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Posted: Dec 9, 2024 - 2:19pm

 Proclivities wrote:

He was on NYPD Blue not Hill St., then he was on Blue Bloods.  I think he's still on SVU sometimes as well.  He did work in several of Spike Lee's films before his regular TV stints.



You're right about NYPD Blue, my bad. Didn't know he was on Blue Bloods (never watched a full episode). 

Just came across another "Hey Juan Soto F You" post on my Twitter feed, from a total stranger whom I don't follow. What is Musky Melon  trying to tell me...
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Posted: Dec 9, 2024 - 2:04pm

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Juan Soto leaves a few broken hearts behind. Definitely NSFW. 




Bonus points to those who recognize Nick Turturro (yes, John and Aida's brother) from his salad days on Hill Street Blues. 


He was on NYPD Blue not Hill St., then he was on Blue Bloods.  I think he's still on SVU sometimes as well.  He did work in several of Spike Lee's films before his regular TV stints.

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Posted: Dec 9, 2024 - 1:57pm

Juan Soto leaves a few broken hearts behind. Definitely NSFW. 




Bonus points to those who recognize Nick Turturro (yes, John and Aida's brother) from his salad days on Hill Street Blues. 
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Posted: Dec 9, 2024 - 9:15am

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 Remember how insane A-Rod's $275M / 10 years felt? 


The Rangers wriggled out from under it quickly, too.
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Posted: Dec 9, 2024 - 7:42am

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Not really. The top 10 Average Annual Values are all within the last 5 years, $35million for #s 10-11-12. The last time a team's opening day payroll was that low was 2013 and that was an anomaly. Ohtani's AAV is still $70 million with the shorter term but much of that is deferred so his real 2024 & 25 paychecks are lower but not many players are in a position to accept a contract like that. 

Very quickly, if the player performs well for a few years, the money seems to almost make sense.

When Harper signed with the Phillies (11 years... $330?) it seemed like a huge risk.  5 years in, it's been worth every penny.  His $27/year for the next 9 or 10 years feels like a steal.  In 5 years someone will get $80M per year...and Soto's deal will seem almost reasonable.  Remember how insane A-Rod's $275M / 10 years felt?  That's the middle of the rotation money now.

The Ohtani contract is built to pay him after his California and US residency end.  It's hard to believe, but even with Japan's 45% tax rate, He's going to save at least 10% compared to paying US and CA taxes.  It's of course a risk....  tax rates change... but he can afford whatever happens.

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Posted: Dec 8, 2024 - 10:27pm

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I’m glad we didn’t win that lotto.  Not worth paying 1 guy that much. There are 9 players on the field to make up a team.

Yeah, that would have been weird for the BoSox to win that bidding war. And in the long run, doing so likely would have hamstrung the team for quite a while. 

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Posted: Dec 8, 2024 - 8:31pm

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Hasn't that been the case in general for decades?


Not really. The top 10 Average Annual Values are all within the last 5 years, $35million for #s 10-11-12. The last time a team's opening day payroll was that low was 2013 and that was an anomaly. Ohtani's AAV is still $70 million with the shorter term but much of that is deferred so his real 2024 & 25 paychecks are lower but not many players are in a position to accept a contract like that. 
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Posted: Dec 8, 2024 - 8:27pm

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0.765bn

The Mets will be committed to paying one guy more than 8 clubs are so far set to pay their entire team.



I’m glad we didn’t win that lotto.  Not worth paying 1 guy that much. There are 9 players on the field to make up a team.
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Posted: Dec 8, 2024 - 8:05pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
0.765bn

The Mets will be committed to paying one guy more than 8 clubs are so far set to pay their entire team.



Hasn't that been the case in general for decades?
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Posted: Dec 8, 2024 - 7:45pm

0.765bn

The Mets will be committed to paying one guy more than 8 clubs are so far set to pay their entire team.

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Posted: Dec 2, 2024 - 11:18am

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Rob Manfred tossed out the idea of a "golden at-bat" during a recent podcast interview.  So what the hell is that?

