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Longtime baseball fans will remember him as knuckleballers were very rare in the modern era.
Ex-Red Sox knuckleballer Wakefield dies at 57
Tim Wakefield, the first baseman-turned-knuckleballer who helped the Red Sox win two World Series titles, has died at the age of 57.
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Postseason well underway now.
AL Wild Card, Rangers won series 2-0 over Rays & Twins won series 2-0 over Blue Jays
NL Wild Card, Diamondbacks won series 2-0 over Brewers & Phillies won series 2-0 over Marlins
Now into the ALDS with Rangers up against the Orioles and the Rangers took game one this morning 3-2 with game 2 tomorrow.
Twins face the Astros with Houston currently leading 6-4 at the bottom of the 8th
In the NLDS Phillies face the Braves, Game 1 just getting underway
Dodgers face the Diamondbacks later today in Game 1 -
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@KiwiMurph And the meme is make the playoffs and exit the first round. Good for him. At least the Dodgers are there and abouts. Anaheim just does not have the mentality across the board to win.
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@broughie said in MLB thread:
@KiwiMurph And the meme is make the playoffs and exit the first round. Good for him. At least the Dodgers are there and abouts. Anaheim just does not have the mentality across the board to win.
Mike Trout must be thrilled. You would think he would get the hell out of there at the next available chance
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@canefan said in MLB thread:
@broughie said in MLB thread:
@KiwiMurph And the meme is make the playoffs and exit the first round. Good for him. At least the Dodgers are there and abouts. Anaheim just does not have the mentality across the board to win.
Mike Trout must be thrilled. You would think he would get the hell out of there at the next available chance
Well he has underwhelmed and is injured often so if the Angels could trade him I wouldn't be opposed. When he came into the league he was slimmer, contract and power hitter and moved around the bases. Now he strikes out in important situations, has power, lost some speed and declined in general with batting percentage etc.
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@broughie said in MLB thread:
@canefan said in MLB thread:
@broughie said in MLB thread:
@KiwiMurph And the meme is make the playoffs and exit the first round. Good for him. At least the Dodgers are there and abouts. Anaheim just does not have the mentality across the board to win.
Mike Trout must be thrilled. You would think he would get the hell out of there at the next available chance
Well he has underwhelmed and is injured often so if the Angels could trade him I wouldn't be opposed. When he came into the league he was slimmer, contract and power hitter and moved around the bases. Now he strikes out in important situations, has power, lost some speed and declined in general with batting percentage etc.
Unfilled potential
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@Bovidae said in MLB thread:
Crazy money for a 29-yr old.
Ohtani will earn more each season than the current Oakland and Baltimore squads.
A player you could build a squad around if you had any money left...
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@antipodean said in MLB thread:
@Bovidae said in MLB thread:
Crazy money for a 29-yr old.
Ohtani will earn more each season than the current Oakland and Baltimore squads.
A player you could build a squad around if you had any money left...
They've actually deferred the vast majority of Ohtani's contract so that they can build around him.
Only $2 mil per year of Ohtani's contract will be paid over the next 10 years - the remaining $68 mil per year is to paid out between 2034-2043.
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@KiwiMurph Clever retirement plan (assuming he's alive).
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Opening Day for 2024 season is underway.
Betts & Freeman both homered for the Dodgers, while Ohtani 'only' had a single and a double.
Dodgers beat Cardinals 7-1.
Other significant scores on opening day were the Orioles beating the Angels 11-3, Mike Trout hit a home run for the Angels. Blue Jays beat Rays 8-2 with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hitting a massive home run for Toronto. Reds beat Nationals 8-2 & Yankees getting up over the Astros 5-4 after trailing 4-0 midway through the game.
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So it turns out Ohtani's former interpeter ripped off $16 million without Ohtani's knowledge - lying to Ohtani's financial advisors, changing access to Ohtani's accounts and impersonating Ohtani to banks.
Feds accuse Ohtani ex-interpreter of $16M theft
The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani stole $16 million over more than two years from Ohtani to pay off gambling debts to an illegal sportsbook, according to an affidavit filed by federal authorities Thursday.
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@KiwiMurph financial advisors and banks will be sweating
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Unreal performance by the Sho today.
Going into this game he only needed 2 home runs and 1 steal to get 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases for the season - he got both today with a video game type performance.
Having this type of season while healthy would be insane, but he did this while still rehabbing from an elbow injury.
