Yeah he stepped down yesterday or the night before due to health issues/concerns that caused him to miss time. The fit was kinda weird imo back when they hired him and didn’t seem to work out from my pov. But wouldn’t have wished for the health issues though.
Oh yikes, that’s always sad to hear. Health issues suck. Hope everything is ok.
Agreed
Appreciate it! Lol. Figured I’d throw some out there today since I’m laid up in bed and can’t do much else. Also just a fun little time passer with the matchups being set for the wildcard.
Same here. I’d love to see it as well. Jays with those young guys making it back for the first time since the I think, early 90’s teams that were pretty damn good and made a few appearances. If not early 90’s then it had to have been the late 80’s. A little before my time either way. Plus the Mets as well after a few rough years since their last run.
Yea I liked it! And this time for baseball rather than hockey like we usually do lol. Not that I mind of course since hockey is my first love, but I still enjoy baseball of course and these predictions.
Yeah that’s true too, didn’t really think about it but yeah hockey has been more predictions based then baseball so far. Though honestly I’d say the hockey predictions is what kicked it all off, typically I don’t get into predictions unless I’m attempting some college ball brackets for march madness on espn or the one time I made a hockey bracket for the playoffs this past year. No real reason why I haven’t but typically I never did before now. I might keep doing these for fun going forward although some ball clubs are really tough to predict from year to year for me atleast. (Oakland being the first that comes to mind with their money ball style. Any given year it could change from one end to the other.)
Ah yea, fair enough on all that.
Yeah I remember that movie as well. I didn’t finish it, usually just tuned in when it’s on Hulu for awhile. But yeah, A’s go back and forth too often for me with their tear downs and retools to know which version I’ll see from year to year. Not the A’s of the 80’s and 90’s or whenever those teams would make World Series runs or the consistent playoffs teams of Zito and company that I grew up with but always a interesting club to watch for me. Still one of the teams I’ll root for personally. They definitely top the Cali based teams for me in terms of who I like in rankings and like the least. Which is one of the ideas I had, basically it’s been done already but cutting it down to ranking teams like that from multi team markets/states from sport to sport…. ? Idk. Just a small random idea lately.
It was a cool movie and a cool true story. I liked it a lot. Also yea I find it hard to really hate the A’s in anyway lol. Especially since they are so bad now and have been for a while and just historically.
??? Off-Field the history has a lot of ups and downs. But On-Field… I’d respectfully disagree. Too many strong teams and a few World Series titles being discounted there. Even this past decade the mix has been up and down but have a plenty of strong records and winning records to consider even if the 97 win season from a few years ago or so was unexpected. Just a few miserable and some underwhelming records to mix in. Overall, tends to be the rep for the Moneyball era A’s though and usually always the case with how they do things. Hoping they stay in Oakland though and would hate to see the A’s become a Vegas team. but doesn’t look good when seeing the Odds and what MLB has been wanting for awhile in getting a team in Vegas and the pressure on Oakland to overcome MLB desires. Besides the uncertainty the locals in charge provide in getting a new stadium for the A’s in Oakland.
I must admit I don’t really know too much history of the A’s or really other teams other than the Mets. I’m probably just living too much in the present with that comment about the A’s not being good, so I’ll admit and attribute that to my younger age and my lack of history knowledge regarding the A’s. No doubt a respectable team tho.
Oh no worries. No aim of mine to start something over it, I was just saying, although since my dads side is from California and growing up watching a lot of A’s games cause the Zito era and some later years got a lot of coverage in the west atleast. I seem to follow that club quite a bit. So maybe, the A’s have overtaken the Yankees on my favorites list? Just coming to that realization. I haven’t followed the Yankees near as much as I have of the A’s overall in my lifetime looking back at it. But anyways, agreed though respectable team and for a Cali based team, they are seemingly and usually always a small market underdog type. so fits my usual model of teams I tend to root for more then any other.
Nah I get it. I’d get a little like “wtf?” if someone said something clearly incorrect and unknowledgeable about something like that. I didn’t take any offense or take it badly, dw. I definitely don’t know too much about what I am talking about and shouldn’t have made a bold statement like that about the A’s going based off of just the past few years of recent history.
Alright cool just wanted to clear it up. I’d have assumed no offense was taken here, but following up with a clarification on my part either way just in case. And yeah, that’s true haha especially when you take into account how often you and I both could be encountering stuff across different sports and online/social media avenues in the comments. But yeah I see what you mean and understand there. Especially with this past year being absolutely terrible with 56 wins.
Ya all good. I get it and thanks for informing me and reminding me. Listen, I too would be confused if someone said the Mets or some other team that has a good few years of history has historically sucked.
Yeah that’s definitely understandable. I can’t speak on the entire Mets history, I can only say i know probably a fraction of what a Mets fan and local NY would be able to tell. And that fraction might be still a bit high for all I know tbh. but they do have a pretty nice and also a fun history for as much as I do know about them. But yeah agreed.
Yea despite not being the oldest and only team in NY, the Mets still have a great history.
Yeah that’s for sure. Plus with the great history, they’ve also had really awesome jerseys and pretty nice stadiums to play in during my lifetime and what I’ve seen in old clips for before my time.
Agreed. I also like the little elephant on the ball patch on the sleeve.
Oh yeah! Same here love that patch, one of the reasons I’ve been looking at the player quality or on-field quality (whatever MLBs top version is called) the most is wanting the patch on the sleeve.
You’ll have to tell me if you end up purchasing it. It’s real cool.
Will do! I’m planning on hitting up Fanatics during one of these 65% off site wide sales code events and get a MLB jersey (A’s Alt green with a Hat), a NHL jersey with a hat and a NFL jersey with a hat all in one go. I’d include the NBA but the Jazz have brand redesigns with a very different looking roster and those aren’t available yet and idk what team I’d pick after Utah for a jersey tbh. Least one for each team and league in one shot on a big discount.
