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Bilirubin posted:On a non Dex but still Chicago related topic: the Disco Sucks! riot at Komensky the subject of a Drunken History episode: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/bob-odenkirk-recalls-disco-demolition-night-on-drunk-history-231352590.html I remember being at a friends for an Atari and baseball sleepover, and getting seriously pissed when it was clear the second game would never start (although we laughed at the wanton destruction) /pedantry
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Fowler got a team to forget the first six seasons of his major league career and also his age. This is a success story.
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Sydin posted:Probably because they didn't offer him 5/82 True, but I would be more than okay with it becoming SAS lore that Dexter Fowler is being blackmailed by Matheny
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bawfuls posted:It was Disco Demolition Night and the stadium was named Comisky Park after the founding owner of the White Sox I assumed I was missing a joke from whatever "drunken history" is. Also it's Comiskey. 
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New Concept Hole posted:Fowler got a team to forget the first six seasons of his major league career First Six: 272/368/422 Last Two: 261/367/427 
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beejay posted:I assumed I was missing a joke from whatever "drunken history" is. Also it's
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The Padres currently have ZERO players on guaranteed contracts. Their 25-man roster is made up of 19 guys who will make the minimum, five who are entering arbitration for the first time in 2017, and one (Carter Capps) in 2nd year arb. Projected 2017 payroll (not counting money still owed to James Shields and a couple others): $25.5 million. Makes the Astros tank job look tame in comparison.
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Good news: Bobby Evans got my fanmail https://twitter.com/AlexPavlovic/status/807344496526491648  Trade starting to look better, too bad Bochy will never put Smith into a game.https://twitter.com/sahadevsharma/status/806986308346322945 Don't even think about it Cubbies. Though I guess Sergio Romo's still on the market if you want to make it 4 for 5.
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The Uehara signing is just more proof that the Epstein/Hoyer "process" is to collect all the Red Sox/Rays aging players from the past decade.
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The Pussy Boss posted:The Padres currently have ZERO players on guaranteed contracts. Their 25-man roster is made up of 19 guys who will make the minimum, five who are entering arbitration for the first time in 2017, and one (Carter Capps) in 2nd year arb. Projected 2017 payroll (not counting money still owed to James Shields and a couple others): $25.5 million. Makes the Astros tank job look tame in comparison. that's actually quite an accomplishment
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 Somehow this guy just got busted for violating the league's policy on Marijuana.
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The Pussy Boss posted:The Padres currently have ZERO players on guaranteed contracts. Their 25-man roster is made up of 19 guys who will make the minimum, five who are entering arbitration for the first time in 2017, and one (Carter Capps) in 2nd year arb. Projected 2017 payroll (not counting money still owed to James Shields and a couple others): $25.5 million. Makes the Astros tank job look tame in comparison. And AJ Preller still has a job despite this and intentionally hiding medical information from the rest of the league
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nope! Baseball lacks a floor, meaning a team can be like the Padres and not have to have an albatross on their contracts. of course, the players get screwed here
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The Pussy Boss posted:The Padres currently have ZERO players on guaranteed contracts. Their 25-man roster is made up of 19 guys who will make the minimum, five who are entering arbitration for the first time in 2017, and one (Carter Capps) in 2nd year arb. Projected 2017 payroll (not counting money still owed to James Shields and a couple others): $25.5 million. Makes the Astros tank job look tame in comparison. That's pretty amazing.
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bawfuls posted:It was Disco Demolition Night and the stadium was named Comisky Park after the founding owner of the White Sox Apologies on the latter, I always remember it spelled with a K and that was the suggested "correct" google gave me. I am sure to misremember it again in the future. On the former point, no way, that banner some fans hung off the second tier rails have burned into my memory. Its "Disco Sucks!"  e. beejay posted:I assumed I was missing a joke from whatever "drunken history" is. Also it's Comiskey. Er, yeah, it was intentional. That's it Also lol
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I had to look it up, and the 2006 Marlins had a payroll of $1100 And they won 78 games! that's value.
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Tom Gorman posted:I had to look it up, and the 2006 Marlins had a payroll of $1100 This seems inaccurate.
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Poque posted:This seems inaccurate. It's true - they actually won 78 games!
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The Pussy Boss posted:The Padres currently have ZERO players on guaranteed contracts. Their 25-man roster is made up of 19 guys who will make the minimum, five who are entering arbitration for the first time in 2017, and one (Carter Capps) in 2nd year arb. Projected 2017 payroll (not counting money still owed to James Shields and a couple others): $25.5 million. Makes the Astros tank job look tame in comparison. That made me wonder what the all-league minimum team would look like. 1B Carlos Correa 2B Corey Seager SS Francisco Lindor 3B Kris Bryant LF Trea Turner CF Mookie Betts RF Odubel Herrera C Gary Sanchez UT Addison Russell UT Dansby Swanson OF Joc Pederson OF Randal Grichuk C JT Realmuto SP Kyle Hendricks SP Noah Syndergaard SP Aaron Sanchez SP Michael Fulmer SP Jameson Taillon RP Seung-hwan Oh RP Ken Giles RP Roberto Osuna RP Edwin Diaz RP Hunter Strickland RP Kyle Barraclough Total payroll of $13.375M. Check out the 3-shortstop infield.
