcome new facial-hair rule
New closer Devin Williams and several former Yankees stars helped nudge owner Hal Steinbrenner into changing the franchise's decades-old policy on facial hair.www.espn.com