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2019 Around the MLB
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Well, records are made to be broken:
From SI:
By Kaelen Jones
April 08, 2019
After going 0 for 4 with two strikeouts during the Orioles' loss to the Yankees on Sunday, Baltimore first baseman Chris Davis is on the brink of an MLB record no one wants.
Davis is encroaching on the longest hitless stretch in baseball history, failing to record a knock in 44 consecutive at-bats dating back to last season. He's started the 2019 campaign 0-for-23 with 13 strikeouts.
The last hit Davis recorded was a second-inning double off of the White Sox' James Shields on Sept. 14.
According to Elias Sports Bureau, Davis is two hitless at-bats shy of tying the record for the most consecutive at-bats by a position player without a hit. The record was set by Dodgers infielder Eugenio Velez, who went hitless in his 46 at-bats across 2010 and 2011.
From SI:
By Kaelen Jones
April 08, 2019
After going 0 for 4 with two strikeouts during the Orioles' loss to the Yankees on Sunday, Baltimore first baseman Chris Davis is on the brink of an MLB record no one wants.
Davis is encroaching on the longest hitless stretch in baseball history, failing to record a knock in 44 consecutive at-bats dating back to last season. He's started the 2019 campaign 0-for-23 with 13 strikeouts.
The last hit Davis recorded was a second-inning double off of the White Sox' James Shields on Sept. 14.
According to Elias Sports Bureau, Davis is two hitless at-bats shy of tying the record for the most consecutive at-bats by a position player without a hit. The record was set by Dodgers infielder Eugenio Velez, who went hitless in his 46 at-bats across 2010 and 2011.
As for the Tribe on this date in baseball history:
https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2017/05/frank_robinsons_debut_as_a_pla_1.html
That radio audio below the story is fun.
Bleacher tickets for $1.
https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2017/05/frank_robinsons_debut_as_a_pla_1.html
That radio audio below the story is fun.
Bleacher tickets for $1.
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I was at that game! I think he's the only player to SWITCH hit two homers in a single inning ever.
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I think he was the first, I think someone else has done it as well, but I cannot remember, let me look!
Edit: Morales and Bellhorn both did it as well!
Forbes values the 30 MLB franchises:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeoz...nkees-lead-league-at-46-billion/#66e6ef869b2e
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeoz...nkees-lead-league-at-46-billion/#66e6ef869b2e
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This doesn’t take into account the fact that the Indians value would automatically go up upon a sale because they’d be losing the biggest negative value portion of the franchise (Dolan).
This addition by subtraction would obviously be reflected in the price
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I think it's delusional to think that the biggest negative for the franchise isn't the low attendance. You can put together a perennial title contender with the most charismatic MVP candidate captain you could ever ask for and you still finish bottom 10 in attendance.
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I think even though Dolan doesn't spend as much as we want him to as fans, it's led to the front office being creative and more critical thinking about how to assemble a championship team (or window).
I'd love to see them spend money in the offseaon or re-signing Lindor (which I guess could still happen), but with lower attendance it doesn't seem likely. But ever since 2008 (I think?), the Indians have drafted and developed talent well. Plus it seems like their international signings have gotten better.
The Indians are the best run organization in Cleveland and have been for a while now. Just sucks that more people find baseball boring or too long. But with this front office in place I trust them to keeping finding windows of contention.
Been wanting to say something like that for a while, but usually just lurk.
~~goes back to lurking~~
I'd love to see them spend money in the offseaon or re-signing Lindor (which I guess could still happen), but with lower attendance it doesn't seem likely. But ever since 2008 (I think?), the Indians have drafted and developed talent well. Plus it seems like their international signings have gotten better.
The Indians are the best run organization in Cleveland and have been for a while now. Just sucks that more people find baseball boring or too long. But with this front office in place I trust them to keeping finding windows of contention.
Been wanting to say something like that for a while, but usually just lurk.
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The fans would turn on Lindor in a second if he went six months in a string like Jose Ramirez and every positive goodwill earned from resigning him would disappear.
It’s not a strong investment, especially when looking at shortstop contracts around the league. If he’s really asking for that north or $250m then it’s simply not tenable.
It’s not a strong investment, especially when looking at shortstop contracts around the league. If he’s really asking for that north or $250m then it’s simply not tenable.