Why has no collection of fans from one league started a campaign to flood all star voting for the worst players from the other league in an effort to sabotage the game and get home field advantage in WS?
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Julian, wrote:
Why has no collection of fans from one league started a campaign to flood all star voting for the worst players from the other league in an effort to sabotage the game and get home field advantage in WS?
because it would take hundreds of thousands of votes all in the effort to "humiliate" someone who swings a stick and catches and throws and runs a couple a times a day for 2/3 of the year while making 6+ figures. and plus, they'd decline.
stevewizzle wrote:So you're in, then?Julian, wrote:
Why has no collection of fans from one league started a campaign to flood all star voting for the worst players from the other league in an effort to sabotage the game and get home field advantage in WS?
because it would take hundreds of thousands of votes all in the effort to "humiliate" someone who swings a stick and catches and throws and runs a couple a times a day for 2/3 of the year while making 6+ figures. and plus, they'd decline.
I'm pretty sure the votefortheworst domain is available again if you're up for the challenge….
vansmack wrote:Smackie, its too late for this season, but I feel like you and I can single-handedly lead the AL to home field in the 2015 World Series. This could be the very springboard you need to get that elusive GM job!
I'm pretty sure the votefortheworst domain is available again if you're up for the challenge….
stevewizzle wrote:TAN: if you set the over/under at 4.5 for how many of the crappy 8 starters would actually accept and play, I'd take the over. Never underestimate ego.
plus, they'd decline.
Yankees reliever Alfredo Aceves has been suspended for 50 games without pay for a second positive test of a "drug of abuse."
Julian, wrote:stevewizzle wrote:TAN: if you set the over/under at 4.5 for how many of the crappy 8 starters would actually accept and play, I'd take the over. Never underestimate ego.
plus, they'd decline.
under.
counterpoint: never underestimate that bullshit "for the integrity of the game" nonsense.
ok smackie, resident GM, how did beane pull this one off??
hutch wrote:
ok smackie, resident GM, how did beane pull this one off??
I have no idea, but he ruined my 4th of July.
Samardzija and Hammel for Russell, McKinney, Straily, PTBNL.
The big prospect is a short stop. The Cubs already have Startin Castro. Baffling.
vansmack wrote:hutch wrote:
ok smackie, resident GM, how did beane pull this one off??
I have no idea, but he ruined my 4th of July.
Samardzija and Hammel for Russell, McKinney, Straily, PTBNL.
The big prospect is a short stop. The Cubs already have Startin Castro. Baffling.
2018 Cubs Lineup:
C - Kyle Schwarber
1B - Anthony Rizzo
2B - Addison Russell
SS - Starlin Castro
3B - Kris Bryant
OF - Javier Baez
OF - Junior Lake
OF - Bryce Harpor
theo's major SS moves as GM with the red sox, 2004-2011:
trades franchise SS nomar garciaparra, receives orlando cabrera
lets cabrera walk after season, signs edgar renteria long-term
trades renteria to atlanta after first season, pays majority of his contract
signs alex gonzalez for 2006
lets gonzalez walk, signs julio lugo for a 4-year deal
trades top SS prospect (largely believed to be untouchable) hanley ramirez to the marlins for josh beckett and the falsely reported corpse of mike lowell
lugo a disaster, run out of town by 2007
prospect jed lowrie steps in for 2008, 2009. can't stay healthy.
sign marco scutaro for 2010, despite lowrie being capable
does this position haunt him so much that he needs to stockpile the top 3 talents at the position, just so he isn't burned again? i think so.
trades franchise SS nomar garciaparra, receives orlando cabrera
lets cabrera walk after season, signs edgar renteria long-term
trades renteria to atlanta after first season, pays majority of his contract
signs alex gonzalez for 2006
lets gonzalez walk, signs julio lugo for a 4-year deal
trades top SS prospect (largely believed to be untouchable) hanley ramirez to the marlins for josh beckett and the falsely reported corpse of mike lowell
lugo a disaster, run out of town by 2007
prospect jed lowrie steps in for 2008, 2009. can't stay healthy.
sign marco scutaro for 2010, despite lowrie being capable
does this position haunt him so much that he needs to stockpile the top 3 talents at the position, just so he isn't burned again? i think so.
That's some quality analysis, wiz.
vansmack wrote:
That's some quality analysis, wiz.
the beauty of it is oakland's current SS (lowrie) is theo's old trash.
vansmack wrote:Im more irked Porcello got left off.
Good news Julian -
Trout, Cabrera pass on HR Derby
Julian, wrote:
Im more irked Porcello got left off.
I feel the same way about Richards, but it's hard to get upset when Chris Sale was left off. I would probably rank him first, despite the injury.
vansmack wrote:Agreed. If I'm being objective, the Sale omission is the most egregious.Julian, wrote:
Im more irked Porcello got left off.
I feel the same way about Richards, but it's hard to get upset when Chris Sale was left off. I would probably rank him first, despite the injury.
ANAHEIM – With Monday night's 5-2 win over Toronto, the Angels evened their franchise record at 4,272-4,272-3 and reached the .500 plateau for the first time since they were 1-1 as an expansion team in 1961.
The Angels became the first expansion franchise with an all-time record at or above .500 and the 13th franchise in the Majors with the distinction.
Among expansion teams, Arizona (25 games below .500) and Toronto (62 games below .500) are the closest to the milestone. The Padres (531 games) and Mariners (390 games) are the furthest from the mark.
When manager Mike Scioscia began managing the Angels in 2000, the franchise was 213 games under .500. He has gone 1,285-1,071.
Los Angeles has won 11 straight at home and five in a row overall to notch the landmark win.
The Yankees lead the Majors with an all-time record that is 2,379 games above .500.
The Angels became the first expansion franchise with an all-time record at or above .500 and the 13th franchise in the Majors with the distinction.
Among expansion teams, Arizona (25 games below .500) and Toronto (62 games below .500) are the closest to the milestone. The Padres (531 games) and Mariners (390 games) are the furthest from the mark.
When manager Mike Scioscia began managing the Angels in 2000, the franchise was 213 games under .500. He has gone 1,285-1,071.
Los Angeles has won 11 straight at home and five in a row overall to notch the landmark win.
The Yankees lead the Majors with an all-time record that is 2,379 games above .500.