Originally Posted by dallaschiefsfan:
I haven't been a fan of Barlow...but apparently he prefers keeping a lead instead of blowing a lead...so I like him now.
Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat:
The Championship was great but it's kind of lipstick on a pig. Over the past decade the Rays have averaged 8 more wins per season despite averaging $30 mil less in payroll. They've had 3 playoff appearances to the Royals 2 appearances and the Rays even had 2 other seasons with 90 wins where they didn't make the playoffs.
They are a better run franchise by just about any standpoint and are in a division with 2 payroll behemoths and the Jays are in that next tier down in terms of payroll.
Wow do they make a participation trophy that says all those nice things? [Reply]
Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!:
Barlow is now the official closer. He actually throws strikes
Ian Kennedy has been pretty good in his role. But the bullpen is the least of my concerns. Maybe we can flip Ian Kennedy if he can become a Wade Davis reliever, but I doubt it since he has an albatross of a contract. [Reply]
The bat flip stuff is something these guys need to get over. The guys need to do more shit like that, the average age of a baseball fan is like 56. If they continue to want everyone to be boring that will never change either.
No one cares about celebrating in other sports so hey get over..don't like bat flips..don't get up HR's. Harper did a monster one a few weeks back, no one got pissed. [Reply]
Guys celebrate in baseball all the damn time. However, some of the shit is excessive. Taunting in the NFL gets you a flag, the NBA a technical foul, MLB a fastball to the ass. [Reply]
