2016 MLB thread. THE CUBS HAVE BROKEN THE CURSE! Chicago Cubs are your 2016 World Series champions

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RyGuy45 said:
The issue for me is not so much anymore the dollars these MLB'ers are getting paid.....it's now how comically low NFL owners have to pay their top talent.
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Same with NHL players.

Those two should be the highest paid players to me.

But, at least the NHL cap seems to be rising.
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Write each sports commissioner and tell them you demand that their athletes get paid more. Thats what I did for the MLB when I thought players deserved to make more money and look it worked out. 
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onewearz said:
i'm watching the top catches all-time in baseball history, why is willie mays catch still #1 ?

i've seen plenty that are better, griffey had at least 3, jeter flip is better
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Context.

Late innings of a tied World Series game with runners on base and the go ahead run in scoring position combined with the difficulty of tracking a ball over your shoulder.  Catching it and throwing it back in--all without settling underneath it or stepping into the throw--to hold the runner on second to only advancing to third.

I see no problem with still calling that the best ever.
 
onewearz said:
i'm watching the top catches all-time in baseball history, why is willie mays catch still #1 ?

i've seen plenty that are better, griffey had at least 3, jeter flip is better :D
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The over the shoulder basket catch?

Magnitude of the game is probably why it's #1. I'd take this catch by Jim Edmonds over the say hey catch:
 
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agreed with edmonds, i'd even say endy chavez catch was better if we're talkin context.

just think it's had it's moment, lotta catches have outdone it ....
 
Proshares said:
The deadline for Masahiro Tanaka to make a deal that would bring him the United States to pitch in 2014 is one week away, and while there's no reason to believe a decision is imminent, the Chicago Cubs may be gaining momentum towards possibly nabbing the highly-coveted free agent.

As ESPN.com's Buster Olney wrote in his Friday blog, "Executives have complimented Tanaka's agent, Casey Close, for keeping the process under wraps, but there are rumblings that at least one of the potential bidders is prepared to pay Tanaka like a Cy Young-caliber pitcher. Could that mean $150 million? $160 million?" And could that potential bidder be the Cubs?

Mark Gonzalez of the Chicago Tribune says that Cubs manager Rick Renteria met with Tanaka in Chicago last week, and was "upbeat" when talking about it. "Renteria said the Cubs' selling points were the deep reservoir of prospects that would arrive in the majors during the latter years of his multi-year contract if he signs with the Cubs," Gonzalez shares.

ESPN.com's Jayson Stark is at the owner's meetings in Arizona and tweeted that it was "amazing" how many owners in attendance there were "convinced Cubs are ready to blow away the field and sign Tanaka to a monster deal."
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I wouldn't be mad either way. Pay him and get him, or let someone else pay him and save the money. I just want my prospects on the job training in August.
 
Sounds like the Chicago teams, Yanks, Dodgers and D-Backs have all made formal offers to Tanaka.

Cubs reported to have offered $160mm.

If that's true, I think he's getting close to $200mm :lol:
 
Seriously, Jim Edmonds was such a good OFer he would purposely slow down on balls to make diving catches
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played with a kid in HS who did the same damn thing. guaranteed one diving catch a game lol   
 
Jewbacca said:
Seriously, Jim Edmonds was such a good OFer he would purposely slow down on balls to make diving catches :smh:

played with a kid in HS who did the same damn thing. guaranteed one diving catch a game lol   
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Me and my cousin would compete with each other about who would have the better "web gem" :lol:
times we wouldn't move and then dive at the last second
 
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(New York) AP

Michael Weiner, the players' union head who died from a brain tumor in November, will be honored by the Baseball Assistance Team (BAT) during its annual dinner next Tuesday. Weiner will be given a lifetime achievement award that will be accepted by his widow, Diane Margolin.

Former NL MVP Jimmy Rollins will be given the Big B.A.T./Frank Slocum Award for his financial support and generosity to the community. Seven-time All-Star Michael Young will be presented with the Bart Giamatti Award for best exemplifying the compassion demonstrated by the late commissioner, who died in 1989.

Current Commissioner Bud Selig will receive the first Commissioner Bud Selig Leadership Award.
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