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Jim Tracy's T-Rex arms are also pretty great.

 

And well played, Girardi:

 

It's embarrassing, Joe. Horseshit! Hey, Joe, don't laugh! You're not better than this stuff. You think you are, but you're not! You're a bastard!
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Jim Tracy's T-Rex arms are also pretty great.

 

And well played, Girardi:

 

It's embarrassing, Joe. [expletive]! Hey, Joe, don't laugh! You're not better than this stuff. You think you are, but you're not! You're a bastard!

 

Girardi is awesome. Two instances here of knowing he's going to get tossed, saying so and not caring at all.

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If anybody has Netflix streaming Ballplayer: Pelotoro is a pretty interesting hour or so documentary on Dominican prospects and the signing process. It's pre new CBA, but it's still relevant and actually alludes to upcoming changes in the system. Oh, and there is an interesting portrayal of the Pirates now that we know about the way they treat their prospects.
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I had watched that a few months back. It's a really really good documentary. The prospects they follow are Miguel Sano (super bad ass) and Jean Batista (super not that good). And yeah, the Pirates rep in the movie treats Sano and his family like [expletive] in an effort to force him to sign with them. There's a really seedy underbelly to the world of international scouting and signing turns out, and it's pretty disgusting/sad.
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Thought this was an interesting story from the other day. I wonder how different the Cubs franchise would have been if Al Capone somehow pulled this off (and didnt get arrested shortly after for tax evasion).

 

Capone schemed to buy the Chicago Cubs from the Wrigley Family — off the record, using blackmail — and to later purchase Ruth from Colonel Jacob Ruppert and the Yankees and make him player-manager of the Cubs.

 

"I could run the organization better than Wrigley can," Al boasted. "If I don't take it off his hands, he'll run it into the ground before long."

 

Al did know baseball well. And he already had a number of ideas for making the Cubs the next great American team. He had devised a plan to trade for Babe Ruth by paying Yankees owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert — who wasn't really a colonel but a former brewer — $500,000 in cash. According to Al, he had already talked to the Babe about using him as both a player and a manager. The Babe was very excited about the idea; he had always wanted to be a manager, but Colonel Ruppert wouldn't give him the chance.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/babe-ruth-al-capone-pals-autographed-baseball-auction-192413221--mlb.html

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I had watched that a few months back. It's a really really good documentary. The prospects they follow are Miguel Sano (super bad ass) and Jean Batista (super not that good). And yeah, the Pirates rep in the movie treats Sano and his family like [expletive] in an effort to force him to sign with them. There's a really seedy underbelly to the world of international scouting and signing turns out, and it's pretty disgusting/sad.

 

Spoilers in this article by Jeff Passan about the whole episode.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/story-of-miguel-sano-chronicles-ugly--sleazy-side-of-baseball-s-dominican-talent-pipeline.html

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If anybody has Netflix streaming Ballplayer: Pelotoro is a pretty interesting hour or so documentary on Dominican prospects and the signing process. It's pre new CBA, but it's still relevant and actually alludes to upcoming changes in the system. Oh, and there is an interesting portrayal of the Pirates now that we know about the way they treat their prospects.

 

Thanks for sharing, I liked it a lot

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If anybody has Netflix streaming Ballplayer: Pelotoro is a pretty interesting hour or so documentary on Dominican prospects and the signing process. It's pre new CBA, but it's still relevant and actually alludes to upcoming changes in the system. Oh, and there is an interesting portrayal of the Pirates now that we know about the way they treat their prospects.

Adding it to my queue. Thanks for the heads-up!

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That’s where Peterson and his close friend, fellow Yankees left-hander Mike Kekich, held separate press conferences on March 4, 1973 — Kekich at 10 a.m., Peterson at 4 p.m. — to announce details of what would become known as the most scandalous trade in baseball history.

 

This was a blockbuster to top all blockbusters: The two teammates told the world they had swapped wives — and children. Even dogs.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/sports/baseball/ex-yankee-peterson-has-no-regrets-40-years-after-w/nT7fG/

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Theriot's 2013 Topps card.

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not sure where else to put brandon mccarthy lolz

 

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