viewtopic.php?f=2&t=57095&p=2407312&hilit=Roger&sid=7409d8b7a8c802a811c4f77028beb929#p2407312 I still am a fan of him complaining about the girl ruining his Fukudome jersey with her eyeliner. But that Derek Jeter article tho. Oh my.
Not just they would be pissed if this became a pattern, but the MLBPA would likely file a grievance. And I'm guessing the commisioner would lean on a team pretty hard who made no bones about the fact that they're trying to intentionally lose down the stretch.
Which was of concern to me because he was adding on ~40-50 innings to his previous career high[(and now looks like it will be more like ~60-70(regular season)]
And 0 AL teams have been officially eliminated from contention. The A's are the only team not on baseball reference's wild card standings page They include all teams within 10 games. A .500 team in the NL would be 11.5 out.
This doesn't make a ton of sense to me. Hamels was a guy teams should acquire even if not competitive this season but with plans to do so next. True? But you pay a premium to outbid teams who need him this year.
I imagine there was a lot of keystrokes spilled on Rangers boards about how it was a waste of prospects to acquire Hamels in a year they weren't competitive.
I got some nice incredulous responses on the Illinois board when I disputed that Molina was a 1st ballot HOFer if he retired tomorrow. Saying Lou Brock probably didn't belong either really set them off.