Original_JB

Gotta disagree...... TastyKake Butterscotch Krimpet

Yeah, that's right, I forgot to include the 'Rat' in my comment too. Ryan Reaves doesn't exactly please me either, and here I'm stuck with him on the Wild.

Hmmm, the only player I really, really had disdain for was ol' Crooked Cap when he was with the Tribe. Didn't hate him so much when he was with the Yankees, but they had their own pile of dislike --- But not as bad as: Minnesotan Yankees fans, you know, the ones that all have Yankees hats, jerseys, and load up Target Field when NY comes to town, but don't know any of the players and are reduced to "C'mon number "X", get a hit" or "number 20, sign my ball".

Improved fundamentals (physically AND mentally) from both the players and the staff.

Dozier aka "Prell"

First off, I like the game as old school as possible "rules"-wise. No shift banning, no ghost, 3 batter minimum. However, I like the idea of the electronic umpire, pitch clock and keeping the batters in the batter's box. Things that can help shorten the game without "changing" it. But, since people are complaining about ALL games running too long, why not just go to an 8 inning game? You could (in theory), use one less reliever a game. and shorten the game up by 20+ mins --just like that. They obviously don't give a rat's behind about screwing with all the other 'traditions' of the game, why not this as well? Or go to a 6 inning game with 4 outs per inning (again, totaling 24 instead of 27 outs, but also eliminating 3 "between innings" time chunks, both of which would reduce overall game time).

It is what it is, but part of me is utterly exhausted with the constant train of "If/Could" starting pitchers on this team, going back to I'd say, the Phil Hughes era. The number of articles written about the rotation where almost every single starter's writeup included an If/Could disclaimer...

I had a great time when I did this trip a few years ago. I got the "roof closed" version, and it reminded me of a giant airplane hanger. The tailgating setup is a lot of fun and people take it seriously with how elaborate of a setup they can put up. Lots of breweries, driving into/through town it reminded me of an endless version of NE Mpls, with a corner bar on every corner, seemingly forever. If you have any passion for bowling, Holler House is the oldest bowling alley in the U.S. It's a bar basement 2 laner. It's not 'out of the way' and so to me, worth a stop. In regards to the lack of Chi games, there are 6:30p.m. starts in Beloit for the SkyCarp on Thr-Sat if you like High A ball. Kind of gives you an old time park reset after a couple games in MIL.

All things being equal, I'd rather play these "most talented" teams early in the season, before they build momentum and get on a roll. I believe we have a better shot of winning while guys are still fine tuning and managers are still sorting out their day to day gameplans. Everything is a bit more volatile early in the season, try to take advantage of it.

Not sure what it should be, but one that says you like/agree with the post, but don't like what that means (ramification-wise) --- one that doesn't make it seem like you're shooting the messenger who delivers bad news.

I saw the picture that goes with the article and thought, "hmmm, looks like they've got the 2024 alternative jersey figured out".

Sounds like a right handed David West. Hopefully, they have better luck.

It's a calculated risk, no different than buying a car with a "new" transmission or a discounted price on an open box, "refurbished" big screen TV at CostCo. "Should" be OK, and probably will, but until you reach a certain time with it, you'll always have that little worry about things going wrong. So, I guess we'll have to wait and see how it shakes out. That said, after the "Dior" comment, Carlos Correa will forever be "CostCo" to me. Heck, it even sounds good as a cheer, "Let's Go, CostCo, cha cha cha"

I guess it makes the team better overall, so in that I'm glad. I'll want to puke every time they play up the "I really like it here and wanted to be here", "this was really my 1st choice", "these are the guys I want to win with" LIES, LIES, and more LIES. You wanted max dollars, period. Don't even try to lie about it. You literally agreed to deals with two other teams already, so don't go trying to blow smoke up everyone's ass.