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

[mr marcus]

Is sitting in the outfield a good experience?

In general? It's fun cause usually it's full of bleacher bums/regular fans, and cheaper

But not during a day game...learned that the hard way

Ohh ok....just wondering

 

[pacificnorsewst]

Midwest prices + ****** attendance = $8 field-level seats.

So nice.

It was great when the Mariners sucked (im certainly not mad they dont suck now though) because Id just get $15 nosebleed tickets with no intention of sitting in those seats. Just walk around the many places to chill at Safeco then sit wherever I want come the 6th inning. Weekday games are the best for that. I always ended up spending at least $60 on beer alone though. smh...

Had a similar feeling when visiting Target Field last summer. Great park.

 

[dakid23]

I remember paying 20 bucks for two seats in the 100 level at chase field.


I couldn't believe it

 

[pacificnorsewst]

So soon...

 

[jewbacca2]

Bryant should just show up and play third tonight.

Just show up at the clubhouse like henry rowengartner.

 

[venom lyrix]

New Yankee stadium is mad nice. Just doesn't have that old traditional fan stadium feel. It's some over the top suits field. It's for the wealthy folks to go impress clients and friends.

Citi field is mad nice too. Real nice.

While new Yankee stadium might look nice, I hate it. As a big Yankees fan, the place is a tourist attraction and no longer a ball park. It doesn't feel good inside. Citi Field is 100x better

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Last time I sat in the outfield was against the Yankees a few years ago when Jeff Francouer was on the Mets. We wound up inadvertently starting a brawl in the whole section that made the cover of the newspaper. Good times.

 

[jumpman ii]

 

[dland24]

Happy New Year everyone!!

 

[jewbacca2]

Everyone predict:

NL MVP
AL MVP

NL CY
AL CY

NL ROY
AL ROY

And a breakout player in each league.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Anthony Rizzo
Mike Trout

Kershaw
Sale

Mookie Betts
Kris Bryant

 

[jumpman ii]

 

[pacificnorsewst]

NL MVP - Bryce Harper
AL MVP - Mike Trout

NL CY - Max Scherzer
AL CY - Felix Hernandez

NL ROY - Kris Bryant
AL ROY - Taijuan Walker

NL Breakout - Mike Fiers
AL Breakout - Mike Zunino

 

[jumpman ii]

Could be a long year for my Giants

 

[jewbacca2]

Could be a long year for my Giants

Don't even.

 

[jumpman ii]

Could be a long year for my Giants

Don't even.

I'm not

 

[elpablo21]

AL MVP -ARod

 

[a55a5in11]

AL MVP: Cano
NL MVP: Puig

AL Cy: Felix
NL Cy: Kershaw

NL Rookie: HOFer Kris Bryant
AL Rookie: Taijuan Walker

 

[jewbacca2]

AL MVP: Cano
NL MVP: Puig

AL Cy: Felix
NL Cy: Kershaw

NL Rookie: HOFer Kris Bryant
AL Rookie: Taijuan Walker

No bias at all here lol

 

[a55a5in11]

AL MVP: Cano
NL MVP: Puig

AL Cy: Felix
NL Cy: Kershaw

NL Rookie: HOFer Kris Bryant
AL Rookie: Taijuan Walker

No bias at all here lol

does it even matter? And every choice is legit anyways

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

The trouble with Oakland

Howard Bryant, Senior Writer

FOR THE PAST several years -- culminating in a hammer blow in January -- the city of San Jose, the Oakland Athletics and their fans have all received an acrid lesson in unchecked power. Since at least 1996, after city and county officials ruined their home ballpark with extra seating that blocked the scenic Oakland hills to accommodate the return of the Raiders, the A's have pursued moving: to a new stadium in the city, to the suburbs of Fremont, to the cities of Santa Clara, Las Vegas, Portland, Sacramento and, finally, San Jose.

The A's wanted San Jose. Former commissioner Bud Selig wouldn't give it to them, apparently siding with the San Francisco Giants, who claim the region is part of their fan base and territory. In 2009, Selig created a three-member task force to study the A's-Giants situation. Two years ago, Selig denied the request from the A's for San Jose, isolating the franchise within Oakland. Since then, San Jose has been suing and losing to MLB in court, fighting the league's nearly-century-old antitrust exemption. Selig retired in January and was replaced by Rob Manfred. Less than a month into his tenure, Manfred said: "I don't see this as an Oakland-San Francisco problem. I see this as an Oakland problem." MLB was redlining the A's: They could build in Oakland or leave the Bay Area.

Weeks after Selig's retirement, the task force mysteriously disbanded. It filed no report. It made no public conclusion. It offered no data regarding whether a move to San Jose would affect either the A's or the Giants. The new commissioner backed the old one. Addressing reporters in February, Manfred said, "It was the preference of commissioner Selig that the committee's finding would not be made public." And that was that.

