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MLB 2019

#2,381
MJ5150 said:
MLB Proposal Would Eliminate 42 Minor League Baseball Teams
The wife and I really enjoy minor league baseball, so find this story disappointing.

-Mike
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Unfortunately, there is just less interest in minor league ball, since people can follow MLB teams on line and TV, and local newspapers, where they were covered, are dropping like flies. Also, go back to the height of the minor leagues, and for spectator sports, you had baseball, horse racing, boxing, and college football. Today, at best, baseball is the #3 team sport.

On the positive side, they say they are going to improve conditions and pay for the players.
 
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#2,382
GonePlaid said:
We found a Braves affiliate team in Kissimmee last season. Got to a few games this season. City kicked them out to build a new facility for soccer*. Team is moving about 100 miles away. Booo.
* we don't give a ratza$$ about soccer
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Sac has had a rabid sports culture from the Surge to the Gold Miners football teams, the Rivercats minor league baseball team to the Knights soccer team. We're trying to get a pro soccer team here but have missed the cut several times. We desperately miss the WNBA. The monarchs were a wonderful franchise. We travel well for 9ers games and Raiders games as well as the Giants and Golden State Warriors. The Kings have sold out for decades. We're a small market but we're absolutely a sports town. I'd love for a pro soccer team to come here. I've enjoyed the last 3 years of getting into the Primer league. To me, it's like the history and stories that make baseball so great mixed with the action of hockey and the rivalries and fandom of American football. I took to it rather quickly once I dove in. I really like my choice of Arsenal. It's odd to say but the team fits me, as a fan, like a glove.
 
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#2,383
Funky Ghost said:
Sac has had a rabid sports culture from the Surge to the Gold Miners football teams, the Rivercats minor league baseball team to the Knights soccer team. We're trying to get a pro soccer team here but have missed the cut several times. We desperately miss the WNBA. The monarchs were a wonderful franchise. We travel well for 9ers games and Raiders games as well as the Giants and Golden State Warriors. The Kings have sold out for decades. We're a small market but we're absolutely a sports town. I'd love for a pro soccer team to come here. I've enjoyed the last 3 years of getting into the Primer league. To me, it's like the history and stories that make baseball so great mixed with the action of hockey and the rivalries and fandom of American football. I took to it rather quickly once I dove in. I really like my choice of Arsenal. It's odd to say but the team fits me, as a fan, like a glove.
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I get it, and for those who enjoy soccer, have at it. I have enough teams to try to keep up with and at age 74, don't feel up to trying something else. Plus which, due to an injury(my fault, still hurt) when 'forced' to play soccer in junior high, I have a rather negative opinion of the game.
 
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GonePlaid said:
I get it, and for those who enjoy soccer, have at it. I have enough teams to try to keep up with and at age 74, don't feel up to trying something else. Plus which, due to an injury(my fault, still hurt) when 'forced' to play soccer in junior high, I have a rather negative opinion of the game.
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My entrance into soccer ( and Australian rules football ) was purely because I am increasingly falling out of love with Football. You're right though, it's a lot to follow so many teams and be able to call your self a true fan and not a casual one :)

I guess I could have picked better teams to cheer for when I was a whipper snapper but oh well it is what it is :)

Long suffering

Oilers/Titans
Phillies
Flyers
76ers

fan.

Recently acquired

All Blacks
Arsenal

Fan.

My motor sports fandom ran it's course ( heh ) when Mark Martin, Bob Glidden and Shirley Muldowney made their exits.
 
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Especially if you have kids, look for summer college leagues (a la Cape Cod League). The talent is good (Division I players), and usually they are at small fields/stadiums so you are close to the action. I used to take my son to games when he was younger. He usually ended up with a few foul balls, and the players would autograph them between innings.
 
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I am a Dodgers fan so I’m legally allowed to say this, here is what Clayton Kershaw’s final two sliders of 2019 looked like.

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#2,391
MJ5150 said:
Well bummer, I really wanted the Yankees to be in the World Series.
I so happen to have friends in Houston and DC who are annoying fans. Nice people in general, but not so much when it comes to sports.

-Mike
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Well, I'm happy the Yanks are out. Especially after the way some of their fans acted in the previous couple games.

No Yankees appearances in the World Series this decade! People like to say each sport is better when some storied team in that sport is great. I say baloney. A diverse mix of champions is better for long-term competitiveness and gets more fans involved.
 
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fun stuff: this is the second time that two teams created after 1960 will meet in the world series. astros 1962 & nationals/expos 1969

more: the nationals are currently tied (with the brewers & padres) for the third longest world series title drought, behind the indians & the rangers/senators. in 2017, the astros' title ended their status as the team with the third longest title drought.
 
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yodedude2 said:
fun stuff: this is the second time that two teams created after 1960 will meet in the world series. astros 1962 & nationals/expos 1969........
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Great post, I didn't realize that this is only the second time. Of course, I had to look up the first time - 2015 with the Royals and Mets. There have been plenty of expansion teams in the WS - Mets, Royals, Astros, Rockies, Marlins, D-backs but they were always paired with the Red Sox, Yanks, Cards, Tigers, Dodgers, Giants, A's, Phils, etc.
 
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dangnewt said:
Great post, I didn't realize that this is only the second time. Of course, I had to look up the first time - 2015 with the Royals and Mets. There have been plenty of expansion teams in the WS - Mets, Royals, Astros, Rockies, Marlins, D-backs but they were always paired with the Red Sox, Yanks, Cards, Tigers, Dodgers, Giants, A's, Phils, etc.
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You missed one....but they only won back to back WS's so you may have forgotten them...
 
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I am a SFGiants fan so I am allowed to be quiet and enjoy the W.S. Hard to decide who to root for. I'm picking the Nats mostly because they are the underdog and they have done this without Brice Harper.
As a SFGiants fan I am allowed to say that having superstar (ahem, Barry Bonds) doesn't always translate to W.S. titles. Having an all around balanced team with good pitching, good D and smart ballplayers is the way to win in S.F.
 
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