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[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Cleveland not finished yet!

Fingers crossed for them but I can’t see it. Yankees and dodgers WS, just the way MLB wanted it?[emoji2369]


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[heretoday]

Fingers crossed for them but I can’t see it. Yankees and dodgers WS, just the way MLB wanted it?[emoji2369]


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Yup. Looks like it now. It'll be a great series whoever is in it. Baseball is electric when it gets to October. Intense!

[heretoday]

Clevelands poor WS record is like us not winning the cup for so many years.
So near and yet.....

I just remember the 90s and Jim Thome hoisting the ball out of the park and Vizquel the quickest short stop ever, pouncing on balls and running them down.
It was on cooncil telly then of course!

[Tambo]

I'm more of a player guy than team, I do like Shohei, looked like a smart move to win rings/trophies.

I can't imagine the hype in New York right now and I hope it's a good series.

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Yankees in 7


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[Tambo]

Forgot all about game 1 last night/this morning, opened Google chrome and there it was, watch highlights later and will make I don't spoil game 2.

[Tambo]

Just watched game 2 highlights, Dodgers 2-0.

Ohtani did come off with a shoulder injury but Dodgers say not to serious and should be ok.

[Tambo]

Yankees in 7


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Tall ask now for this.

[Wilson]

Tall ask now for this.

No team has ever come from 3-0 down to win a World Series. Tall ask indeed.

[hibsbollah]

No team has ever come from 3-0 down to win a World Series. Tall ask indeed.

I saw that, interesting and quite surprising statistically considering there have been 119 title games and teams are generally of similar abilities. You’d think running off a 4 game winning streak wouldnt be beyond a team that’d fallen behind 3-0 at last once.

Its that eternal sporting question; is ‘momentum’ a real thing or is it is just a logical fallacy based on events converging simultaneously? :greengrin

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Doubling down, Yankees in 7


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[Tambo]

Freddie Freeman take a bow, incredible!

This Dodgers team has to be one of the best hitting teams in recent years.

[Tambo]

Doubling down, Yankees in 7


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Much better on the offence this game, just hit a grand slam home run and have a 5-2 lead, trying to stay awake as much as I can.

[Sylar]

Hopefully that stupid ******* that tried to rip the ball from Betts' glove is never allowed into a baseball game again.

What an absolute moon-howler.

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Hopefully that stupid ******* that tried to rip the ball from Betts' glove is never allowed into a baseball game again.

What an absolute moon-howler.

Could’ve broke the guys wrist. Glaikit prick


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[Wilson]

Doubling down, Yankees in 7


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Teams that are 3-0, and don't get the sweep, tend to win the series in game 5. Will be interesting should the Yankees take this next one!

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Teams that are 3-0, and don't get the sweep, tend to win the series in game 5. Will be interesting should the Yankees take this next one!

In all seriousness I expect the dodgers to wrap it up tonight


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[Tambo]

Hopefully that stupid ******* that tried to rip the ball from Betts' glove is never allowed into a baseball game again.

What an absolute moon-howler.

I understand it's a world series ball but wow, don't think I've ever seen anything like that before, both of them stupid and ejected right away.

Have seen some normal interference before but nothing like that.

[Haymaker]

I don't think I've stopped laughing since Cole didn't cover 1st in the 5th innings :faf:

Glorious. :faf:



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[Haymaker]

Hopefully that stupid ******* that tried to rip the ball from Betts' glove is never allowed into a baseball game again.

What an absolute moon-howler.Typical Yankee fan. Entitled cry babies the lot of 'em.

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[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Juan Soto to the Mets, $765m 15 years contract. Crazy.


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[He's here!]

Juan Soto to the Mets, $765m 15 years contract. Crazy.


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Bewildering. How long is a baseball player's career?

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Bewildering. How long is a baseball player's career?

Really just depends, he’ll never play for another major league team after this contract though as he’ll be 41 by then. He’s been in the majors for a wee while now so in his case his MLB career will in all likelihood be around 21 years


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[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Alex Verdugo to the Phils 4 years $60m apparently


Meh


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[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Pitchers and catchers have reported for spring training for most teams now, so let’s have a few predictions? I’ll go for Tigers winning AL Central and The Mutts to miss out on the postseason (I’m still bitter yes)


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[Haymaker]

And the new season is here! Finally!

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

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2026 WBC pools are finalised. Tough group for Team GB but I fancy their chances against Brazil and Italy. Keep an eye on the Dutch. I fancy them to be a surprise package.


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[Tambo]

I see Vladimir Guerrero JR has signed a 14 year, $500M contract extension with the blue jays with a $325M signing bonus and the remaining $175M will be paid in the form of salary.

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

I see Vladimir Guerrero JR has signed a 14 year, $500M contract extension with the blue jays with a $325M signing bonus and the remaining $175M will be paid in the form of salary.

If they held on until free agency they’d have got him for $350m, in my opinion


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[Shrekko]

If they held on until free agency they’d have got him for $350m, in my opinion


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Not a chance!

I'm amazed they got him as 'cheaply'. If they'd been competing against 29 other teams in free agency his price would have been a good bit higher than $500m.

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Not a chance!

I'm amazed they got him as 'cheaply'. If they'd been competing against 29 other teams in free agency his price would have been a good bit higher than $500m.

What other team is paying $500m for a defensively poor first baseman with a fraction of the offensive talent of Soto/Ohtani? The Bluejays panicked and they’ve overpaid, no way anyone else would’ve offered him that much money


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[Shrekko]

What other team is paying $500m for a defensively poor first baseman with a fraction of the offensive talent of Soto/Ohtani? The Bluejays panicked and they’ve overpaid, no way anyone else would’ve offered him that much money


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Poor defensively? He won a gold glove in 2022! Better defensively than Soto for sure.

His deal is far below what Soto and Ohtani got, but it's nonsense to say he only has 'a fraction of the offensive talent'. He's not quite them, or Aaron Judge, but you'd probably put him in the top 10 in MLB at the moment - carrying a poor team on his back. His best years are still ahead.

Don't see why the Jay's 'panicked' seeing as you thought they could get him $150m cheaper by waiting for free agency? Why were they panicking? Salaries have gone crazy in MLB - this is the going rate for a superstar.

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Poor defensively? He won a gold glove in 2022! Better defensively than Soto for sure.

His deal is far below what Soto and Ohtani got, but it's nonsense to say he only has 'a fraction of the offensive talent'. He's not quite them, or Aaron Judge, but you'd probably put him in the top 10 in MLB at the moment - carrying a poor team on his back. His best years are still ahead.

Don't see why the Jay's 'panicked' seeing as you thought they could get him $150m cheaper by waiting for free agency? Why were they panicking? Salaries have gone crazy in MLB - this is the going rate for a superstar.

Panicked because they hardly want to let him go, he’s their star player. The chance of him signing for the Bluejays for the same amount of money as he could get in LA, Philly, New York? Slim.


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[Shrekko]

Panicked because they hardly want to let him go, he’s their star player. The chance of him signing for the Bluejays for the same amount of money as he could get in LA, Philly, New York? Slim.


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Not sure I'm getting the logic here - and he's made it clear he and his family wanted to stay in Toronto.

He almost certainly would have made way more than $500m in free agency if he'd wanted to do that and I'm surprised you think otherwise - all the biggest teams would have been falling over themselves to sign him. An average salary of $37.5 a year for a young baseball superstar is not that much at all, as obscene at it sounds- the Jays will be delighted.