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Post by soulflower on Oct 7, 2022 12:55:57 GMT -5
I would give him more credit if I thought he was clean. I don't know he's juicing, but with a performance like that it seems plausible. And I do not trust MLB to test ethically, since I believe it values marketing over fairness. Fernando Tatis was great for MLB marketing yet he tested positive for PEDs this year. Also, the MLB hates the Yankees.
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Post by pickle20 on Oct 10, 2022 10:34:25 GMT -5
MLB hates the Yankees? Its most profitable and popular franchise? Gonna need you to provide some evidence of that claim.
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Post by soulflower on Oct 10, 2022 11:20:22 GMT -5
MLB hates the Yankees? Its most profitable and popular franchise? Gonna need you to provide some evidence of that claim. I can't prove it. That's just the way many Yankee fans feel about the MLB. Of course we no longer have an owner who gives zero F's. The current owner is nothing like George...
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Post by pickle20 on Oct 10, 2022 11:35:21 GMT -5
MLB hates the Yankees? Its most profitable and popular franchise? Gonna need you to provide some evidence of that claim. I can't prove it. That's just the way many Yankee fans feel about the MLB. Of course we no longer have an owner who gives zero F's. The current owner is nothing like George... That makes no sense. The Yankees and Red Sox are MLB legacy franchises. The best thing for the MLB is for these teams to be good. In Spain guess which MLB team hat I saw? It wasn't the Orioles. The MLB loves the Yankees.
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Post by soulflower on Oct 10, 2022 12:23:36 GMT -5
I can't prove it. That's just the way many Yankee fans feel about the MLB. Of course we no longer have an owner who gives zero F's. The current owner is nothing like George... That makes no sense. The Yankees and Red Sox are MLB legacy franchises. The best thing for the MLB is for these teams to be good. In Spain guess which MLB team hat I saw? It wasn't the Orioles. The MLB loves the Yankees. The Yankees have done a great job of marketing their Brand internationally. I doubt the games airing in Spain were due to solely to the MLB. Again, it's just an opinion and of course I know Yankee fans look like a bunch of spoiled brats from the POV of O's fans
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Post by pickle20 on Oct 11, 2022 6:19:07 GMT -5
It was hats I saw. No idea about Yankee games being on TV. That is likely a MLB TV rights thing. Besides I didn’t turn on a TV in Spain. 😎
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Post by ishmael on Oct 11, 2022 7:37:03 GMT -5
I would give him more credit if I thought he was clean. I don't know he's juicing, but with a performance like that it seems plausible. And I do not trust MLB to test ethically, since I believe it values marketing over fairness. Fernando Tatis was great for MLB marketing yet he tested positive for PEDs this year. Also, the MLB hates the Yankees. As an embarrassed Rad Sox fan, I can understand that position.
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Post by ivanbalt on Oct 11, 2022 7:46:19 GMT -5
MLB hates the Yankees? Its most profitable and popular franchise? Gonna need you to provide some evidence of that claim. I can't prove it. That's just the way many Yankee fans feel about the MLB. Of course we no longer have an owner who gives zero F's. The current owner is nothing like George... Um no. If MLB had its way, Yankees vs Red Sox would be the ALCS every year regardless of the records of the other teams that don't matter.
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Post by soulflower on Oct 11, 2022 8:00:21 GMT -5
It was hats I saw. No idea about Yankee games being on TV. That is likely a MLB TV rights thing. Besides I didn’t turn on a TV in Spain. 😎 Oh well Yankee fans are everywhere. Even in other countries 😎
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Post by soulflower on Oct 11, 2022 8:03:39 GMT -5
I can't prove it. That's just the way many Yankee fans feel about the MLB. Of course we no longer have an owner who gives zero F's. The current owner is nothing like George... Um no. If MLB had its way, Yankees vs Red Sox would be the ALCS every year regardless of the records of the other teams that don't matter. You don’t think the changes the MLB has made to the playoff rules (Wild Card Playoff) have made it less likely that we see the same teams dominate the playoffs every year? Also, the Dodgers have been in the playoffs more than the Yankees and Red Sox over the last decade because they try to buy a championship every year. Time to direct some of the hate to LA 🙂 Yankee fans miss having an owner who tries to buy championships.
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Post by ivanbalt on Oct 12, 2022 5:24:34 GMT -5
Um no. If MLB had its way, Yankees vs Red Sox would be the ALCS every year regardless of the records of the other teams that don't matter. You don’t think the changes the MLB has made to the playoff rules (Wild Card Playoff) have made it less likely that we see the same teams dominate the playoffs every year? Also, the Dodgers have been in the playoffs more than the Yankees and Red Sox over the last decade because they try to buy a championship every year. Time to direct some of the hate to LA 🙂 Yankee fans miss having an owner who tries to buy championships. The original extra wild card was to help guarantee Red Sox and Yankees in the playoffs. Third one is just a cash grab. And somehow the Red Sox still failed.
Trust me, I always root against the Dodgers. They're the evolution of the Yankees. But they're far away in the NL West so not as irritating.
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Post by pickle20 on Oct 12, 2022 7:02:13 GMT -5
I dislike the Dodgers also and root against them. They also don’t swarm into OPACY 10 times a year and act like they own the place so there’s that.
