MLB 2025

[Picton]

Okay. Here we go! Three outs, Yamamoto.

 

[thisheregiraffe]

 

[lowplaces]

Well, no matter which team we wanted to win, at least it was competitive.

Go Cubs and Tigers 2026

 

[sleddogn]

That was insane...Go Reds Dodgers are

 

[GonePlaid]

Answering post game: helluva game whoever won.

 

[WG Plum]

Aw shucks.

 

[GonePlaid]

Aw shucks.

Methinks you misspelled the second word.

 

[JimmyO]

Being a Bills fan has prepared me well for this moment. I give myself 24 hours to mope and then move on. Life’s too short to let sports get you seriously down.

 

[Bent77]

Maybe some year the salary cap will mean something

 

[Gaolee]

Maybe some year the salary cap will mean something

It means the Dodgers will hire accountants from the Cayman Islands to make money magically disappear off the books. Oh, well. On to 2026. I am tired of the Yanke..., er Dodgers and their huge payroll.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Maybe some year the salary cap will mean something

If there is a salary cap (which will mean a work stoppage) it will have to be phased in, and they likely will have to find a way to assign a present value to the contract deferrals.

So, I caught the bottom of the ninth as we finished our last set, I heard the home run on the radio on the way home, and saw the double play when I got there.

 

[MJ5150]

That was cool how the last two games ended on sweet double plays.

-Mike

 

[dougjwray]

I was rooting for the Blue Jays because I have family near Toronto, plus Canada could have used a win over the U.S. right about now.
But I've always liked Mookie, and I'm happy for Kershaw.
Yamamoto: WOW!
Anyway... what a fantastic World Series!
Now we enter the long, cold, empty months without baseball. The pitchers and catchers can't report early enough!

 

[GonePlaid]

And now we wait for Spring...

 

[Bent77]

And now we wait for Spring...

No, we watch hockey

 

[GonePlaid]

No, we watch hockey

'Zackly-just not on this thread.

 

[SoonerBill]

No, we watch hockey

Absolutely!

 

[Bent77]

If there is a salary cap (which will mean a work stoppage) it will have to be phased in, and they likely will have to find a way to assign a present value to the contract deferrals.

So, I caught the bottom of the ninth as we finished our last set, I heard the home run on the radio on the way home, and saw the double play when I got there.

Unfortunately the bottom feeders getting that cash are also abusing the system. MLB created its own problem, which I don’t foresee getting corrected

 

[buldog5151bass]

Unfortunately the bottom feeders getting that cash are also abusing the system. MLB created its own problem, which I don’t foresee getting corrected

Salary cap, salary floor, and requirements that teams getting revenue sharng add any increase in the sharing to I rease their salary floor.

Not all teams can be expected to spend the same amount. Look at what the Yakees get in tv/streaming income versus the smaller cities. Add in the corporate customers in big cities.

The NFL figured it out decades ago. Television is where they make most of their money, and they market together and split the income.

 

[MCF]

So the Dodgers pulled it off. They were outplayed and out managed for most of the series. Were it not for Yamamoto, they would have lost. Frankly, I think they got lucky. But I’ll take it. That’s baseball.

I feel bad for Vlad and Bichette. Hopefully they’ll be back together next year. It was an exciting series. We saw the rise of an exciting new pitcher. And Scherzer was something to behold at or near the end of a brilliant career.

A new era will begin next season with the ABS system. We’ll see how it works out. Until then, it’s into the Thunderbird shed for me.