2016 MLB thread. THE CUBS HAVE BROKEN THE CURSE! Chicago Cubs are your 2016 World Series champions

[deleted user 7639]

 

The issue for me is not so much anymore the dollars these MLB'ers are getting paid.....it's now how comically low NFL owners have to pay their top talent.

Same with NHL players.

Those two should be the highest paid players to me.

But, at least the NHL cap seems to be rising.

Write each sports commissioner and tell them you demand that their athletes get paid more. Thats what I did for the MLB when I thought players deserved to make more money and look it worked out. 

 

 

[freddie black]

i'm watching the top catches all-time in baseball history, why is willie mays catch still #1 ?

i've seen plenty that are better, griffey had at least 3, jeter flip is better

Context.

Late innings of a tied World Series game with runners on base and the go ahead run in scoring position combined with the difficulty of tracking a ball over your shoulder.  Catching it and throwing it back in--all without settling underneath it or stepping into the throw--to hold the runner on second to only advancing to third.

I see no problem with still calling that the best ever.

 

[651akathepaul]

i'm watching the top catches all-time in baseball history, why is willie mays catch still #1 ?

i've seen plenty that are better, griffey had at least 3, jeter flip is better

The over the shoulder basket catch?

Magnitude of the game is probably why it's #1. I'd take this catch by Jim Edmonds over the say hey catch:

 

[onewearz]

agreed with edmonds, i'd even say endy chavez catch was better if we're talkin context.

just think it's had it's moment, lotta catches have outdone it ....

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

agreed with edmonds, i'd even say endy chavez catch was better if we're talkin context.

just think it's had it's moment, lotta catches have outdone it ....

That Endy Chavez catch still amazes me.

 

[onewearz]

just sayin

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Aw man, I really can't wait for baseball season now. *tear*

 

[CP1708]

The deadline for Masahiro Tanaka to make a deal that would bring him the United States to pitch in 2014 is one week away, and while there's no reason to believe a decision is imminent, the Chicago Cubs may be gaining momentum towards possibly nabbing the highly-coveted free agent.

As ESPN.com's Buster Olney wrote in his Friday blog, "Executives have complimented Tanaka's agent, Casey Close, for keeping the process under wraps, but there are rumblings that at least one of the potential bidders is prepared to pay Tanaka like a Cy Young-caliber pitcher. Could that mean $150 million? $160 million?" And could that potential bidder be the Cubs?

Mark Gonzalez of the Chicago Tribune says that Cubs manager Rick Renteria met with Tanaka in Chicago last week, and was "upbeat" when talking about it. "Renteria said the Cubs' selling points were the deep reservoir of prospects that would arrive in the majors during the latter years of his multi-year contract if he signs with the Cubs," Gonzalez shares.

ESPN.com's Jayson Stark is at the owner's meetings in Arizona and tweeted that it was "amazing" how many owners in attendance there were "convinced Cubs are ready to blow away the field and sign Tanaka to a monster deal."

I wouldn't be mad either way. Pay him and get him, or let someone else pay him and save the money. I just want my prospects on the job training in August.

 

[dland24]

Jim Edmonds?!? Come on guys. The guy who was notorious for slowing down on routes so he could dive? Psh.

 

[651akathepaul]

He didn't slow down in the that catch though. That one catch is up there with all of 'em.

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Cubs 2014 Road ALTs





they are also wearing 10 different throwbacks for 10 generations of Cubs Baseball


http://news.sportslogos.net/2014/01/17/chicago-cubs-unveil-four-throwback-jerseys-for-2014/

wouldnt let me copy and paste

 

[proshares]

Sounds like the Chicago teams, Yanks, Dodgers and D-Backs have all made formal offers to Tanaka.

Cubs reported to have offered $160mm.

If that's true, I think he's getting close to $200mm

 

[jewbacca]

Seriously, Jim Edmonds was such a good OFer he would purposely slow down on balls to make diving catches

played with a kid in HS who did the same damn thing. guaranteed one diving catch a game lol   

 

[a55a5in11]

Seriously, Jim Edmonds was such a good OFer he would purposely slow down on balls to make diving catches

played with a kid in HS who did the same damn thing. guaranteed one diving catch a game lol   

Me and my cousin would compete with each other about who would have the better "web gem"
times we wouldn't move and then dive at the last second

 

[airjordan jb23]

RBI Baseball series was just

brings back so many memories

 

[RyGuy45]

this guy

(New York) AP

Michael Weiner, the players' union head who died from a brain tumor in November, will be honored by the Baseball Assistance Team (BAT) during its annual dinner next Tuesday. Weiner will be given a lifetime achievement award that will be accepted by his widow, Diane Margolin.

Former NL MVP Jimmy Rollins will be given the Big B.A.T./Frank Slocum Award for his financial support and generosity to the community. Seven-time All-Star Michael Young will be presented with the Bart Giamatti Award for best exemplifying the compassion demonstrated by the late commissioner, who died in 1989.

Current Commissioner Bud Selig will receive the first Commissioner Bud Selig Leadership Award.

 

[Hahahaha]

Bud Selig giving himself an award. This guy is a piece of ****.

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

I'm ready for baseball season!

 

[essential1]

Bud Selig giving himself an award. This guy is a piece of ****.

Bud Selig gave Bud Selig an award named after Bud Selig

 

[romedadude]

Bobby Abreu is making a comeback

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10328710/bobby-abreu-philadelphia-phillies-minor-league-deal

I didn't realize he has damn near 2,500 career hits

 

[you go boy]

well this is a good consolation prize for losing cano to free agency
http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/sto...ork-yankees-agree-seven-year-155-million-deal

 

[proshares]

There's an opt out option after the fourth year.

 

[macbk]

There's an opt out option after the fourth year.

Let's worry about that when it comes time to.

 

[a55a5in11]

Dudes about to get blasted in that ball park

 

[mr marcus]

Would be funny