FriarHouketh

I would only request that the site go to dark mode, if at all possible, for a period of days.

I have a unique perspective on this, as in - well, I'm a displaced Brewer fan in the East Valley in Arizona. And, as I live in the A's spring home city, I have a somewhat partial rooting interest in this situation. My number one concern is that the A's would not only abandon Oakland, but Mesa as well - one of only two Cactus League facilities that have "divided" locations. The Giants over in Scottsdale and the A's have stadiums separate from their practice fields. Of course, if the A's move to Vegas, they might be interested in moving their facility to Legacy USA (fka Bell Bank Park) in the SE part of Mesa - and practically across the street from Phoenix Mesa Gateway. (Did I mention that Gateway has direct flights from Mesa to Las Vegas?) I do foresee an expansion franchise considering Legacy USA for their spring home, though that may be my selfishness talking. Anyways, as to the A's themselves - I'm old enough to remember the two times Finley tried to sell the team and move them to Denver. This thing ain't gonna be a clean divorce. Oakland's gonna force them to play at the Coliseum in 2024 by lawsuit, no matter how much money MLB throws at them, and we might be in for another round of what happened when the A's moved to Oakland in the first place - placating jilted cities with expansion teams. Which, realistically, is what they should have done back in the 60's, tbh. Finley should have just sold the team to KC concerns (Kaufmann, for example), and let Oakland join the AL with Seattle in 1970 or 1971.

Okay, that would make sense. I admit to not knowing much about Boise State, being a misplaced Cheesehead here in the Valley of the Sun.

Only one problem: Boise State didn't have a baseball team prior to 1970.

We trade for the guy, then we DFA him?

I suspect that Stearns is less than enamored with the bullpen right now, and he's not entirely wrong. They're a middle-of-the-pack team in terms of pitching in the NL.

Doesn't matter, he's an Oriole.

My original reaction to the trade was, "Well, either we just screwed things up royally or we just won the National League pennant." Of course, that was before the Soto trade.

This is one that has me completely stumped, and maybe someone out there knows something. Way back in 1968, when the Seattle Pilots participated in their first-ever MLB Amateur Draft, they made a rather odd pick with their pick in the 20th round (464th overall) - a kid by the name of Henry Talbot out of Boise, Idaho. There is literally no other information available, and it looks all the world like the Pilots took a flyer on someone who was a friend of a friend of a scout. What I'm looking for is, well, what happened? Did he never get the call from the Pilots? Did he decide not to sign, and instead went off to Woodstock or something? Is he alive, and well, and living in Boise? My Google-fu has been very bad in this instance. Anyone with any leads would be appreciated.

It's not that the sample was (or wasn't) tampered with after the fact. It's that there was that huge gap between the administration of the test and reception by the lab where, at least in the eyes of a reasonable person, tampering could have happened. Yes, it's a technicality. Yes, the courier could have acted in the highest, most professional manner, and never touched the sample. But. What MLB, WADA and all of the "Athletes All Cheat" crowd don't realize is, if you're going to have testing, you have to have rules and policies about those tests, or it's arbitrary and capricious. If you let the technicality go, you may as well just have a dartboard at the Commissioner's office to determine the "50-game suspension of the day." You can't have your cake without eating it, too. EDIT: Oh, and this whole decision reminds me of the stories I've heard surrounding the Messersmith case. ----- Continued from: viewtopic.php?p=767740#p767740 Original Lead: viewtopic.php?t=27537

Coming in nice and clear on XM. Poor Ueck, trying to figure out the names of all these minor leaguers who are getting inserted into the lineup late. Through six, Giants are up 4-3.

My immediate thought after seeing this signing is, "Welp, now we'll see if it was us or him."

I vote for this as the Most Understated Post Of The Year.

Nah, just do what you always do. After a hard day's work, earn your pay by winning the game, then go on and untuck those jerseys. And go into the clubhouse and pound down some Miller Lites. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me! That was an OUT????