kitekrazy

It can be if you spend $300M and dumpster dive for the rest.

Just maybe baseball is not a predictable sport. Some of these teams that won 100 games were the result of more bad teams than last year. Padres, Giants, Cardinals, the whole AL Central, Yankees, Red Sox

Reds conceded and didn't do much. Is Clevinger that much of a cancer for teams to risk for 2 months? He was the best pitcher out there on waivers.

They were predicted to be closer to losing 90 than winning 90. Padres is a mystery.

Meh...these articles are a dime a dozen. It's not like we didn't already know this.

They turn it up a notch in the post season. They wouldn't do very well on bad teams.

I'll assume she wants more money.

Reminds me of the Sox. JR is not aligned with reality.

It's all about who is hot. That's it. See Diamondbacks and Phillies.

That's more after the fact.

I think this team is cursed when it comes to free agents. Both of those guys would probably end up playing like Sheets.

The Rays have a dynasty from their farm system but in the post season they die nasty. But baseball is not a predictable sport. You win those 100 games so you get there. Some teams can club you to death but you still need stud pitchers for the post season.

Ugh! Identity politics ruins everything.

Basic cable is actually my highest utility. People confuse cutting cable but if one were to do that it means your cable company is no longer your ISP. I don't get ESPN or the news networks and it's $150 a month. My light bill doesn't even go that high running the air everyday in the desert. I remember subscribing once to watch the NHL online and 90% of the games were blackouts. Talk about a needed class action lawsuit.

Only local. Evening games are usually on ESPN. I remember when MTV was in every household you got to watch the Braves, USA would have a Thursday night game, and of course there was Monday Night Baseball. The major 3 networks gave way to the cable networks. Now WGN only does Cub games locally.

I've figured out baseball is not a predictable sport.

Somehow I get the feeling he wouldn't do well for the Sox. Then they would fail to build around him. Last I checked NL players don't do well for the Sox.

Lynn looks like he gained weight. Older veteran pitchers need to be in better shape now there is a pitch clock.

Their organization is a lot more interesting considering their lineup failed this year. A knee jerk cheap owner would sell of players. That same group might do better next season.

Baseball is a game of streaks. It's not who is the best but the best at that time.

or winning a division by 20 games

= Reinsdorf's pocket. That's about it.

You brought up one of the biggest WTF decisions in baseball.

Not sure why unless they think he can't take them past a division. Sometimes you wonder if a 100 win season is a curse. Aren't they a team who has more than their share of injuries? Imagine a 100 win manager loses his job while a 100 loss manager is keeping his.

We need to keep that small market habitual losing syndrome going.