El Zen Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 I hate to come across as a fairweather fan, but I just can’t find the will to watch the Yankees this season. Such an unexciting team to watch, such a poorly constructed line up. No World Series since 2009, Brian (Cashman, GM,) it’s time to go (and it has been for a long time.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Rest in peace, Tim Wakefield. Sorry that Curt Schilling had to insert his ignorant MAGA face into the last week of your life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Watched a fair bit of baseball over the past few years and ended up sticking with the Orioles after watching them last year. 100+ wins and about to get swept in the playoffs. Pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Poor Oakland. The Athletics are following the raiders to Las Vegas, and the Golden State Warriors moved out to San Francisco a few years back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 9 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: Poor Oakland. The Athletics are following the raiders to Las Vegas, and the Golden State Warriors moved out to San Francisco a few years back. At least the Warriors are just across the bridge, but yeah, feeling for the people of Oakland right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 What's the point of a salary cap when you are allowed to do contracts like this? Quote Shohei Ohtani’s blockbuster 10-year, $700 million contract with the Dodgers contains even crazier deferrals than previously realized. Ohtani will receive just $2 million per year during his decade-long contract, with $68 million each season getting deferred to be paid out between 2034 to 2043, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed. For purposes of the competitive balance tax, Ohtani’s deal will be valued at $46 million per year. The Athletic first reported the Ohtani contract details and said Ohtani makes around $50 million a year away from the field. Ohtani was said to have proposed the structure of the deal himself, as it will heavily aid the Dodgers in supplying talent around the former Angel. https://nypost.com/2023/12/11/sports/shohei-ohtani-deferring-massive-portion-of-700-million-contract/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Baseball has a salary cap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 6 hours ago, Hornso said: Baseball has a salary cap? No you're right it doesn't. Has a luxury tax but apparently no salary cap. Had no idea You'd think I'd know everything about Baseball since I watched a couple games on Super Channel back in the 90's and the odd minute here and there in the last few years. It would seem I did not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 5 hours ago, sne said: No you're right it doesn't. Has a luxury tax but apparently no salary cap. Had no idea You'd think I'd know everything about Baseball since I watched a couple games on Super Channel back in the 90's and the odd minute here and there in the last few years. It would seem I did not. Wasn't intending any offence. My finger isn't exactly on the pulse of America's pastime but I did think it had the widest disparity in payroll (unless the rules had changed). I have heard some crazy stories about contracts though, like this one comes to mind in the circumstances: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/bobby-bonilla-day-why-mets-still-owe-former-mlb-all-star-1-19m-per-year-on-july-1/ Quote For a lot of MLB players and ex-players, July 1 is a big day. It's the day many signing bonuses and deferred salary payments (or portions thereof) are paid out. It must be fun checking that huge direct deposit each year, huh? Bobby Bonilla, a former All-Star who last played in 2001, has become the face of the July 1 payday. As part of a deferred salary arrangement, the New York Mets have paid Bonilla a little bit more than $1.19 million ($1,193,248.20 to be exact) on each July 1 since 2011. The annual payments will continue until 2035. 2035! Bonilla, now 60, will be 72 when the payments end. The Mets signed Bonilla to a five-year contract worth $29 million in 1991, at the time the richest contract in team sports. He spent the first three-and-a-half seasons of that contract with New York before being traded away. Bonilla won a World Series with the Marlins in 1997 and was later traded back to the Mets as part of Florida's post-championship fire sale. The Mets released Bonilla in January 2000 but were still on the hook for his $5.9 million salary that season. Believing they were poised to make a significant profit through their investments with Bernie Madoff, Mets ownership instead agreed to defer Bonilla's salary with 8% interest, and spread the payments across 25 years from 2011-35. Well, Madoff's Ponzi scheme fell apart, and Bonilla's $5.9 million swelled to $29.8 million from 2000-11. That $29.8 million divided by 25 years equals the annual $1.19 million payment. A few years ago CBS Sports created a bobblehead to commemorate Bonilla's annual deferred payments: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted March 7 VT Supporter Share Posted March 7 Vegas A's, 1.5 billion dollar future home 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Maybe it's the Aussie in me, but giving me Sydney Opera House vibes from a couple of angles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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