2024-25 MLB offseason thread

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30 MLB teams in 2025.

28 play in MLB stadiums in 2025.

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Matter of time:

 

[Helobious 9,481]

The dodgers Japanese pipeline is such bullshit. Is there even much of a flight time difference to Japan from non-California cities? It’s on the other side of the world. I don’t get why they’re all so fixated on playing on the West Coast

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15 hours ago, Helobious said:

The dodgers Japanese pipeline is such bullshit. Is there even much of a flight time difference to Japan from non-California cities? It’s on the other side of the world. I don’t get why they’re all so fixated on playing on the West Coast

Nearly half of U.S. Asians (45%) live in the West, with nearly a third (30%) in California alone. California had an Asian population of roughly 6.7 million in 2019, by far the nation’s largest. It was followed by New York (1.9 million), Texas (1.6 million), New Jersey (958,000) and Washington (852,000).

 

 

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52 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Nearly half of U.S. Asians (45%) live in the West, with nearly a third (30%) in California alone. California had an Asian population of roughly 6.7 million in 2019, by far the nation’s largest. It was followed by New York (1.9 million), Texas (1.6 million), New Jersey (958,000) and Washington (852,000).

 

 

If I was a regular person moving from Japan, yes I’d probably prefer living in a place like Cali or Hawaii. But these are superstar athletes. They don’t interact with everyday people. Ichiro and Matsui loved playing in NY, and I assume they loved living there too.

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16 hours ago, Helobious said:

I don’t get why

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I assume

Thats about 95% of your problem

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lol 

 

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23 hours ago, Helobious said:

The dodgers Japanese pipeline is such bullshit. Is there even much of a flight time difference to Japan from non-California cities? It’s on the other side of the world. I don’t get why they’re all so fixated on playing on the West Coast

You ever been out to SoCal?  It's pretty nice and as someone else pointed out, it's teeming with Asians.  Not a majority, but they definitely don't stand out out here.  Nicer weather, nicer scenery, familiar faces and food, fewer how do I say this without CRing it, fewer people blaming you for the Ebola virus.

 

As for flight time, I'd bet LAX is one of the few airports with a direct to Tokyo

Edited 19 hours ago by closetohumping

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6 hours ago, Helobious said:

If I was a regular person moving from Japan, yes I’d probably prefer living in a place like Cali or Hawaii. But these are superstar athletes. They don’t interact with everyday people. Ichiro and Matsui loved playing in NY, and I assume they loved living there too.

These guys barely speak English.  

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10 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

lol 

 

Is that the Ruben Sierra who played for the Rangers?

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4 hours ago, WBT said:

Is that the Ruben Sierra who played for the Rangers?

His English has gotten a lot better in 35 years 

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7 hours ago, WBT said:

Is that the Ruben Sierra who played for the Rangers?

 

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Ruben....snowflakes bruh. Welcome to 2024

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On 11/12/2024 at 8:15 PM, Helobious said:

The dodgers Japanese pipeline is such bullshit. Is there even much of a flight time difference to Japan from non-California cities? It’s on the other side of the world. I don’t get why they’re all so fixated on playing on the West Coast

The Dodgers popularity in Japan is off the charts.  Shohei's contract is paying for itself.  And why wouldn't you want to come to play for an organization committed to winning, that is wildly popular in Japan, in a city with a large Japanese population, with teammates you can relate with?  I told the story in the NLCS thread that my son and I got stopped by not one, but two, Japanese news crews getting off the train at Citi Field because we were wearing Dodger gear.  Keep 'em coming!

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So the A's will play in a minor league park in Sacramento and the Rays will play at the Yankees Spring Training field. Sadly both are probably an improvement.

 

Edited 6 hours ago by mdmost

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33 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

The Dodgers popularity in Japan is off the charts.  Shohei's contract is paying for itself.  And why wouldn't you want to come to play for an organization committed to winning, that is wildly popular in Japan, in a city with a large Japanese population, with teammates you can relate with?  I told the story in the NLCS thread that my son and I got stopped by not one, but two, Japanese news crews getting off the train at Citi Field because we were wearing Dodger gear.  Keep 'em coming!

I hope Godzilla destroys LA next then

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Must be really tough as a Yankees fan always having to watch other clubs take advantage of inherent built-in advantages.

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4 minutes ago, Helobious said:

I hope Godzilla destroys LA next then

New York's already been destroyed.  Twice.

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43 minutes ago, mdmost said:

So the A's will play in a minor league park in Sacramento and the Rays will play at the Yankees Spring Training field. Sadly both are probably an improvement.

 

And everyone talks about the “evil, greedy” Yankees, yet we have agreed to only charge the Rays $15 million to rent the Tampa stadium. That’s under $200k a game, which is fucking nothing.

 

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all those rain delays will really throw off AL east scheduling 

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all those rain delays will really throw off AL east scheduling 

Not just AL East its gonna fuck up alot with all the non AL east teams that only go there once a year.

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2 hours ago, mdmost said:

So the A's will play in a minor league park in Sacramento and the Rays will play at the Yankees Spring Training field. Sadly both are probably an improvement.

 

Should've played in Oakland.

Edited 3 hours ago by Beau Vine

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3 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

The Dodgers popularity in Japan is off the charts.  Shohei's contract is paying for itself.  And why wouldn't you want to come to play for an organization committed to winning, that is wildly popular in Japan, in a city with a large Japanese population, with teammates you can relate with?  I told the story in the NLCS thread that my son and I got stopped by not one, but two, Japanese news crews getting off the train at Citi Field because we were wearing Dodger gear.  Keep 'em coming!

The fact there this is a dude for one of the Japanese media outlets (newspaper/website) who’s only job is to write a story about Shohei every. single. day. of the year tells you all you need to know about their popularity over there

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Rockies offseason off to a tremendous start. The 2025 hype letter issued by the organization was drafted by Bud Black (the manager) because Dick Monfort (the dipshit owner) is too much of a coward to face any blowback. 
 

Oh and Kris Bryant is still under contract for the next 4 years for 108 million and a no trade clause. Fuck me running this organization is a pile of shit. 

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WTF, how long does it take to replace a tarp roof?  Or what's wrong with playing in an open air trop?

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11 minutes ago, WBT said:

WTF, how long does it take to replace a tarp roof?  Or what's wrong with playing in an open air trop?

the place was never intended to be exposed to the elements. Nothing is waterproofed inside. I’m sure that’s the bigger issue on the timeline. 
 

They just need to condemn the place and take the measly insurance proceeds and apply it to the Yankees spring training rent for the next two years until the new place is open.

going to lose a lot more money on the mold and other assorted sickness lawsuits. And all for what? 81 games in 2026?

But I, for one, will definitely be rooting for the Rays this year to make it to the ALCS so the Astros can own the Steinbrenner Field in addition to Yankee Stadium

Edited 2 hours ago by UTexasFight

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49 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

the place was never intended to be exposed to the elements. Nothing is waterproofed inside. I’m sure that’s the bigger issue on the timeline. 
 

They just need to condemn the place and take the measly insurance proceeds and apply it to the Yankees spring training rent for the next two years until the new place is open they relocate to another market.

 

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