I say this every year, but.... Twins-Blue Jays from last season is on Twins Classics right now. Nothing from the past four seasons should be a classic. "Let's take a look at the Twins one-two punch, Brian Dozier...." Dozier batting .185. "And Chris Colabello." Colabello still raking.
Mauer would have been injured during the first non-contact drill. It wouldn't be pretty to see how the typical Florida State athlete would have dealt with Mauer.
Another Manfred gem: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/25/rob-manfred-new-major-league-baseball-commissioner-suggests-ban-on-defensive-shifts/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs
Next year's first timers are pretty bad. Outside of Griffey, Hoffman, and Wagner I wouldn't even think of voting for any of the others. Maybe Guzzie.... Or Bob Howry and Russ Springer.
I took him off my ballot as soon as Sierra's blast left his bat. My votes: Bagwell, Biggio, Bonds, Clemens, Johnson, Pedro, Mussina, Piazza, Smoltz, Walker There are going to be a lot of good players that get knocked off the ballot this year.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/padres-acquire-wil-myers-in-complex-three-team-deal-233547912.html Even though Friedman is no longer around, I bet TB does not get crucified for trading the untouchable Myers like KC did.
His drafting is not that amazing either. He's the guy that thought Joe Blanton and Jeremy Guthrie were the best pitchers in the draft when in the first round alone you have Greinke, Hamels, Cain, and Kazmir.
It just ended and it got me thinking how much more realistic it would be if instead of a bang-bang play at both first base and home and an immediate celebration if the Yankees decided to challenge both calls and we could sit around for 2 minutes wondering what happened while Joe Buck dissected everything in a monotone voice.