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Not only did the Pirates go on to the lose 7-6, yours truly started Walker in his roto league. He didn't even finish the first inning. :bonk:

It's not reviewable, but a look at the replay shows the plate umpire made the correct call.
 
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Max Scherzer is the crown jewel of the trade deadline this month. He would be a very interesting addition for many teams. I wouldn't be surprised to see either SF or Toronto pull the trigger on this trade. Scherzer has a no trade clause so he basically gets to pick his next stop amongst a who's who of playoff contenders - although he is apparently dead set against both NY teams.
 
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MLB won't ever get a salary cap and it's no wonder why the sport has lost popularity and people don't show up to games for the lesser franchises. Good for the Dodgers to keep pushing, but there is a cost in terms of the sport's fanbase as a whole for not trying harder to make sure these franchises are on somewhat even footing. There's no way you should have franchises at the same level be over $200 million apart in team salary. MLB would be much better if franchises had a higher salary floor and also a lower ceiling. This sport is made for parity, and yet some franchises never win. That's a huge problem.
 
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DZ83CK said:
MLB won't ever get a salary cap and it's no wonder why the sport has lost popularity and people don't show up to games for the lesser franchises. Good for the Dodgers to keep pushing, but there is a cost in terms of the sport's fanbase as a whole for not trying harder to make sure these franchises are on somewhat even footing. There's no way you should have franchises at the same level be over $200 million apart in team salary. MLB would be much better if franchises had a higher salary floor and also a lower ceiling. This sport is made for parity, and yet some franchises never win. That's a huge problem.
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On the other hand, being small market doesn't seem to stop the Rays or A's from fielding competitive to down right good teams year in and year out. Having good teams in small markets also doesn't seem to do much for attendance.

Big market teams have more room for error but like most things in life, I don't think you try to penalize the successful to make it "fair" for the unsuccessful. Punish teams like the Reds and Pirates for consistently failing to have a front office that can identify and develop talent.
 
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Gone are the days where I'd go to the newspaper's (i.e. Columbus Citizen Journal) sports section before school (or Columbus Dispatch on Sundays) to check out the box scores and major league averages:



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You can tell that's early in the season (probably 1977) as Manny Trillo and Paul Dade significantly outperforming their personal mean....
 
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AKAK said:
You can tell that's early in the season (probably 1977) as Manny Trillo and Paul Dade significantly outperforming their personal mean....
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Finally in 1977, Carew began to believe he could hit .400 as well. In 1977, after losing a tight batting race in 1976, Carew was ready to challenge the .400 mark. Carew began the season red-hot, and continued his pace into June. On June 26th he collected four hits against the White Sox, raising his batting average to .403. His highest mark was .411, on July 1st. After slumping a bit in August and early September, he caught fire and raced to the finish line to bat .388 – the highest mark since Ted Williams hit the same in 1957.
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https://thisdayinbaseball.com/rod-carew-page/

I'm guessing it's from Saturday, July 2, 1977.
 
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