A team could choose one at-bat in every game to send its best hitter to the plate even if it wasn’t that guy’s turn to hit? 

Not a lot of details... but what if the bases were loaded with no outs and Ohtani strikes out.... should he be allowed to hit again one out later?

Talk amongst yourselves....



Maybe he could make all runners have to drink a beer at second base. That would be fun.
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Posted: Dec 2, 2024 - 11:12am

Rob Manfred tossed out the idea of a "golden at-bat" during a recent podcast interview.  So what the hell is that?

A team could choose one at-bat in every game to send its best hitter to the plate even if it wasn’t that guy’s turn to hit? 

Not a lot of details... but what if the bases were loaded with no outs and Ohtani strikes out.... should he be allowed to hit again one out later?

Talk amongst yourselves....
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Posted: Dec 1, 2024 - 2:02pm

Friends just got back from Japan and everywhere you look there’s Shohei Ohtani 20’ tall.    
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Posted: Nov 30, 2024 - 7:46pm

Dodgers picked up Snell for 5 years (he's 31) and $182 million. He farted around trying to land an epic contract last year, until the Giants scraped him up and let him play. He didn't show up to Spring Training in time to do any training so sucked balls until the All-Star break. Injured a couple of times, the Giants kept giving him the ball because our season was in the shitter by May Day. So hey I hope the Dodgers get a few games out of him. 

Interesting stat: he's the all-time K-per-inning leader, at just over 11 per 9 innings. Other interesting stat: He's pitched 9 innings exactly one time—his no-hitter this year. That was the only time in his career that he made a pitch in the 8th inning. 
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Posted: Nov 5, 2024 - 12:18pm

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Kind of the irony of Cole pitching so well that those plays were on three weakly-hit balls.

The announcers noted that Cole threw 18 more pitches that inning as a result of those errors. Then he pitched almost two more innings, two outs into the 7th. Smoltz said it was one of the most amazing pitching performances he had seen.

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Posted: Nov 5, 2024 - 12:05pm

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I saw a thing a few days ago that superstars tend to be weaker in the fundamentals than journeymen, and Volpe might not fit that description but it all seems true enough.

Kind of the irony of Cole pitching so well that those plays were on three weakly-hit balls.
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Posted: Nov 5, 2024 - 11:37am

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Not sure what he was thinking. He's a good defensive player too, he had made a terrific play earlier in the game. The throw to third was awkward too; a lot of times the shortstop will elect to throw to second in that situation, because the runner going to third can be in the way - as he was in that situation.


I saw a thing a few days ago that superstars tend to be weaker in the fundamentals than journeymen, and Volpe might not fit that description but it all seems true enough.
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Posted: Nov 5, 2024 - 11:33am

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And why was Judge looking at the base runner when he loses the ball on that rather shallow fly to center? No way the guy is going to tag at first and go to second. Threw away an otherwise great outing by Cole.

Not sure what he was thinking. He's a good defensive player too, he had made a terrific play earlier in the game. The throw to third was awkward too; a lot of times the shortstop will elect to throw to second in that situation, because the runner going to third can be in the way - as he was in that situation.
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Posted: Nov 5, 2024 - 11:28am

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Right all around but JFC it's the World Series, don't you bust ass to the base no matter what? I just thought it was weird that Cole gets all the heat when he (and I agree) clearly thought that Rizzo had the better shot.

And why was Judge looking at the base runner when he loses the ball on that rather shallow fly to center? No way the guy is going to tag at first and go to second. Threw away an otherwise great outing by Cole.

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Posted: Nov 5, 2024 - 11:18am

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Yes, but my understanding is that the first baseman waves off the pitcher if the first baseman is going to the base and not in need of lobbing it to the pitcher. Here, it appeared that Cole just assumed that is what Rizzo was going to do and stopped running. Also, if Rizzo always lobs it to the pitcher, why was Cole assuming otherwise?




Right all around but JFC it's the World Series, don't you bust ass to the base no matter what? I just thought it was weird that Cole gets all the heat when he (and I agree) clearly thought that Rizzo had the better shot.
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