Official 2021-22 Hot Stove League Thread.

[angelsnationtalk]

16 hours ago, Pancake Bear said:

The same way Steve Cohen did?

Besides, Ohtani is an advertising dream, especially internationally. No way they let him go unless he doesn't want to stay. 

If I was Ohtani, seeing how the Angels are a mess every season thinking they can be competitive, I wouldn't want to stay.

[Dtwncbad]

25 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

If I was Ohtani, seeing how the Angels are a mess every season thinking they can be competitive, I wouldn't want to stay.

Except you stay as a fan, so your “I wouldn’t want to stay” statement is verifiably false.

[angelsnationtalk]

18 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

Except you stay as a fan, so your “I wouldn’t want to stay” statement is verifiably false.

Yes, but i said if I was a player....
As a fan we are all just stuck in limbo.

[Dtwncbad]

43 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

Yes, but i said if I was a player....
As a fan we are all just stuck in limbo.

No we are not stuck in limbo at all.

You are always a free agent and 100% free to stop pulling for this team and choose a team you think is more functional.

[T.G.]

44 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

No we are not stuck in limbo at all.

[failos]

1 hour ago, angelsnationtalk said:

Yes, but i said if I was a player....
As a fan we are all just stuck in limbo.

*were

[Biergott]

This lockout is boring 

[Dtwncbad]

3 minutes ago, Biergott said:

This lockout is boring 

True.

But also true:  December 7th is always boring for mlb.

[Biergott]

Yeah but the fury of that couple days was pretty action packed (even though we didn’t get what we all wanted)  that was fun for a bit at least

[Stradling]

3 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

Except you stay as a fan, so your “I wouldn’t want to stay” statement is verifiably false.

Haha, this is great. 

[Tank]

20 hours ago, Pancake Bear said:

 

isn't it how much money the organization has? how much the owner has doesn't seem all that relevant as he's not dipping into his own personal bank account to pay the players - that pool of money comes from how much money the team raises through their tv contract, sales of tickets and merchandise, etc.

if i'm mistaken, help me out.

[tdawg87]

12 minutes ago, Tank said:

isn't it how much money the organization has? how much the owner has doesn't seem all that relevant as he's not dipping into his own personal bank account to pay the players - that pool of money comes from how much money the team raises through their tv contract, sales of tickets and merchandise, etc.

if i'm mistaken, help me out.

I don't think you are. The team isn't worth 3.5 billion and he's not investing his entire net worth into them. If he did he'd be nuts.

[Taylor]

40 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

True.

But also true:  December 7th is always boring for mlb.

Yep. I don't think there has ever been an MLB off-season I consistently enjoyed.

[Docwaukee]

45 minutes ago, Biergott said:

This lockout is boring 

so much so.  

[Dtwncbad]

Since we are kind of the “players” on this site, maybe Chuck should lock us all out of the site until the mlb player lockout is over. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Dtwncbad said:

True.

But also true:  December 7th is always boring for mlb.

80 years ago, the Japanese came to America to drop bombs. 80 years later, one does that, AND pitches.

[ten ocho recon scout]

By the way, for you bored guys, I tried to start a fight the other day where we argue the old players vs today. But nobody wanted to disagree with each other.

[angelsnationtalk]

2 hours ago, failos said:

*were

[Dtwncbad]

9 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

80 years ago, the Japanese came to America to drop bombs. 80 years later, one does that, AND pitches.

[ten ocho recon scout]

14 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

Its a lockout... I work with whats given

[Tank]

26 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

@EnglishCop has like 20 of those.

[failos]

3 hours ago, angelsnationtalk said:

You’re welcome.

[EnglishCop]

4 hours ago, angelsnationtalk said:

We have a sacred duty to keep idiocy in check. @failos is a trusted deputy of mine and deserves respect. You deserve a 3 night stay in the slammer.

[eligrba]

[Dtwncbad]

Was there ever any explanation on why the Verlander deal wasn’t made official before the lockout?