2024 MLB Season Thread
Nobody wants these games to start more than Mannfred.
Shohei just spoke to the media for the first time. In a prepared statement, he said:
-He never bet on baseball, or any other sport,
-He didn't know that Ippei lied to him, and that Ippei took the money from Shohei's account to pay his gambling debts
-He'll continue to cooperate with the investigation, and play as the investigation plays out.
If all that's true, then this is probably the best possible outcome for his reputation going forward. He's a naive star athlete who trusted the wrong person. It happens.
In any event, these games are about start! Last year, just like we all predicted, "Someone Else" came on strong in the playoffs, as the Texas Rangers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks for the World Series. Can that happen again?
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Because if you don’t think ichiro Suzuki (among other examples of people who were left off the ballot) belongs in the hall of fame you shouldn’t be allowed to vote on who does
ok but that's one idiot and one vote. you have 75 percent of people thinking Billy Wagner and Jack Morris are all of famers. You have David Ortiz who was roided out of his mind getting in first ballot but Arod Clemens and Bonds who were all way better than him can't get in.
With Ichiro we're literally talking about one dumb vote. With other players we're talking about dozens or hundreds of votes that make zero sense.
FFS Bonds and Clemens at minimum should always have gotten the exact same amount of votes. If someone is hard core anti-PEDs i disagree with them but at least be consistent. Yet we had guys voting for Bonds and not Clemens or Clemens and not Bonds. How is that even possible?
I'm not gonna get upset about one vote when there is tons of terrible voting across the board.
I've seen it suggested that maybe this person knew Ichiro was a shoe-in and used their vote to try to help someone else stay on the ballot?
the only justification for this is if they actually used all 10 votes.
That's the only justification for someone changing their vote from one year to the next. Yet guys change votes all the time without using all 10 votes.
I remember ages ago when people still read lol newspapers reading some writers nominees and why he was voting for them.
One of the players (I think it was Jim Kaat) he was voting for bc it was his 15th year (back when you got 15) on the ballot and it was his last chance to get in. But he hadn't voted for him previously. Just infuriating stuff.
And the writers voting is still a way better system than the veterans committee which is just 15 or so drunken dipshits voting for their buddies.
that's gonna get Andruw in. Glavine is part of the vets committee and another Braves legend iirc.
#mycubbies getting Ryan Pressly. I promise you will be disappointed, as that slider doesn't work going forward.
You folks have probably seen this before, and have a good idea on who player B is.
Ichiro is a no-brainer, unanimous HOFer. Player B was off the ballot after 1 year, having less than 5% of the vote.
Player B needs to be in HOF
Lofton?
lol ichiro would have been an MLB regular 7 years before that though
Scherzer to the Blue Jays.
It’ll be interesting to see just what he has left.
Lofton was one of my all time favorites. And every year some team would scoop him up for their playoff roster.
Tigazzz sign Flaherty for the next 1-2 years. If they also lock up Bregman they are JUGGERNAUTS.
