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Most ML players have less than 5 years in the major leagues before their playing careers are over with. That means most players don't even get the benefit of free agency so that's another factor in the rank and file voting. Vastly increasing the minimum wage was a huge win for those players...

The only rule changes I know confirmed for the 2022 season is the universal DH, no more 7 inning DH games and no base runner at 2nd base in extra innings. In short, it's back to the old rules except for having a DH in the NL now. Also, the new playoff format takes place in October. The other...

One more thing, those members of the PA's Executive Board can personally afford to be more principled when it comes to getting the best deal possible. Many members of the rank and file will be riding buses in the minor leagues this baseball season. Some of them will spend some time in the...

I haven't watched MLB Network today, but as somebody that did local negotiations with the UAW their points are true. It's business, but it also gets very personal at times.

Another thing, as a managerial retiree that did his stint in Labor Relations for a major Auto company, I can tell you that the 8 member Executive board members have a different perspective than most of their membership. These are the guys dealing with the owners and their labor lawyers. Things...

I wasn't surprise because most, if not all of those 8 members on the Executive Council are multi-millionaires and can afford a long lockout. I think five of the eight are represented by Scott Boras. However, the majority of the 1400 member PA is made up of players that are not...

IMO, there was no player punishment handed out because MLB negotiated that condition in order to get the players and their union cooperation in the investigation. Again, other teams cheating was not on the same level as what the Astros did which is why they were singled out. MLB believes they...

I wasn't going to post about that situation either, but it's not right for Astros fans to deflect what their team did by accusing other teams of doing the same thing. The Astros aren't scapegoats and frankly, they got off easy because they kept their WS title and rings. Sure, other teams...

Whether you like it or not Martin it's done! No question, Manfred screwed this up, but nothing is going to change it now.

Now, baseball fans across the nation outside of Houston can breath a sigh of relief.:) Seriously, baseball fans need to get over it and move on.

Congrats to Braves fans for their first WS Championship in 26 years.

Congrats to the Astros and Braves.

Braves get home field advantage because they were a division winner.

Wait, I thought the Astros only hit well at home according to Ryan Tepera?:laugh: Perhaps, he should keep his mouth shut without having any proof of the Astros stealing signs again.

Padres manager first manager fired!

Because of their past success, not nearly as much as they should be. What's ironic is that most of the sports media in NYC grew up as Mets fans, but because the Mets are always screwing things up, the media is much more critical of them than the Yankees. That needs to change.

Thank God, the Yankees season is over with, as they're simply not a really good team. They're above average at best. Unfortunately, I don't think the Yankees owner is going to make the necessary changes needed to fix the team. He's not going to fire Cashman after 24 years as GM, and he's...

Please, stop it as it doesn't have to be said by me that the Dodgers are a great team and organization. They've won their division, 7 or 8 straight times prior to this season. They've been in three WS in the last few years and won it last year. My comments weren't criticism towards them, but...

The Giants really impressed me this season. The Dodgers outspent everybody by a lot and still couldn't win that division.

Crap, the Yankees made the WC game. Their playoff appearance might be short-live anyhow.

It looks like the Padres manager will be the first manager fired this offseason. He'll be the fall guy, but that GM should be let go too, but they gave him an extension this year.

The Yankees don't deserve to be in the playoffs as changes need to be made. Cashman and Boone need to go and Hal Steinbrenner needs to put on his "big boy" pants and do the right thing by firing both of them. An organizational reset is in order with a new leader of their baseball operations...

The "Miracle Mets" won the first WS under that first playoff format change. This was one Yankee fan rooting for the Mets as I hated the Orioles more that season. At that time, the Orioles would kick the crap out of the Yankees. Most of my family were Mets fans because they were mainly former...

Actually that's the MLB record for wins in the regular season. Unfortunately, for the Mariners, MLB first changed their playoff system with the 1969 season, which was eight years before the Mariners came into existence. Of course, there's been more playoff rounds added since 1969.

Did anybody see the Giants having this type of season? I didn't and it's one of the things that makes baseball confounding.

Hell, if people are that tune in for baseball games then they're certainly getting alerts on their phones and other mobile devices when a no-no is going on.:) Anyhow, carry on!:thumbsup:

I was just wondering as most people I know rarely record Sunday afternoon baseball games. Football games is another story.

Why are you using spoiler tags?

Last night, the ninth no-hitter was thrown which breaks the all-time MLB record for no-hitters in one season.

Go Phillies!