Is it just me, or is Springer $150m for 6 years a really good deal for the Blue Jays? I thought he might be more like a $240m for 8 years type player? Is it just a very soft free agent market, or are people concerned about Astros cheating inflated numbers? I wish my Nats had been in at $150/6.
COVID worked out pretty well for Trevor Bauer.
https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/st...84216008855552Bauer deal with Dodgers, per @Feinsand: $102M for three years, with opt outs after first and second year. Salaries: $40M in first year, $45M in second.
Demented and sad, but social, right?
Braves sign Ozuna to a 4-year deal:
https://twitter.com/braves/status/13...058663936?s=10
Must think the DH is here to stay in the NL, I guess? Big bat but . . . .
A great deal for the Braves, especially if the DH comes to the NL. If I were a betting person, I'd bet that it does happen before long but not this season. I was hoping my Cardinals would sign him but alas, they had to settle for Nolan Arenado, Gold Glove winner and good hitter. Maybe not as good a hitter as he was in Colorado, but I think he will be fine. They still need another bat. The Dodgers getting Bauer sets up a good NL West pennant race, with the winner probably the odds on favorite to win the World Series.
He hit pretty dang well in the playoffs that year vs the Braves. But yea, he had an underwhelming season.
Also, Arenado has the worrying home splits to go along with a HUGE contract. At this point I’d take Ozuna , especially considering they didn’t have to trade for him.
Once again it's time for the Tigers to give an unconscionably large contract to some dolt who's well over the hill and limps.
Does anyone here know the words to the Yankees' theme music? They created the song circa 1966 or 67, when they were terrible (10th place in '66, 9th in '67, 5th in '68!) but I listened to most games on the radio as a 12 (or 13) year old. The first year they played the words, after that, never, although they still use the music before and after broadcasts.
There's a lot more but that's all I rememberWe love the ... Yankees!
Shout it out loud we love the Yankees!
And we're gonna win today!
Google is a wonderful thing! Here's the whole thing with words!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--1E6xl6VM
Ozzie, your paradigm of optimism!
Go To Hell carolina, Go To Hell!
9F 9F 9F
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I don't recall the song, but I do recall the days when Mel Allen would announce with a Ballantine beer in front of him and some nice beer foam on his upper lip. And who knew Mel went to Bama?
As a huge Yankees fan, that was one of the theme songs of my youth (primarily in the 1980s). They generally didn't play it with the lyrics on WPIX (channel 11, with Rizzuto, White, Messer and some others doing the games). Initially I sang the song with the lyrics "Yankees, they had Babe Ruth" repeated over and over to fit the tune. Not sure why.
As noted further up in the thread, these types of songs bring back many happy childhood memories of time spent with my baseball-obsessed dad. He was a Giants fan living in Brooklyn in the 40s and 50s - Bobby Thomson's home run was the happiest moment of his childhood - we listened to the Russ Hodges call of "the Giants win the pennant" over and over.
Meet the Mets
meet the Mets
Step right up and greet the Mets!
Bring your kiddies,
Bring your wife.
Guaranteed to have the time of your life!
Because the Mets are really socking that ball
Hitting those home runs over the wall.
East side, West side,
Everybody’s coming down
To meet the M-E-T-S Mets
Of New York Town . . . .
I guess I should have put a after the settle part. I was being cute. As for Ozuna, I would only want him on the Card's roster if the DH is in play. He didn't have to worry about his terrible defense last season because of the DH rule. I still think the Cards need another bat and even another pitcher. With the short season last year, pitchers didn't get stretched out innings wise. I think teams need 6 starters on their roster. Of course some of the bullpen can serve that role. Like Carlos Martinez and Alex Reyes.