Take Me Out...Yes...It's BASEBALL!

[sensei8]

On 12/5/2024 at 8:51 PM, KarateKen said:

MLB considering a major rule change for the upcoming season, called "The Golden Bat Rule" which would basically allow a team to pinch hit any player at any time in the game (unless this player had already been taken out of the game).  So if you are down two runs in the ninth and you have a runner on first, you could put your cleanup hitter at the plate to try and tie the game even if the 8th spot was due in the lineup.  Each team would be allowed to use this once per game.  Not sure how it would all work or if it even happens, but the commissioner has discussed it as a possibility. 

Very interesting!! Sounds good to me because change is inevitable, and MLB isn’t  an exception to that, and I’m glad for that.

Let’s see what we see at that time.

[bushido_man96]

From what I've been seeing, Manfred isn't interested in applying that rule.

[KarateKen]

6 hours ago, bushido_man96 said:

From what I've been seeing, Manfred isn't interested in applying that rule.

Looks like he announced that it will not be happening now.  It was a big story for a couple of days but then he said no to it on Friday. 

[sensei8]

Juan Soto of the Mets has just surpassed Dodgers Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million over 10 years by earning $764 million over 15 years.

Staggers my mind!!

That’s $51 million a year!! That’s $4.250 million a month!! That’s $1 million a week!!

Just think, I lettered in high school baseball as a 3rd baseman but I decided to dedicate my life to learn and teach the MA instead!!  

Perhaps I should’ve took the other road that was mentioned in the Robert Frost poem.

 

 

[KarateKen]

11 hours ago, sensei8 said:

Juan Soto of the Mets has just surpassed Dodgers Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million over 10 years by earning $764 million over 15 years.

Staggers my mind!!

That’s $51 million a year!! That’s $4.250 million a month!! That’s $1 million a week!!

Just think, I lettered in high school baseball as a 3rd baseman but I decided to dedicate my life to learn and teach the MA instead!!  

Perhaps I should’ve took the other road that was mentioned in the Robert Frost poem.

 

 

Oh my...that is...wow.  How long before we see a player sign a one-billion-dollar contract?  About four years ago Patrick Mahomes signed the largest contract in sports history, and now he is not even in the top ten highest paid quarterbacks! Each year the contracts will get larger as long as the sports money keeps coming in.  

[Patrick]

At this rate, I suspect we are 3-5 years away from it, Ken. I just wonder who it will be. If Bobby Witt Jr. can continue on the arch he's on, he could definitely challenge the top spot.

On one hand, I'm bummed to lose Soto. He was a lot of fun. He's the type of guy that it is extremely fun to have on your team. So, I'll miss him. I love guys who get on base. On the other, I suspect we can build a better team overall team with the $47.5m we offered and/or the $51m that he received. Happy to see Max Fried getting $27.25m of that.

I want us to sign Masahiro Tanaka again in order to make a better pitch to Roki Sasaki. Sasaki apparently grew up idolizing Tanaka. It's kind of a zany idea, but if it brings Sasaki, well worth it.