MLB 2019 -- Official Discussion Thread

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Post by pineapplemike » Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:22 pm

holy shit, nats are going to take 2 from the astros in houston. dodgers could never have done that. what a weird postseason

[✓] I can't believe the Nationals are in the postseason after being 19-31 in May

[✓] I can't believe the Nationals beat the Brewers to be in the NLDS

[✓] I can't believe the Nationals beat the Dodgers to be in the NLCS

[✓] I can't believe the Nationals beat the Cardinals to be in the World Series

[✓] I can't believe the Nationals just won game 1 of the World Series

[✓] I can't believe the Nationals just won game 2 of the World Series <---- You are here

[ ] I can't believe the Nationals are just 1 win away from winning the World Series

[ ] I can't believe the Nationals just won the World Series

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Post by Smitty-48 » Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:48 pm

pineapplemike wrote:
Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:22 pm
holy shit, nats are going to take 2 from the astros in houston. dodgers could never have done that. what a weird postseason

[✓] I can't believe the Nationals are in the postseason after being 19-31 in May

[✓] I can't believe the Nationals beat the Brewers to be in the NLDS

[✓] I can't believe the Nationals beat the Dodgers to be in the NLCS

[✓] I can't believe the Nationals beat the Cardinals to be in the World Series

[✓] I can't believe the Nationals just won game 1 of the World Series

[✓] I can't believe the Nationals just won game 2 of the World Series <---- You are here

[ ] I can't believe the Nationals are just 1 win away from winning the World Series

[ ] I can't believe the Nationals just won the World Series
I think it's funny that the Expos could win the World Series for DC.

All because Montreal is too dysfunctional to build a stadium since 1976.

Fuck Canada.
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Post by PartyOf5 » Thu Oct 24, 2019 6:08 am

They should break out Expos retro jerseys for game 4. That would be awesome to see.

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Post by clubgop » Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:59 am

No one in baseball is going to mention Montreal or the Expos. DC teams already have a hard enough time being everyone else's second team with all the government transplants they are not going to complicate that. They will try to relate to the teams of Washington's past, especially because those are American League teams and aren't major rivalries.

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Post by Smitty-48 » Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:12 am

clubgop wrote:
Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:59 am
No one in baseball is going to mention Montreal or the Expos.
Montreal didn't even care, the Expos died from a lack of support, there's no reason to mention them.

I trash the Blue Jays for being a second class team, but they do actually make money.
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Post by clubgop » Sat Oct 26, 2019 9:52 pm

Alex Bregman, shana Tova, you fucking stud. Giving Hank Greenberg a run for his money.

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Post by clubgop » Sat Oct 26, 2019 9:54 pm

Smitty-48 wrote:
Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:12 am
clubgop wrote:
Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:59 am
No one in baseball is going to mention Montreal or the Expos.
Montreal didn't even care, the Expos died from a lack of support, there's no reason to mention them.

I trash the Blue Jays for being a second class team, but they do actually make money.
Dont give them too much credit in that regard they are in a division with some of the best well traveled richest fan bases in the sport.

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Post by Smitty-48 » Sat Oct 26, 2019 10:13 pm

clubgop wrote:
Sat Oct 26, 2019 9:54 pm
Smitty-48 wrote:
Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:12 am
clubgop wrote:
Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:59 am
No one in baseball is going to mention Montreal or the Expos.
Montreal didn't even care, the Expos died from a lack of support, there's no reason to mention them.

I trash the Blue Jays for being a second class team, but they do actually make money.
Dont give them too much credit in that regard they are in a division with some of the best well traveled richest fan bases in the sport.
The owners of the Blue Jays is Rogers Communications, it's a $24 billion company.

The ownership is rich, it's just cheap, they have no competition, so they don't spend the money.

The potential fanbase is the largest in MLB, it's the entire country of Canada, 37 million people for one team.

Canada is just cheap, Canada is a country where everybody plays small ball, nobody goes big time.

It's just the culture
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Post by clubgop » Sun Oct 27, 2019 12:30 am

Smitty-48 wrote:
Sat Oct 26, 2019 10:13 pm
clubgop wrote:
Sat Oct 26, 2019 9:54 pm
Smitty-48 wrote:
Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:12 am


Montreal didn't even care, the Expos died from a lack of support, there's no reason to mention them.

I trash the Blue Jays for being a second class team, but they do actually make money.
Dont give them too much credit in that regard they are in a division with some of the best well traveled richest fan bases in the sport.
The owners of the Blue Jays is Rogers Communications, it's a $24 billion company.

The ownership is rich, it's just cheap, they have no competition, so they don't spend the money.

The potential fanbase is the largest in MLB, it's the entire country of Canada, 37 million people for one team.

Canada is just cheap, Canada is a country where everybody plays small ball, nobody goes big time.

It's just the culture
They are in the same division as New York and Boston. They travel well to games and don't forget when visiting they get half the gate. So yankee stadium and Fenway pay well. Hell Tampa has some snowbirds that love to go to Canada in the Summer.

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Post by Smitty-48 » Sun Oct 27, 2019 12:39 am

clubgop wrote:
Sun Oct 27, 2019 12:30 am
They are in the same division as New York and Boston. They travel well to games and don't forget when visiting they get half the gate. So yankee stadium and Fenway pay well. Hell Tampa has some snowbirds that love to go to Canada in the Summer.
Rogers doesn't even care, it's a soulless corporation, it's just content, they don't care if the team wins or loses, they make money when it loses, so there's no impetus to build a winner, it's not like they're under any pressure to win.
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