LMU

4 hours ago, tBBP said:

 

The NBA's Memphis Grizzlies might pitch a fit about that...

Los Angeles Kings/Kansas City; Kansas City-Omaha; Sacramento Kings

New York Rangers/Texas Rangers

New York Jets/Winnipeg Jets

Carolina Panthers/Florida Panthers

New York Giants/San Francisco Giants

St. Louis Cardinals/Arizona Cardinals

Kansas City Royals/Cincinnati Royals (defunct)

Edmonton Oilers/Houston Oilers (defunct)

There's enough precedent.

41 minutes ago, BottomlessPitt said:

There was another rumor floating around that groups from Atlanta & Houston were meeting with Bettman in New York last week. 

That's probably more related to the expansion talks that have been ongoing.  I think all the rumors are aligning right now for the Coyotes to be SLC or bust at this point and Smith probably already has a handshake agreement.

Of course, the interesting wrinkle in all of this is Seravelli's speculation that Meruelo's going to sell the team and still build the arena in hopes of getting a Browns deal.  Considering how much red tape that they need to cut through that's probably the only real option lest the Coyotes stay in the Mullet until 2031.

27 minutes ago, spartacat_12 said:

You keep harping on this.  The announcement just confirmed what had already been baked into the conditions of the auction.  Again, it's confirmation that Meruelo can't crawl the Scottsdale to save a few million dollars by saving on two miles of utility conduit.  It's also a warning shot that you can expect Scottsdale to get their lawyers involved due to the impacts it's going to be experiencing.

13 minutes ago, spartacat_12 said:

 

Being across the street from Scottsdale doesn't mean anything. The plan has always been for the Coyotes to develop the land themselves without relying on infrastructure from Scottsdale. The 64th Street off ramp the mayor mentioned is completely within the Phoenix city limits, so that also has nothing to do with Scottsdale. The N Scottsdale road off ramp is fine, and handles plenty of traffic every year during the Waste Management Open.

You assume that was always the plan. The Mayor flat out said in his statement that the auction must specify that all utilities come from Phoenix so he’s flat out stating that saving millions of dollars by hooking up across the street is off the table.

Also, you can’t just put a major development on a shared road with another city and tell them to pound sand. If that off-ramp isn’t completely upgraded Scottsdale is fully within their rights to take Phoenix to court since their infrastructure will be impacted by the increased traffic.

Utah Jell-O Moldzz

3 hours ago, spartacat_12 said:

 

Well the arena isn't going to be in Scottsdale, and the Coyotes already planned to use Phoenix infrastructure for the development. Not sure why anyone cares about this guy's opinion.

Because the arena is across the street from Scottsdale and the site, being a vacant patch of sand, will need to have nearly two mile-long sewers and water mains built as a result, plus the team will still be on the hook for completely reconfiguring a highway offramp that serves Scottsdale being as how the whole complex is right across the street.

35 minutes ago, SFGiants58 said:

 

Just leaving this here.

 I'll also go mod here and state this: there's a multiquote feature.  Stop flooding these threads with 7 rapid fire posts in a row.  You can get your irrational hatred out just as easily in a single reply.

10 hours ago, FiddySicks said:

I’ve been to hundreds of RiverCats games (including briefly being a mascot for them in high school) and it’s one of my favorite parks in all of baseball. The view of downtown is phenomenal. I can definitely see the comparisons. 

Points like this get lost in the A's/Coyotes comparisons.  The Coyotes had to downgrade to a gimmicky arena meant for college kids that they had to build a temporary annex to bring up to code.  The A's get an immense upgrade in atmosphere combined with functioning plumbing.

17 minutes ago, The_Admiral said:

 

There are now teenagers who undergo Tommy John surgery, so it's preemptive in the sense that it happens before they've ever been signed to a major-league contract. We're doing something wrong if we're making kids throw so hard and so often that they need to switch out a tendon by age 17.