This is what power does. It makes its own rules. It answers to no one. For more than five years, the committee met while the politics of money, power and connection played out. A's co-owner Lew Wolff bet on his decades-long relationship with Selig (they were fraternity brothers at the University of Wisconsin in the 1950s) before staking his doomed claim to San Jose. Selig did not prove to be an ally, but there was a lot of disloyalty to go around: Wolff felt betrayed by Selig. By lusting after the Raiders, the Coliseum Authority was disloyal to its tenant since 1968, the A's. By coveting San Jose, the A's have been disloyal to their fans in Oakland. Locally, community groups want A's ownership to sell, believing new ownership would build a modern park in Oakland and commit to the city.

If A's fans feel unprotected, the team doesn't feel much better. It is a supposed member of the baseball monopoly, yet team president Mike Crowley said the organization has not heard from the committee nor received any direct communication from Selig or Manfred.

Baseball, meanwhile, is confident that outside forces -- i.e., the Raiders leaving town -- will do its work. Both baseball sources and New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft believe two NFL teams will play in Southern California in 2016. A Raiders move might open the door for the frowning faces of A's ownership and the local political leadership to reconcile and build a baseball-only park.

But while the A's are victims of MLB's actions, they aren't innocent either.Without the Raiders in the equation, the fact that Wolff and fellow owner John Fisher have never really wanted to build in Oakland would be exposed. Privately, ownership believes the corporate base is too small to justify spending millions on a new park. Since 1993, Oakland has never finished higher than sixth in AL attendance, and because the A's collect roughly $28 million annually in revenue sharing, it's more lucrative to complain than commit. Ownership can't leave, but it won't sell.

Thus, everyone is stuck. The A's and San Jose are stuck because of MLB. A's fans are stuck with a team wanting to leave but can't. It didn't have to be this way. MLB should have been transparent and officially reaffirmed that San Jose is Giants territory, giving some credibility to Selig's mysterious committee. The A's wouldn't have been happy, but at least it would have resulted from clear dialogue instead of monarch rule. The A's are right that a fast one was pulled on them, but when MLB holds all the power, well, being right has never counted for much anyway.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12565384/oakland-athletics-move-san-jose-where-go

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

AL MVP: Cano
NL MVP: Puig

AL Cy: Felix
NL Cy: Kershaw

NL Rookie: HOFer Kris Bryant
AL Rookie: Taijuan Walker

No bias at all here lol

does it even matter? And every choice is legit anyways

Can Cano win MVP on a third place team?

 

[a55a5in11]

AL MVP: Cano
NL MVP: Puig

AL Cy: Felix
NL Cy: Kershaw

NL Rookie: HOFer Kris Bryant
AL Rookie: Taijuan Walker

No bias at all here lol

does it even matter? And every choice is legit anyways

Can Cano win MVP on a third place team?

I don't know he doesn't wear an Oakland jersey

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

AL MVP: Cano
NL MVP: Puig

AL Cy: Felix
NL Cy: Kershaw

NL Rookie: HOFer Kris Bryant
AL Rookie: Taijuan Walker

No bias at all here lol

does it even matter? And every choice is legit anyways

Can Cano win MVP on a third place team?

I don't know he doesn't wear an Oakland jersey

Seattle Mariners Regular Season Record

Year DIvision Standing
2015 0 0 .000 -- 0
2014 87 75 .537 11 3
2013 71 91 .438 25 4
2012 75 87 .463 19 4
2011 67 95 .414 29 4
2010 61 101 .377 29 4
2009 85 77 .525 12 3
2008 61 101 .377 39 4
2007 88 74 .543 6 2
2006 78 84 .481 15 4
2005 69 93 .426 26 4
2004 63 99 .389 29 4

Hm.

 

[a55a5in11]

AL MVP: Cano
NL MVP: Puig

AL Cy: Felix
NL Cy: Kershaw

NL Rookie: HOFer Kris Bryant
AL Rookie: Taijuan Walker

No bias at all here lol

does it even matter? And every choice is legit anyways

Can Cano win MVP on a third place team?

I don't know he doesn't wear an Oakland jersey

Seattle Mariners Regular Season Record

Year DIvision Standing
2015 0 0 .000 -- 0
2014 87 75 .537 11 3
2013 71 91 .438 25 4
2012 75 87 .463 19 4
2011 67 95 .414 29 4
2010 61 101 .377 29 4
2009 85 77 .525 12 3
2008 61 101 .377 39 4
2007 88 74 .543 6 2
2006 78 84 .481 15 4
2005 69 93 .426 26 4
2004 63 99 .389 29 4

Hm.

IDK what that has to do with this season