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  1. UMFan83
    Jed is definitely behind this. Doing whatever it takes to win
  2. UMFan83
    Yes except for the forget they exist part. They come out of nowhere
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    Someone tweeted a photo of Robert Herjavec (Shark Tank) walking off the plane that was supposed to be carrying Ohtani. Obviously could be one of the numerous fake things reported today but pretty funny if true Edit: someone at the CBC is also reporting this.
  4. UMFan83
    This jives with my experience with Toronto fans. You almost forget they exist until something good happens for them and then they become extremely obnoxious and over the top. Doesn’t surprise me that someone noticing a plane chartered to go from LA to Toronto would lead to rampant speculation, camping out at airports, mlb reporters getting owned with false reporting, etc
  5. UMFan83
    Not sure if this was posted yet but hilarious
  6. UMFan83
    My other thought besides o’reilly was the NKOTB song. Have no idea what it’s called though.
  7. UMFan83
    I think Pearson is in Mississauga
  8. UMFan83
    O'Reilly Auto Parts (assuming that is what you are referring to) is headquartered in Springfield MO. Closest MLB team is the Cardinals. Ohtani a Cardinal confirmed.
  9. UMFan83
    If Shohei didn’t want a spectacle he probably should have just let the FA reporting process play out as normal lol.
  10. UMFan83
    Local Toronto guy chiming in now But Drake posted himself wearing an Ohtani jersey on Instagram
  11. UMFan83
    He did say that Ohtani was traveling to Toronto today, not that he was en route so I guess he could be leaving later on lol Who knows, what a circus.
  12. UMFan83
    Bowden saying the same thing, but his track record is spotty too. Morosi is the only semi legit reporter that has said anything about being in Toronto I think
  13. UMFan83
    I doubt ever. We're talking what 15 games where the weather if iffy and even in that month of iffy weather there is occasionally really nice weather. It probably affects like 7-8 games a year depending on what you consider too cold
  14. UMFan83
    That is the funniest thing ever
  15. UMFan83
    You do know that Toronto plays in a dome right? lol Yes the weather might suck but his point was playing in cold ass weather kind of sucks and Toronto is an option that allows him to avoid it when at home.
  16. UMFan83
    Even PlaymakerDavid seems to be giving in
  17. UMFan83
    Maybe by then Jed will be allowed to use all his savings from not hitting the payroll number Tom gives him and we can make him a competitive offer
  18. UMFan83
    I'm dubious about the press conference too. I've seen 7pm ET and 6pm ET but it makes no sense to have a PC without a physical and unless they did the physical in LA or Florida last week, I don't see how they can make an official announcement today.
  19. UMFan83
    Pretty sure the Ohtani airport video is fake. Obviously he's clearly in Toronto though
  20. UMFan83
    The "Ohtani?" plane is currently flying over Illinois air space for the next 4 minutes or so (clipping the NW corner of the state). How exciting!
  21. UMFan83
    Kind of funny to go from playing in one of the most competitive divisions in baseball to another one of the most competitive divisions in baseball. He'll get to the playoffs with Toronto but not exactly maximizing his chances of winning a title IMO.
  22. UMFan83
    Jed said that to throw people off and stay off the radar.
  23. UMFan83
    Why do I feel like there's a 90% chance we're sitting there in mid-February waiting to find out if we resigned Bellinger to salvage our offseason? Seems like one of those FAs where its going to turn into a battle of wills between Boras and interested teams. The good news is the Yankees have their OFs, the Blue Jays with Ohtani are out, I doubt the Dodgers will give him a long term deal after non-tendering him a year ago. Probably will have a mix of teams like San Francisco, LAA, Seattle and the Cubs bidding for him. If SF gets Yamamoto, that settles their fans demand for a big FA. Just speculating LAA after losing Ohtani and keeping Trout.
  24. UMFan83
    Jed is being so secretive about this that he had Ohtani fly to Toronto to take his Cubs physical and sign the contract so that everyone would think he's signing with the Blue Jays. We're going to be sitting there on Opening Day wondering why the hell Ohtani decided to not sign with anyone when the Cubs Twitter account will release the lineup with Ohtani hitting 4th.
  25. UMFan83
    It was leaked, I don't think they leaked it. Their GM appeared on a Zoom call with a plain white background during the winter meetings and claimed he had a conflict that prevented him from being there. Not their fault if the media did some digging from that and figured out the truth. Or maybe it was stupid for them to even have a suspicious Zoom call and should have had someone at the meetings speak to the media (similar to Carter speaking for the Cubs the first day), but its different than brazenly telling everyone you met, what you did during the meeting etc. I mean in reality the whole thing about staying quiet about meetings is stupid and even stranger if it affected the Dodgers' chances but I'm going to pretend its why they didn't get him anyways because its so much funnier.
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