Jane Tuesday

I feel really stupid, because I have no idea who you're talking about. Lol But the next best chance for a unanimous first-round vote is Albert Pujols, so I imagine we'll be on opposite sides of that debate. 😉

I'm guessing you want Rivera to be the only unanimous vote? Or am I missing something?

Sasaki to the Dodgers. Forget the inequity for a minute. It's just so fucking BORING. Thousands of hours of MLB talking heads speculating, thousands of column inches about this rumor or that. And then he goes to the dogdamned Dodgers, where everybody with a brain and a tiny amount of baseball knowledge and understanding of human nature knew he would go all along. I would have preferred he sign with the Cubs where he would torment us for years. At least that would have been INTERESTING. This league needs an international draft, yesterday.

Goldy rather famously hasn't cared what his number is, and only started wearing #46 when he came to St. Louis. I suppose it's possible Pettitte offered it up, or Judge arranged something, but I imagine it's just a holdover. Either way, I say with 100% confidence Goldy would never ask for it. Guy is as humble as they come. (Still love you, Goldy. Sorry they made you shave. *sob*)

In 50 years, the Yankees will undoubtedly win multiple World Series to soften the memory. And the Dodgers will still be paying last year's payroll. Lol

You know what they say... "Comedy is tragedy plus time." You just need more time. ;)

I know we talked in this thread about Salvy Perez playing backyard ball with some kids in KC. He was awarded a Musial Award for his actions a couple of months ago in St. Louis. The Musial Awards celebrate sportsmanship across all sports and all levels, and is named in honor of the great Stan Musial. (An aside...Stan was known to drive around STL with signed balls and pictures in his trunk in case he ran into a kid who wanted a signature. That's why items he signed aren't really valuable, because he gave away so many! He would have loved "Salvy's Sandlot" game. ❤️ ) Anyway, just dropping in a plug here that the entire Musial Awards ceremony will be broadcast tomorrow on CBS and Paramount+ at different times. On my listings, it shows up as "CBS Sports Spectacular". Other baseball-related folks being recognized include Bob Costas and a team each from the Baseball and Softball Little League World Series(es?). You can find out more about the Musial Awards here: https://musialawards.com/.

Heresy!

I got all 12, but I have to admit I eventually wrote out all 30 teams by division before I remembered them all. (I can never remember where the Tigers and Guardians fit without listing all of them out.) Kansas City was the final 3-word one I came up with. Apparently even I have coastal bias! Lol I guess that answers my other question... Tampa Bay or just Tampa?

Paul Goldschmidt to the Yanks on a one-year deal. Goodnight, sweet prince. 😞 Rumor is Nolan to follow.

Apparently Nolan doesn't like the Astros any more than I do. Personally, I'd be happy for him to stay. I know all the "smart" people say we need to trade him, but... nah.

Yes to all of this. Long contracts are often bad baseball decisions. The Cardinals are paying Sonny Gray $75M for three years, which is similar or slightly above AAV for at least a few of the contracts in the left column. And we've tried to get other players to take bigger contracts over the years. And some of the other teams... take the Brewers, for example. Why should they be embarrassed because they play winning baseball on smart contracts?

Fans of Ken Boyer agree. The HOF Case for Ken Boyer. This is cute, though.

Perspective.

Piece o shat? ***********? Fuck, fuck, fuckity fuck. Tested fuck because I thought maybe it was my browser, guess not! Wild stuff.