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I somehow only noticed Correa as a 1B on like the, 3rd viewing. I would watch that team, although the bullpen is ehhhhhhhhh...
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Inspector_666 posted:I somehow only noticed Correa as a 1B on like the, 3rd viewing. I would watch that team, although the bullpen is ehhhhhhhhh... With the bullpen I mainly went on name value cause there's a lot of relievers on league minimum who I've never heard of, and it's hard to tell based on stats when they've only thrown <50 major league innings.
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Carlosologist posted:nope! Baseball lacks a floor, meaning a team can be like the Padres and not have to have an albatross on their contracts. of course, the players get screwed here MLB will still be grumpy if you spend nothing. I remember several years ago they sent a nasty gram to the Marlins (surprise!) to spend more. I think they gave Josh Johnson a nice contract as a response. Then like a year later they made that insane Johnson / Buerhle/ Reyes trade as a salary dump.
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Bilirubin posted:On a non Dex but still Chicago related topic: the Disco Sucks! riot at Komensky the subject of a Drunken History episode: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/bob-odenkirk-recalls-disco-demolition-night-on-drunk-history-231352590.html I remember being at a friends for an Atari and baseball sleepover, and getting seriously pissed when it was clear the second game would never start (although we laughed at the wanton destruction) I looked that up a few weeks ago. It's interesting how much the incident is looked back on as "LOL DISCO," and not at all as a gang consisting overwhelmingly of straight white people rioting in response to a style of music that mainly appealed to gay, black, and Latin-American people getting popular.
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Tom Gorman posted:I had to look it up, and the 2006 Marlins had a payroll of $1100 Poque posted:This seems inaccurate. It is. It was like 15mil or something, and Dontrelle was almost a third of it.
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St. Dogbert posted:I looked that up a few weeks ago. It's interesting how much the incident is looked back on as "LOL DISCO," and not at all as a gang consisting overwhelmingly of straight white people rioting in response to a style of music that mainly appealed to gay, black, and Latin-American people getting popular. I don't know what's real anymore
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St. Dogbert posted:I looked that up a few weeks ago. It's interesting how much the incident is looked back on as "LOL DISCO," and not at all as a gang consisting overwhelmingly of straight white people rioting in response to a style of music that mainly appealed to gay, black, and Latin-American people getting popular. Tell us your thoughts on 10 cent beer night
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UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:Tell us your thoughts on 10 cent beer night I loving love that Cleveland is still doing cheap beer night promos.
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Inspector_666 posted:I loving love that Cleveland is still doing cheap beer night promos. Cheap beer night could mean $6 for a longneck at this point though
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Went to a Cleveland game this season, and they had $1 hot dogs. No riots were caused tho
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Soul Glo posted:Went to a Cleveland game this season, and they had $1 hot dogs. I'd riot over the Royals $1 hot dogs, honestly 
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seiferguy posted:I think they gave Josh Johnson a nice contract as a response. Then like a year later they made that insane Johnson / Buerhle/ Reyes trade as a salary dump. Raise your hand if you thought Mark Buerhle would end up being the most valuable piece going to the Jays in that deal.
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Intruder posted:Cheap beer night could mean $6 for a longneck at this point though They do buck Miller Lites or something equally cheap.
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Tom Gorman posted:I'd riot over the Royals $1 hot dogs, honestly I would eat ten of those with no regrets.
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Julio Cruz posted:That made me wonder what the all-league minimum team would look like. Schwarber at first, Correa to third, Bryant to right, Herrera to the bench, dump Grichuk and I'm in.
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St. Dogbert posted:I looked that up a few weeks ago. It's interesting how much the incident is looked back on as "LOL DISCO," and not at all as a gang consisting overwhelmingly of straight white people rioting in response to a style of music that mainly appealed to gay, black, and Latin-American people getting popular. This is certainly some words strung together
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The Dollop podcast did an extensive episode on Disco Demolition Night that's worth listening to. If you've never heard of the player Rube Waddell, you absolutely need to listen to The Dollop's episode about him.
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I guess I'm kinda young compared to most people on these forums but I was always under the impression that white people loved disco
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LonesomeCrowdedWest posted:I guess I'm kinda young compared to most people on these forums but I was always under the impression that white people loved disco Yes, of course they did
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