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  1. Dave Borton
    Let's use this thread to update others on Arizona and Florida ball. On my way to get Cuban coffee, drove by the Yanks spring training site in Tampa this morning and there is life. Lots of prep work prior to ballplayers return. I typically focus on college ball rather than the pro's. MLB might trot starters out for 3 inn and then you get to watch A-level ball. $35 later and what have you seen. Will drive over to Lakeland to see Flatherty and Skubal pitch a few innings. College ball? Two Div II teams; Tampa University and St Leo: https://saintleolions.com/sports/baseball/schedule. Will check out a game at St Leo this weekend. Two Div I teams I will take in., Univ of South Florida. Will also drive down to Boca Raton for Florida Atlantic University, the Owls, my alma mater. It has been 51 years since I last drove off campus. If anyone else is down here, sing out and we can attend one together. db Play ball!
  2. Dave Borton
    What I enjoyed most about visiting Busch Stadium, in addition to the history? The fans. Knowledgeable, loud, welcoming, electric energy. What I enjoyed most about WSox Stadium (not sure what they call it this week...). Nothing.
  3. Dave Borton
    No position, no bat, but great 'stache, better name. Tampa has a festival which celebrates him. A surgeon at our church was the first African American to integrate its fleet in 1994. https://gasparillapiratefest.com
  4. Dave Borton
    Ehire Adrianza retires at 35 after 12 major league seasons. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43147572/ehire-adrianza-retires-35-12-major-league-seasons
  5. Dave Borton
    The A's had a gap at 3rd. The Athletics are in agreement with Gio Urshela on a free agent contract, reports Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic. Financial terms for the Rep 1 Baseball client aren’t reported. The signing is pending a physical. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/as-agree-to-deal-with-gio-urshela.html
  6. Dave Borton
    Love Farm but that franchise is a mess.
  7. Dave Borton
    Ol' Jake continues to build on the stories he can spin for his grandchildren some day and continues to make $900K more than I ever made in one year. Swat on, Jake.
  8. Dave Borton
    Bud just alerted me to the signing. Not bad money. Loved Farm, but lateral speed has diminished and the bat was in the toilet. The $3.5MM is more than I would have gone.
  9. Dave Borton
    "When asked if he was considering giving the Rays permission to look for a new permanent home elsewhere, Manfred said the league is “committed to the fans in Tampa Bay... The commissioner wants to have two new teams’ locations picked out by the time he retires in 2029, although the clubs won’t yet be playing. But Manfred has long pegged league expansion to the Rays and the Athletics." https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5936548/2024/11/20/rob-manfred-rays-stadium-mlb-expansion/
  10. Dave Borton
    "The Tampa Bay Rays say their stadium deal is halted due to Pinellas County commissioners delaying bonds to pay for the county's share of the project. In a letter written by Rays presidents Brian Auld and Matt Silverman, they say the county's "failure to finalize the bonds last month ended the ability for a 2028 delivery of the ballpark." They go on to write that a 2029 ballpark delivery would be more costly, which the Rays cannot afford to finance alone...." Nashville Sounds? https://www.wtsp.com/article/sports/mlb/rays/tampa-bay-rays-stadium-deal-halted/67-958e63cf-88b2-4886-98ce-7d389b502660
  11. Dave Borton
    St Pete city, owner of Trop, is spending $6MM to waterproof exposed portions of stadium (scoreboard, concessions, etc). This is not the roof reoccur, If roof is deemed irreparable, work may cease. If draining system can be worked out (there is no drainage system), possible that the Rays may play open air. Lord have mercy, I lived in Fla for 18 yrs and summers are tough. Second consideration is to play in Dunedin (just north of Clearwater/St Pete area). Holds 8300 if memory serves me. Jays do there Spring training there. https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/news/tampa-bay-rays-get-big-news-in-attempt-to-salvage-tropicana-field-temporary-drainage-system
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  13. Dave Borton
    I understand the interest in the off season, but my approach is very passive. Why? Pohlad has given a key figure to Falvey. Falvey's bonus is going to be based on achieving that figure with a stepped bonus upon achieving so many wins. Hit that figure (base payroll) and then have an algorithm in which the more wins results in a higher bonus for Falvey. Falvey has to achieve that base salary before the bonus kicks in. Only in knowing that figure can you make assumptions about what the off-season trade season looks like. While it's fun, it's futile. Pohlad has his figure in mind relative to moving the team. MLB franchises are like real estate --- it's the location, location, location. If you are planning on moving, you don't re-do the wood floors, install new windows. You break out a bucket of paint and splash a new coat on it. You don't invest in it. I don't think Pohlad is finished reducing payroll. Break out the paint (trade XX and sign YY) and come in with that reduced payroll, shooting for 75 wins. You have to know Pohlad's figure
  14. Dave Borton
    Cards declined options on Gibby as well as Lynn.
  15. Dave Borton
    Great penultimate paragraph in today's Sports Illustrated:
  16. Dave Borton
    Where is Fat Joe.
  17. Dave Borton
    I was 14 when the Dodgers moved and if boys could cry, I would have.
  18. Dave Borton
    Great game to kick off the Series.
  19. Dave Borton
    I used to go to Amerks games just to boo a tall lanky Quebec'er on defense, Nova Scotia, Gilles Lupien.
  20. Dave Borton
    Hilarious. Had to respond. Chuckle icon insufficient.
  21. Dave Borton
    These guys are billboards: 1. Strauss - German work clothes (at least use Carhart) on batting helmet 2. Nike 3. Starr Insurance (Yanks), G for Guggenheim (ownership group of Dodgers) Enough already. I remember as a kid how the Buffalo Bisons (old American Hockey League) had a Pepsi Cola bottle cap on their jerseys. I thought it was tacky as a 10 yr old kid in the '50s; haven't shifted in my position. Gross.
  22. Dave Borton
    While I share your concern and dismay at BBs grossly inequitable salary totals, this is a classic matchup in the Fall. Add to that, Judge and Ohtani, mano a mano. Not to be missed
  23. Dave Borton
    ...roof was already beyond its shelf life. Litigation will tie it up. St Pete is broke after hurricane. 9500 seating capacity as Disney/Orlando. How about, the Orlando Mice.
  24. Dave Borton
    You, I, and no one in the MLB office.
  25. Dave Borton
    Game 4. What is Roberts waiting for? Disaster. Saving the BP is one thing; kissing the game goodbye is another.
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