I'm genuinely excited that Darvish has been given a meaningful chance to win a ring this year
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I'm feeling optimistic and hesitant about the Padres chances this year. They are splashing the cash and putting together a really strong roster, but that doesn't always work out.
However the pitching was the big weakness of the 2020 team and they look to be seriously trying to solve thay problem. So if the bats heat up again this year and they've got pitchers who can win games is could be back-to-back postseasons.
It's always the hope that kills you.
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The hope is a little less brutal with the addition of wild card teams (many of which have won the whole thing) and now a possible expanded playoffs. The NL should be really strong this year, but the Padres should be in great shape as long a the team fits together well and the pitchers pitch to their capabilities. The sheriff would be my big concern. He really has only had a half-season stretch where he pitched like a star.
I have no idea what to think about the AL. I think the team that has undermined itself most (perhaps only second to the Reds) is the Twins. They let a lot of players walk this off-season.
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Lindor to the Mets is happening
*spits on floor*
and Carrasco
*spits again*
I may need to invest in a spitoonLast edited by ursus arctos; 07-01-2021, 17:37.
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Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View PostHowever the pitching was the big weakness of the 2020 team and they look to be seriously trying to solve thay problem. So if the bats heat up again this year and they've got pitchers who can win games is could be back-to-back postseasons.
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Originally posted by caja-dglh View Post
"could be back-to-back postseasons" is an extremely low ask given what they have done. They've thrown the keys to the house into the middle of the table.
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Originally posted by ursus arctos View PostAt least he got to see them hoist another flag
Vin Scully's wife passed away last week. I was worried how much longer he would be around even before that, but it seems like a truism that men seem to pass away not that much longer after their wives do, especially when they were together for so long. When Vin dies, that will truly be a sad day. I don't know if there's another team where the most beloved figure associated with the team is an announcer rather than a player or a coach. Chick Hearn was obviously loved by all Laker fans, but he didn't have the same place that Vin does with the Dodgers.
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Gutted by this news about Tommy. He was a true baseball character and a Dodger legend.
I had this taped to the wall above my desk when I worked in New York. Saw this game the night before on my junky black and white TV and the back cover image/headline was so funny to me.
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I loved to hate Lasorda, which means I loved him. Just a true character in every possible way, and a wonderful mix of the sacred and profane.
There’s a lot of Internet hooey going around about him hating or disowning his gay son. He publicly denied his son was gay or died of AIDS, which is to his discredit*, but they were very, very close. Like talked every day close. He’ll be buried next to him.
*although 30 years ago was practically the prehistoric era for acceptance of gays, so he may well have changed.
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Originally posted by Flynnie View PostI loved to hate Lasorda, which means I loved him. Just a true character in every possible way, and a wonderful mix of the sacred and profane.
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