2025 Major League Baseball Thread

[Clark Kent]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Amazingly stupid. MLB was far more fun with 4 divisions and 4 playoff teams. I hate the Wild Card nonsense and this will only make it worse. Awesome, now we get more mediocre 80'ish win teams winning championships.

One of the worst decisions in the Selig era, expanding the playoffs to 10 teams. A blatant money grab, when baseball is the absolute worst sport to be decided in very short playoff series.


As for players and their money, anyone that has ever hung around pro athletes knows most of them are dumb as rocks. No surprise to see many of them blow through millions.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by ChadFLA

I think infamous NFL bust JaMarcus Russell somehow already blew through the $30 mill+ in guaranteed money he got from Oakland. I read somewhere that something like half of NBA players go broke within 5 years of retirement. Even athletes that I always took for very intelligent individuals such as Jags QB Mark Brunell have gone bankrupt. It's unreal how many athletes blow their money with terrible investments like real estate or turning over their assets to guys like Bernie Madoff.

lol no doubt they really don't need to be investing to make more money, they should have enough capital to just sit on the money. But they're all greedy when someone says if you give me 10 I'll give you 50 or 100 they jump and get screwed.

[Beefbowl]

Going to the Giants game tonight

[ChadFLA]

Originally Posted by supersix4

lol no doubt they really don't need to be investing to make more money, they should have enough capital to just sit on the money. But they're all greedy when someone says if you give me 10 I'll give you 50 or 100 they jump and get screwed.

If I were a retiring pro athlete with millions in the bank I'd literally keep the bulk of my fortune in bonds, government securities and large cap stocks. In the long run you're almost guaranteed to at worst grow your fortune at least modestly with those investments. About the only way you can go broke with millions of dollars is blowing it on high-risk investments like opening your own businesses or real estate. Boggles my mind that so many athletes choose the high-risk stuff.

[Wingman1977]

Originally Posted by ChadFLA

If someone claimed they'd give me the kind of ridiculous returns Madoff did I'd call the cops, because I'd know it was a scam. Unfortunately most athletes don't have a business degree (I'm a Finance grad) to realize obvious scams. In the real world it's almost impossible to significantly "beat the market." Though I do find it astounding that self-made millionaires even managed to get hooked in a Ponzi scheme. It seems like most pro athletes behave in a way that they assume they'll keep making millions every year for life, when in reality sports careers (especially NFL) might only last a few years.

See, with madoff, it wasn't so easy to see at that time.

[Wingman1977]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

One of the worst decisions in the Selig era, expanding the playoffs to 10 teams. A blatant money grab, when baseball is the absolute worst sport to be decided in very short playoff series.


As for players and their money, anyone that has ever hung around pro athletes knows most of them are dumb as rocks. No surprise to see many of them blow through millions.

Actually, it would be only 1 extra WC team from each league.

[ChadFLA]

Originally Posted by Wingman1977

Actually, it would be only 1 extra WC team from each league.

If they're going to expand the playoffs it should be best of 7 every round. The best of 5 playoff series is one of the worst ideas ever. The regular season is 162 games for a reason. A season shouldn't come down to a silly 5 game series.

[Wingman1977]

Originally Posted by ChadFLA

If they're going to expand the playoffs it should be best of 7 every round. The best of 5 playoff series is one of the worst ideas ever. The regular season is 162 games for a reason. A season shouldn't come down to a silly 5 game series.

Well, they want to avoid the WS games from being played in Nov.

[Wingman1977]

Just a heads up, the National Geographic channel will be showing break it down: Yankee stadium on 4/28 @ 10:00pm. It's basically about the tearing down of the old Yankee stadium. You can watch preview clips here: LINK (you have scroll over to the right to find the Yankee stadium clips).

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by ChadFLA

If they're going to expand the playoffs it should be best of 7 every round. The best of 5 playoff series is one of the worst ideas ever. The regular season is 162 games for a reason. A season shouldn't come down to a silly 5 game series.

Reminding everyone that there are 162 games is even more reason to have best of 5 series. Best of 7 series in the NBA and NHL cause the playoffs to last an eternity. Personally, I'd prefer best of 5 for every series except the world series.

[ChadFLA]

Originally Posted by Hatter

Reminding everyone that there are 162 games is even more reason to have best of 5 series. Best of 7 series in the NBA and NHL cause the playoffs to last an eternity. Personally, I'd prefer best of 5 for every series except the world series.

NBA series last an eternity because they get ridiculously long layovers between games at times. In MLB they don't go that. There's typically one day off between change in cities and that's it.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by ChadFLA

If I were a retiring pro athlete with millions in the bank I'd literally keep the bulk of my fortune in bonds, government securities and large cap stocks. In the long run you're almost guaranteed to at worst grow your fortune at least modestly with those investments. About the only way you can go broke with millions of dollars is blowing it on high-risk investments like opening your own businesses or real estate. Boggles my mind that so many athletes choose the high-risk stuff.

Yep the small gain doesn't help much on say 100k but on 1-50 million thats a nice chunk of profit.

[gvortex7]

Anibal is going for his second career no hitter tonight. I don't want to jinx you my friend, but go and get it.

[Hi-Def Steve]

A 1 run no hitter? A walk, 2 sb and sac fly?

[Wingman1977]

Originally Posted by Hi-Def Steve

A 1 run no hitter? A walk, 2 sb and sac fly?

It won't be recognized as a no-no. If the team loses.

[gvortex7]

Damn, he lost it in the 9th.

Still, we won another game. The Marlins are balling right now. WAY TO GO FISH!!!

[Glassroots]

Bautista with 2 hr today so far, that makes 4 hr for the week and 7 on the season.

Could he repeat last years amazing season?

[Navster]

Originally Posted by Glassroots

Bautista with 2 hr today so far, that makes 4 hr for the week and 7 on the season.

Could he repeat last years amazing season?

I really like Bautista, straight beast! and hope he has another year like last year so all these steriod accusations can come to rest...

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by Glassroots

Bautista with 2 hr today so far, that makes 4 hr for the week and 7 on the season.

Could he repeat last years amazing season?

Perhaps exceed. His batting average and obp is much better so far. Last year he didnt really get going until may.

[Walts Ghost]

Giants are down 2-1...Come on guys, pull through and win one tonight.