It’s also a product of early specialization. Kids no longer are jumping from baseball to basketball to soccer. Now they jump from high school season to travel ball season.

Blizzards meets the quota of Zees/Zeds in a Utah team name so that checks.

Although, something to be said for the southwest and teams naming themselves after a lower-ranked version of their closest rival.  Already Kings? Throw in the Knights next door.  Already a team named for snow rolling down a hill?  Name the team after snow falling from the sky.

15 hours ago, infrared41 said:

It ain't the pitch clock, kids. It's trying to throw 130mph on every pitch.

 

 

130 MPH with a spin rate of 56,789 rotations per millisecond.

The only thing that this has over the UFL 1.0 is that the teams at least have their own colors and not all variations of gray/blue/neon green.

The ghost of Dollar Bill Wirtz paying a visit to Guaranteed Rate.

Moving screen + thrown elbow =/= ticky tack horrible call by paid off referees

Nothing says “unapologetically Philly” like wearing black and blue, the colors your skin turns after getting in a fist fight in the stands at the Vet in 1987.

17 minutes ago, TrueYankee26 said:

 

Cool, so now both California AL teams, both of which beginning with A, are going to be downplaying their location.

For the record, the chef’s kiss of the Iowa/LSU game was that the PA announcer sounded like the reincarnation of Howard Finkel.

6 minutes ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

No way.  The only times that a team nickname has been retired were when the two Washington Senators franchises (the original one and the expansion team) moved to other cities. Unlike the name "Senators", which would not make sense outside of Washington, the name "Athletics" can work anywhere. The move is going to be bad enough; to dump the historic name would compound the tragedy. The A's name has survived multiple moves. It deserves to live on.

Agreed.  This is apples and oranges to the Cleveland deal.  The Browns were born in Cleveland and were a symbol of Cleveland when the deal was made.  The A's are in their third stop.  Oakland demanding the name stay there is ignoring the history in KC and Philly and demanding that the colors stay is ignoring that the colors, granted starting out much brighter, were a KC product before the team moved into the Coliseum.

33 minutes ago, infrared41 said:

 

So it's fine if us civilians decide to stay somewhere for the lifestyle and weather even though we know things might be better and more lucrative elsewhere, but ballplayers hurt their legacies if they do the same thing?

Most of us civilians aren't aspiring to enter the halls of fame of our respective professions so yes, that's perfectly fine.

Banks and Trout are apples and oranges.  One was forced to remain on the same team, the other clearly saw how inept ownership was and still took a hometown discount to stay.  If you go era by era, you can’t fault Banks but you certainly can fault Trout.

And sure, enjoy the lifestyle and lack of interesting meteorological phenomena that pique your interest but don’t expect that to help your legacy as a player.

I'd be honesty shocked if they don't postpone at least one Dodger game this weekend as rare as postponements are here.  Imagine people trying to navigate that parking lot in a downpour.

13 hours ago, Cujo said:

 

5280

Colorado state flag

Rocky mountains

"The 303"

Red Rocks amphitheater 

Cannabis leaf

 

Just throw 'em all on the new unis. Wanna make sure Colorado is represented!!!!

The swooping gradient pants stripe represents the grace and steadfast courage of the Casa Bonita cliff divers.

2 minutes ago, tBBP said:

 

And by that time the Pittsburgh Pirates will have been mathematically and unilaterally eliminated from playoff contention...

Nah, knowing the pace of these things the Pirates will be eliminated far before then.

2 hours ago, Sec19Row53 said:

Has there ever been a criminal who held a press conference to declare his guilt?

 

I'm not saying he's guilty, but this doesn't prove anything.

Here’s the best explanation I’ve seen:

Ohtani statement was exactly what I’ve been saying. Ippei hacked his bank account and lied to Shohei’s reps while in Korea, Shohei didn’t personally pay off anyone and doesn’t gamble.  Let’s move on.