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No, this is a terrible idea that would ruin the sanctity of not just the league, but the sport itself. I spit on this idea. - Fan of a team that’s the most successful team in what’s usually the worst division in football

I definitely don’t agree with the second part of all that, but I do appreciate that you have some self awareness about it

I think you’re probably right, but they have basketball’s version of Derek Jeter and they’re never going to give that up. Everyone else, though? Boy bye.

I love Draymond. Dude was the glue for four championship squads. Even I think this is getting tiresome. The league should suspend him for half of the season at this point

Happier, yes. Now if they go get Yamamoto, all sins will be forgiven!

They’re owned by the Guggenheim (Old European money) Group, so, probably whenever the next assassination of an Archduke happens. They have like $500 billion in total assets.

I think that’s been the most frustrating part of getting older as a sports fan. All of these leagues have serious issues that they either don’t handle, or handle very poorly. We should be focusing more on this (and it stands out to me more and more all the time), but every time one of these leagues throws out something new and bright, we forget about all of that (I wouldn’t have spent two decades of my life posting here if I wasn’t one of them, either). It’s a conflicting feeling, and I have no idea how to fix any of this. Go Giants? I guess?

No, that particular part of it unfortunately I can’t be mad at the Dodgers about. They’re only doing what they can. Hard to fault them for that, as much as I’d like to. My lament is precisely with everyone else. And I do think it’s relevant in the grander scale of things because it’s following the same pattern. It’s taking some of the other, seedy aspects of our society and throws it into the same circle with something that’s supposed to be an escape from all of that. And in an era where people are whining about rainbow armbands (somewhat similar complaint, but much dumber and lacking any actual relevance), I think I have the room to complain about that. Because that’s the actual problem! Sigh. Go Giants. I guess.

With how expensive everything is in my area lately? It’s more tempting than it should be.

It’s like basically everything else in our society. It’s not technically illegal, but it absolutely contributes to a further splitting of the haves and have nots and makes the entire situation worse for everyone else. The Dodgers started spending stupidly about 12 years ago, and it seems like every year it just gets more and more egregious. Like, nice little loophole you have there to go along with an ocean of available cash, but it comes at a time when like half of the league is seemingly spending as little as possible and hoarding all of the profits for their own pockets. Baseball really seems keen to speed up the drain spiraling they’re doing by making the on field product as uncompelling as possible. I also say that as a fan of a team who does that (despite promising everyone else they won’t), while having the richest owner in the sport. God, it’s infuriating.

Nothing that’s happened in the Manfred era has been “good for the game”. Good for big business, but awful for the fans. Oh, also, Dodgers fans can :censored: off forever about the Astros. This is even worse.

That’s :censored:ing bull:censored:. Baseball is broken.

Wal Mart brand Patriots, at best.

Lol things really couldn’t be going any better for Sun Devils football. Lol, nope. No siree.

Both of these are true simultaneously. Speaking of that, @Sport instituted a ten year moratorium on complaining about your team after winning a title (good rule). Giants are in year nine, and boy do I have some bitching to do. Can’t wait.

I love how you edited it to throw an even larger number out. Very Dodgers of you.

Now watch them still struggle to get out of the NLDS.

Yeah, I’m think I’m out on baseball.

I really miss the days when these guys would sign relatively quickly and this whole free agency period was actually fun. The last few years of these guys waiting until the last possible minute to sign while half of these sports writers twist themselves into knots trying to be the first to break the news is just tiresome. It’s taken one of the most fun parts of the sport and made it more annoying than fun. Of all of the recent changes, most of which I’m mixed on anyway, this is by far the my least favorite.

Yeah I’ve had some hesitations about the Ohtani move in general, but it sounds like he may have actually taken less to go to the Jays? He’s been great so far, don’t get me wrong. But I dunno, $500-600 million for a dude who already has injury issues and a seeming reluctance to really jump fully into the spotlight feels like a risk I wouldn’t want my team to take. I hope this works out for Toronto, but it feels like closer to a lateral move from the Angels. Jays look good right now, but they also looked pretty good when they were making moves for guys like David Price and Josh Donaldson, and ended up falling on their faces.

Lol, the a Blue Jays. Ok. Ohtani to the Blue Jays

Lol, no. It’s probably better than Glendale because you basically have to drive straight through the entire city to get there from Mesa/Tempe, but it’s further away and pretty far out there and up to the north. It doesn’t have the kinda of problems the Glendale thing has, yet anyway. Give it another decade. I went back for the first time in almost a decade and was blown away by how much bigger it had already gotten. The roads used to kinda feel overkill for how little traffic they had. Now, though? It feels like a hotter So Cal. This is basically trading one problem for a very similar, even weirder, even riskier, even further away problem. Typical Coyotes.