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Post by soulflower on Oct 12, 2022 7:08:45 GMT -5
I dislike the Dodgers also and root against them. They also don’t swarm into OPACY 10 times a year and act like they own the place so there’s that. I have to admit that Camden Yards is still one of the best stadiums in the MLB. New Yankee stadium is okay but I miss the old stadium.
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Post by ivanbalt on Oct 12, 2022 7:16:45 GMT -5
I dislike the Dodgers also and root against them. They also don’t swarm into OPACY 10 times a year and act like they own the place so there’s that. I have to admit that Camden Yards is still one of the best stadiums in the MLB. New Yankee stadium is okay but I miss the old stadium. Old Yankee Stadium was kind of a dump, but it reminded me of Memorial Stadium which I have fond memories of. The new stadium felt more like a football stadium than baseball. They did have the spicy mustard packets for hot dogs so that's plus.
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Post by pickle20 on Oct 12, 2022 8:11:16 GMT -5
Been to both old and new Yankee Stadium. Never got what the fuss was about for either, but could appreciate the history of OYS.
Now, Fenway, that's a beauty.
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Post by soulflower on Dec 7, 2022 9:46:01 GMT -5
He’s a Yankee for life
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Post by pickle20 on Dec 7, 2022 9:47:19 GMT -5
Probably not going to be productive over the life of that contract but the Yankees routinely eat these kinds of contracts for breakfast.
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Post by soulflower on Dec 7, 2022 9:50:13 GMT -5
Probably not going to be productive over the life of that contract but the Yankees routinely eat these kinds of contracts for breakfast. Yeah, the final years of that contract will suck but I’m content with him spending the rest of his career with NY. He’s on a HOF career path.
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Post by pickle20 on Dec 7, 2022 9:54:46 GMT -5
Probably not going to be productive over the life of that contract but the Yankees routinely eat these kinds of contracts for breakfast. Yeah, the final years of that contract will suck but I’m content with him spending the rest of his career with NY. He’s on a HOF career path. Staying healthy will be his biggest issue. But he's a Yankee so he's probably already getting in if his career ended tomorrow.
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Post by ivanbalt on Dec 7, 2022 11:51:59 GMT -5
Considering the lovely Yankees fans booed him in the postseason last year, he better seriously produce for at least the next five years.
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Post by soulflower on Dec 7, 2022 12:18:20 GMT -5
Considering the lovely Yankees fans booed him in the postseason last year, he better seriously produce for at least the next five years. Yep. I think it was dumb to boo him in the playoffs this year given that Judge carried the Yankees all season and was largely responsible for them making the playoffs. But he will have to continue to perform at an elite level to keep the boo birds away.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Dec 7, 2022 15:38:48 GMT -5
Guys like Judge struggle to remain healthy. Hopefully he will not, but the Yankees don't care. They are proof that the luxury tax is insufficiently punitive for overspenders. And that's why baseball is less interesting every year, unless you are a fan of the Yankees, Red Sox, or Dodgers.
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Post by pickle20 on Dec 7, 2022 15:45:51 GMT -5
Guys like Judge struggle to remain healthy. Hopefully he will not, but the Yankees don't care. They are proof that the luxury tax is insufficiently punitive for overspenders. And that's why baseball is less interesting every year, unless you are a fan of the Yankees, Red Sox, or Dodgers. Agree but the Dodgers won in an asterisk year shortened by COVID, the Red Sox last won in 2018 and the Yankees all the way back in 2009. Besides that, it's been the mid-market Astros who've had the most success, combined with the small-market Rays remaining competitive. Money doesn't automatically buy championships.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Dec 7, 2022 16:18:54 GMT -5
Agree but the Dodgers won in an asterisk year shortened by COVID, the Red Sox last won in 2018 and the Yankees all the way back in 2009. Besides that, it's been the mid-market Astros who've had the most success, combined with the small-market Rays remaining competitive. Money doesn't automatically buy championships. No, but it does buy the banner players folks want to watch.
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Post by ivanbalt on Dec 7, 2022 17:50:14 GMT -5
Money buys postseason baseball unless you're the Angels.
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Post by Rael on Dec 8, 2022 7:35:38 GMT -5
It was hats I saw. No idea about Yankee games being on TV. That is likely a MLB TV rights thing. Besides I didn’t turn on a TV in Spain. 😎 Oh well Yankee fans are everywhere. Even in other countries 😎 So are cockroaches and steeler fans. Not so sure why you feel this is an accomplishment worth crowing about. 😂
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Post by soulflower on Dec 8, 2022 8:52:56 GMT -5
Oh well Yankee fans are everywhere. Even in other countries 😎 So are cockroaches and steeler fans. Not so sure why you feel this is an accomplishment worth crowing about. 😂 I live in the Baltimore area but I was born in NYC and I still have family there. I’m not one of those people who roots for the Yankees but aren’t from NY. And yes, NY transplants and Yankee fans are everywhere 😂
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Post by Evil Yoda on Dec 8, 2022 17:15:09 GMT -5
And yes, NY transplants and Yankee fans are everywhere 😂 That's true, despite the fact that we spray for them constantly!
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Post by pickle20 on Dec 28, 2022 18:55:04 GMT -5
Yankees got doctored balls as Judge chased AL home run record.
But the MLB hates the Yankees. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Post by soulflower on Dec 28, 2022 19:02:10 GMT -5
Yankees got doctored balls as Judge chased AL home run record. But the MLB hates the Yankees. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Link?
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