OC Register: MLB makes slight moves toward players in lockout talk

[T.G.]

16 minutes ago, failos said:

I mean, we’re all adults.

Lost me right there...

[Lou]

7 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Yep, back in '77 when my dumb wife drove our Bug for 368 miles with a screw in the tire, causing the engine to overheat and blow out.

You were married in 1977?

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

You were married in 1977?

 

[failos]

17 minutes ago, True Grich said:

Lost me right there...

I knew I messed up when I typed that.

[Dtwncbad]

33 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Yep, back in '77 when my dumb wife drove our Bug for 368 miles with a screw in the tire, causing the engine to overheat and blow out.

Nice one.  I will play.  Are you sure it wasn’t lack of water in the radiator?  

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Dtwncbad said:

Anybody ever rebuild a VW bug engine?

[Taylor]

JK, just messing with you, dtwn.

[Dtwncbad]

3 minutes ago, AlwaysAnAngelsFan said:

I don't understand the benefit of a draft lottery. Owners are at 4 teams now and players wanted 8. Let's say they compromise and it's 6 teams. Wouldn't this increase the chance that teams go into fire sale mode and tank? One of the biggest issues the league has is a lack of competitive balance. How does this help?

The MLB draft doesn't have the immediate impact of the NFL or NBA draft. So what is the benefit to the product on the field in the short term or in the present?

You misunderstand.  The worst MLB teams go into the NBA lottery as the first step in transitioning them out of MLB because they suck.

[Dtwncbad]

2 minutes ago, Taylor said:

JK, just messing with you, dtwn.

No problem.  I take it like a breathe of fresh air at the roulette table.

[Angel Oracle]

3 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

Except the Angels already have an owner that “loves baseball and wants to win.”

It is much more realistic to hope for a stronger, more competent front office. . . and the jury is out on the one in place now.

 

Arte Moreno is the one though that controls who is in the FO.

[HanfordGuy]

3 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

Anybody ever rebuild a VW bug engine?

You ever been in a cockpit before???

 

[HanfordGuy]

3 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

Yep, back in '77 when my dumb wife drove our Bug for 368 miles with a screw in the tire, causing the engine to overheat and blow out.

Your wife drove 368 miles to have sex with you in a tire???

[WicketMaiden]

4 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

 

My expectations have been narrowed down to the point where I'll be happy if they make the playoffs sometime in the next five years.

My expectations have been beaten down so far that just seeing Trout play 130 games with no major injuries to any of the major players and with the ball-club staying out of the headlines for criminal or just stupid behaviour for a full season would be a major win. Anything above that is a cherry on top.

The only nailed on expectations I have are: Ohtani will make me go wow at some point; and at some stage of the season I'll be checking Trout's latest injury update hoping for good news. 

[Angel Oracle]

The progress the owners made yesterday was the equivalent of laying out the first paragraph of a novel.

[HanfordGuy]

39 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

The progress the owners made yesterday was the equivalent of laying out the first paragraph of a novel.

The night was…

 

[AngelsLakersFan]

12 hours ago, AlwaysAnAngelsFan said:

I don't understand the benefit of a draft lottery. Owners are at 4 teams now and players wanted 8. Let's say they compromise and it's 6 teams. Wouldn't this increase the chance that teams go into fire sale mode and tank? One of the biggest issues the league has is a lack of competitive balance. How does this help?

The MLB draft doesn't have the immediate impact of the NFL or NBA draft. So what is the benefit to the product on the field in the short term or in the present?

It's just another meaningless concession for the owners to give the players in exchange for something that actually negatively impacts player wages.

[Slegnaac]

11 hours ago, Lou said:

It's grand. 

Sir Guy Grand KG KC CBE

 

[Slegnaac]

10 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

Yep, back in '77 when my dumb wife drove our Bug for 368 miles with a screw in the tire, causing the engine to overheat and blow out.

It is always that #3 cylinder.

[tomsred]

10 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

Nice one.  I will play.  Are you sure it wasn’t lack of water in the radiator?  

I think most of us are sure of that. Until 2006 VW Bugs were air cooled, lol.

[Dtwncbad]

1 minute ago, tomsred said:

I think most of us are sure of that. Until 2006 VW Bugs were air cooled, lol.

You might be the only one that didn’t realize that was the joke?

[tomsred]

12 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

You might be the only one that didn’t realize that was the joke?

Probably.....

[fan_since79]

18 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

The progress the owners made yesterday was the equivalent of laying out the first paragraph of a novel.

Tolstoy's War and Peace.

Opening Day over/under: July 7th.

[Hubs]

I don't know where this thread went off topic, but I'm choosing to be optimistic and say they'll get the framework of a deal in place by the end of the weekend, and will sign it Monday. 

That way players can report next week. 

And games can start in early March.

[Dtwncbad]

2 hours ago, Hubs said:

I don't know where this thread went off topic, but I'm choosing to be optimistic and say they'll get the framework of a deal in place by the end of the weekend, and will sign it Monday. 

That way players can report next week. 

And games can start in early March.

There are things to work out, but the two sides are not really at any structural impasse (like whether or not there will be a luxury tax or whether or not there will be a pool for pre-Arb players).

They are mostly negotiating dollar amounts and thresholds at this point.

Given that, they should be able to resolve all this now that the timeline will play its role in driving them toward each other.

I think it will get done.

[tdawg87]

The players want to play, and the owners want to make money. 

It'll be settled soon enough. The season will start late but not by much.