MLB News & Notes - 2024 Season

[zambonir]

Yeah but really Dombrowski built both of those World Series teams, even as he oversaw the first fire sale. That 2003 title still had his fingerprints on it. But by then he was gone and Henry had sold the team to buy the Sox and Loria was one of the worst owners possible. The surprise is that the current group hasn't been any better.

This is also the second time a winning manager of the year has bailed on them (though the first one didn't turn out to be that good, lol).

[flyers19rw]

Additionally a lot of people in Florida don’t have much discretionary income- low wage earners or retirees on fixed income. Then there are the fans who have money but would rather spend it more for football than baseball.

[zambonir]

Or on a much better team, in the NHL!

[Philsmania]

The Marlins have won as many, two, WS as the Phillies did over the period the Marlins existed. They have always had low budgets and followed a pop-up strategy of building from farm and trade in order to be strong, not much more than once a decade.

They need a shrewd GM to make it happen but, yes, that is their pattern. Build for a one-year run at a title then tear it all down in a fire sale and start another five-year plan.

[bkox]

Didnt see this coming

Reds reportedly hiring Terry Francona as manager one year after he stepped down...

[bkox]

'Devastated' Joe Musgrove needs Tommy John surgery and won't pitch for the...

[bkox]

But I bet we hear about throwing snowballs at Santa at some point if the Phils go deep in the playoffs

Tossed balls from stands, apparently aimed at Profar, cause 12-minute delay at...

[zambonir]

Those actually are the scariest fans.

[bkeich]

Those actually are the scariest fans.

They have better gangs than the other cities, at least according to 1980s movies

[zambonir]

I mean, they almost killed a guy. And when I was there in 2008 someone took my hat off my head and threw it from the upper deck as the Phillies clinched the series. Then he said it was for my own protection and I think he was half-sincere (I had already not worn it as I was walking there from Echo Park).

But of course there are bad drunk fans everywhere. I've seen some things at Madison Square Garden and I've also seen bad Flyers fans on the road.

[EastFallowfield]

My Dad said the scariest fan situation he was ever in was in Kansas City at some random midseason game.

[BostonRoss]

Peter Cetera of the band Chicago was beaten up after a game in the late 1960s at Dodger Stadium (he was a Cubs fan). He had his jaw wired shut, and it caused him to change his singing style, which ended up serving him well in the long run.

[Philsmania]

I've heard stories about Giants and Padres fans too. The times I have seen the Phillies play in San Francisco, some fans have been nasty. I recall reading that a Padres fan shoved Ryne Sandberg's father down an escalator in the 1984 NLCS. A Dodgers fan got stabbed to death after a a Giants-Dodgers game in San Francisco in 2013. So much for laid-back California.

Yet, Philadelphia fans are America's barbarians. The other three teams take the blame for what Eagles fans do.

[schillingfan]

I’m old enough to remember when Dodge Stadim was called Chavez Rqvine a(where it was built) I always heard stories about parking to fights. There are@d fans everywhere, as there are drunken idiots everywhere.

[mdougherty12]

Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase gave up a 3-run HR in the top of the 9th to break a scoreless tie in a 3-0 loss to the Tigers today.

[zambonir]

After allowing five runs all season, I believe.

[mdougherty12]

Kansas City wins Game 2 in New York, so all 4 series are 1-1 going into Game 3.

[EastFallowfield]

It is said it's the first time all the Division series were tied after two games.

[bkox]

Muggers ripped watch off Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler's arm, police say

[bkox]

Second minor league umpire sues MLB, alleges firing was retaliation for sexual...