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    Dusty Baker finally gets his World Series ring as a manager as the Astros beat the Phillies 4-2.

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    This feels like the most appropriate thread.

    Japan won the World Baseball Classic today over USA.

    A match up for the ages to finish the game with the 2 best players in baseball going head to head. Japanese captain Shohei Ohtani pitching the 9th inning against USA captain Mike Trout. 2 out in the 9th inning with a 1 run Japanese lead.

    The quality of pitching here is insane. Especially when you consider he's not purely a pitcher and he's not a closer who normally pitches in the 9th inning. 100+ mph fastballs and a nasty slider to finish.

    Ohtani and Trout now team up for the LA Angels in the MLB season which starts next week.

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    @KiwiMurph Japan has been baseball crazy over the last few weeks. I usually don't watch baseball but I have been riveted to the TV urging Samurai Japan on. It has been bloody brilliant!
    Shohei Otani has ice in his veins. While in Japan the pressure to perform has been just nuts. But he went out there and performed while whole stadiums were chanting his name. Comp's MVP. I can't hammer a nail if my wife is watching!

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    This is really sad.

    Oakland have lost all of their pro sports teams now.

    Apr 19, 2023  /  Sports

    Oakland A's plan to buy land for new stadium in Las Vegas, move there in 2027

    Oakland A's plan to buy land for new stadium in Las Vegas, move there in 2027

    The Athletics plan to buy land near the Las Vegas Strip with the plan of building a new ballpark and moving into it in 2027, team president says.

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    @KiwiMurph said in MLB thread:

    This is really sad.

    Oakland have lost all of their pro sports teams now.

    Apr 19, 2023  /  Sports

    Oakland A's plan to buy land for new stadium in Las Vegas, move there in 2027

    Oakland A's plan to buy land for new stadium in Las Vegas, move there in 2027

    The Athletics plan to buy land near the Las Vegas Strip with the plan of building a new ballpark and moving into it in 2027, team president says.

    It's a miracle they stayed as long as they did

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    Longtime baseball fans will remember him as knuckleballers were very rare in the modern era.

    Ex-Red Sox knuckleballer Wakefield dies at 57

    Ex-Red Sox knuckleballer Wakefield dies at 57

    Tim Wakefield, the first baseman-turned-knuckleballer who helped the Red Sox win two World Series titles, has died at the age of 57.

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    Postseason well underway now.
    AL Wild Card, Rangers won series 2-0 over Rays & Twins won series 2-0 over Blue Jays
    NL Wild Card, Diamondbacks won series 2-0 over Brewers & Phillies won series 2-0 over Marlins
    Now into the ALDS with Rangers up against the Orioles and the Rangers took game one this morning 3-2 with game 2 tomorrow.
    Twins face the Astros with Houston currently leading 6-4 at the bottom of the 8th
    In the NLDS Phillies face the Braves, Game 1 just getting underway
    Dodgers face the Diamondbacks later today in Game 1

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    Baseball postseason is like no other. All three teams that won 100+ games are gone in the Divisional Series.

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    A bizarre ALCS has ended in the Battle of Texas with the Rangers beating the defending champs Astros 4-3. The away team won all 7 games.

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    Dodgers it is. At least he should make the playoffs now.

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    And Juan Soto goes to the Yankees. I don't get their preoccupation with big hitters without investing in quality pitching. If they don't beef that department up they won't win

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    @KiwiMurph And the meme is make the playoffs and exit the first round. Good for him. At least the Dodgers are there and abouts. Anaheim just does not have the mentality across the board to win.

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    @broughie said in MLB thread:

    @KiwiMurph And the meme is make the playoffs and exit the first round. Good for him. At least the Dodgers are there and abouts. Anaheim just does not have the mentality across the board to win.

    Mike Trout must be thrilled. You would think he would get the hell out of there at the next available chance

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    @canefan said in MLB thread:

    @broughie said in MLB thread:

    @KiwiMurph And the meme is make the playoffs and exit the first round. Good for him. At least the Dodgers are there and abouts. Anaheim just does not have the mentality across the board to win.

    Mike Trout must be thrilled. You would think he would get the hell out of there at the next available chance

    Well he has underwhelmed and is injured often so if the Angels could trade him I wouldn't be opposed. When he came into the league he was slimmer, contract and power hitter and moved around the bases. Now he strikes out in important situations, has power, lost some speed and declined in general with batting percentage etc.

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    @broughie said in MLB thread:

    @canefan said in MLB thread:

    @broughie said in MLB thread:

    @KiwiMurph And the meme is make the playoffs and exit the first round. Good for him. At least the Dodgers are there and abouts. Anaheim just does not have the mentality across the board to win.

    Mike Trout must be thrilled. You would think he would get the hell out of there at the next available chance

    Well he has underwhelmed and is injured often so if the Angels could trade him I wouldn't be opposed. When he came into the league he was slimmer, contract and power hitter and moved around the bases. Now he strikes out in important situations, has power, lost some speed and declined in general with batting percentage etc.

    Unfilled potential

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    Crazy money for a 29-yr old.

    Ohtani will earn more each season than the current Oakland and Baltimore squads.

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    @Bovidae said in MLB thread:

    Crazy money for a 29-yr old.

    Ohtani will earn more each season than the current Oakland and Baltimore squads.

    A player you could build a squad around if you had any money left...

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    @antipodean said in MLB thread:

    @Bovidae said in MLB thread:

    Crazy money for a 29-yr old.

    Ohtani will earn more each season than the current Oakland and Baltimore squads.

    A player you could build a squad around if you had any money left...

    They've actually deferred the vast majority of Ohtani's contract so that they can build around him.

    Only $2 mil per year of Ohtani's contract will be paid over the next 10 years - the remaining $68 mil per year is to paid out between 2034-2043.

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    @Tim said in MLB thread:

    What a weird contract. I guess you can do that when you don't have a salary cap

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