And that comes as a Yankees fan.

In other words you like the idea that the AL East is gonna send 3 teams to the playoffs pretty much every year.

Great to see the new Blue Jays' uniform:



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If worse comes to worst, he could always wear a disguise to fool the players thinking he's someone else like that one time he fooled the umpires by wearing a mustache in the dugout.

It appeared as if the Red Sox were leaning towards Dale Sveum for the new manager but the Cubs got him right after the Red Sox gave him a 2nd interview.

Bobby Valentine is exactly what those "divas" the Red Sox have on their roster need. Those players need some fire, and Bobby won't put up with the BS that Terry Francona put up with and let happen.

Bobby Valentine looks like a leprechaun, just throwing that out there

Well, good point. If they have the best records then yes. But Its a better chance for teams like the Twins and Angels to sneak in past them.

MLB and players agree to a new CBA. We got baseball for another 5 years.

Ryan Doumit to the twins. 1-year, $3 mil.

Surprised Doumit couldn't get a starting gig somewhere. He's a pretty good hitter for a catcher and is at least passable behind the plate.

I bet he gets alot of play. Mauer hitting DH, playing first, and being injured quite a bit.

Doumit gets injured a lot too though. He and Mauer splitting time between DH and C gives them both some much needed breaks.

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Love the jersey, but I'd rather them use this hat.

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there can't be two AL East Teams with Trucker hats

God forbid

<font color=goldenrod>The Mets have new uniforms for next year as well to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

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Love it. Removing the black dropshadow from the text was a great move. Also they are apparently only wearing the blue caps this year, with the exception of black jersey days which are going to be greatly scaled back and probably eliminated by 2013 in favor of the slick orange-on-blue jersey.

Great move. The Mets wore blue caps with their road greys once in 2008 and people have been calling for it to return ever since.</font>

The away jersey looks nice. For some reason, I don't like pinstripes with the Mets color scheme.

I remember a time when MLB did their "Turn Ahead The Clock" thing, where they had teams come out wearing what they thought would be the jerseys those teams would be wearing in the future, in the new millenium.

Funny thing is that instead of adopting the "futuristic look", teams haven't changed their uniforms much, for the most part (thankfully), and in the case of the Blue Jays, Mets and Orioles, some are actually going back to their classic look.


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Indians are trying their hardest to keep Grady Sizemore around for another year.

Dunno. Guy keeps getting injured, but I understand he's a fixture on that team. One more for the gipper I suppose.

That Rockies one is great.

Love hats like that.

Actually buried my Grandfather with a hat just like that. He loved the Jays, no idea why :(

I bet that giant Pirates logo would make the ball really hard to pick up for hitters. Probably the Rockies one too.

had the Rockies just gone with those uniforms full time they wouldn't have had to put in the humidor

<font color=goldenrod>Those unis were ridiculous. Love how everybody just made blown up versions of their logos...whereas the Mets inferred that the franchise would be moved to another fucking planet. Insane lol.</font>

they should bring those back like once a year, I would probably buy one

<font color=goldenrod>So apparently yesterday was the day where teams had to add prospects to their 40-man rosters to keep them from being Rule 5 draft eligible. The Mets actually added a whopping 7 players: RHP Jeruys Familia, LHP Robert Carson, 2B Reese Havens, SS Wilmer Flores, OF Kirk Niewenhuis, OF Cesar Puello, and OF Juan Lagares.

Familia, Flores, Puello, and Lagares appear to be at least 2 years away...kinda shocked they've been in the organization long enough where they already have to go on the 40 man. Carson's probably not ready, but will get a token look as a potential 2nd lefty in the pen. Captain Kirk and Havens, if they stay healthy, should probably see their first big league action in 2012 even if its just as September call-ups.

I could see teams taking flyers on pitchers Brad Holt or Collin McHugh in the Rule 5 draft. I'm a little surprised the Mets didn't throw 3B Jefry Marte onto the 40-man, but the odds of a 20 year old position player who hasn't passed Single A yet staying on a big league roster aren't very good.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Pretty important new change to the CBA: Type A relievers no longer force you to forfeit your 1st round pick. Reason being that every year there are set up guys/middle relievers who get fucked over because no team will forfeit a 1st rounder for a middle reliever.

Phillies still have to forfeit a pick for Papelbon since the signing happened under the old CBA. Bell, K-Rod, and Madson can all be had without losing a pick.</font>

Probably would also change how teams deal with Type A players because a lot of times they get put on a waiver as a test to see what the potential trade value could be knowing full well no team can just take them without giving up something (ex. Red Sox with Papelbon a bunch of times).

<font color=goldenrod>The Padres also got screwed by this because they probably would have traded Bell had they known they wouldn't get draft picks for him.

Of course, the likely landing spot for him was the Cardinals and it wound up being a non-issue.</font>

from mlbtraderumors.com

Selig is gonna pay a visit to San Francisco within 2 weeks and chat with the Giants top brass about the A's creeping into their turf.

The A's want to relocate to San Jose and build a new stadium there. The Giants got alot of fans in that part of the area and they don't want to be drawn away to the new A's stadium in the future. They need 3.2 million fans to break even on their $130 mil. payroll this upcoming season.

If the Giants don't loosen up on their turf rights, MLB might buy the club, get a new stadium deal, and turn around and sell it off again.

Is SJ that much closer to SF than Oakland? Maybe I dont understand the dynamics of the Bay Area. Though Oakland and SF were right across the bay from each other, and SJ was a bit further north. Wouldnt Oakland moving to SJ cause more Oakland area peeps to go into the SF zone?

<font color=goldenrod>I wonder if the team would become the San Jose Athletics or if they'd get a new name. They've already moved once and kept the Athletics name.</font>

If the Orioles and Nationals could make it work, the Giants and A's should as well.

Philllies aquire Ty Wigginton from the Rockies for a PTBNL or Cash. Both teams will split his 2012 $4 mil. salary.

I would like for the A's to be called The San JosA's if they move

also WOOOO NO MORE TY WIGGINTON NOT HITTING IN SCORING POSITION

Mariners outfielder Greg Halman was stabbed to death in The Netherlands and his brother has been arrested as a suspect.