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sean_miller Incredible Member

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If you didn't watch any MLB action on September 28, 2011, well, it's your loss!!

Go to ESPN.com. MLB.com, or whatever your source for sports (particularly baseball) might be and catch up on it. Seriously, what were you doing that was better than this . . . unless it was . . .  well good for you!

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I loved watching Boston pitching themselves out of the playoffs it was great!

And the fact that Papelbon put the last nail in that coffin made it that much better.

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I went to the Sox/Orioles game. My vision is kind of blurry today after jamming nails into my eyes in agony. That said, I've kind of had it with the 2011 Red Sox. I've been defending Carl Crawford all year, but he should have made that catch on Reimold's game-winning single. Then they at least could have lost in extras. Adrian Gonzalez said something to the effect of "God's plan simply wasn't for us to make the playoffs," and all of Boston went atheist. Francona decided on the last game of the season (!) that 4 of the top 10 in the league in batting average should be batting 1-4, and then putting Lavarnway at 5 was an absolute gift, letting the Orioles walk Gonzalez nearly every time up (FWIW, I would have at least put Crawford 5th, then at least you have to think twice about the free passes). He also decided to pinch run for Ortiz (the trailing runner when they were already up 1) in the 8th inning (9th? not sure), which would have made Joey Gathright their cleanup hitting for potential extra innings. He also should have left Bard (who threw only 9 pitches in the 8th) in over Papelbon, who has thrown about 700 pitches the last week and will likely be run out of town. John Lackey couldn't take $60 million to stop bitching about anything and everything. JD Drew was so bad the Orioles fans started a "JD sucks" chant the first time he batted. Lester and Beckett can't a single lights-out game in September. Injuries hurt them in pitching (with everyone healthy, their rotation could have been Beckett, Lester, Buchholz [nearly led the league in ERA in 2010], Matsuzaka [was surprisingly good before Tommy John], and Lackey, plus Bedard, Wakefield, and Andrew Miller] and offense (Crawford missed a large chunk, Youkilis missed the end of the season, Drew missed time, Reddicks, Varitek, and Salty), but his collapse went way deeper than that, unfortunately. I honestly can't even fathom how this happened. At the trade deadline, their only (only!) weaknesses were right field and 5th starter. And I don't fault the Yankees for putting their scrubs in late, no matter how painful that was to watch. Oh, and yesterday they arrested a terrorist from the town I was born in. And yes, I'm aware those are all irrational ramblings.

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GO ORIOLES!!!! [URL=http://thesandtrap.com/image/id/176438/width/545/height/355][IMG]http://thesandtrap.com/image/id/176438/width/545/height/355[/IMG][/URL]

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Dear Philadelphia Phillies,

As a Cardinals fan I would like to thank you for playing to win in a game which was of little importance to you. Next week I will be rooting against you with everything I've got, but for now, kudos!

Brad Eisenhauer

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Also....Jays finished on a high note too which was good

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Originally Posted by Kieran123

Also....Jays finished on a high note too which was good



Do you think Sportsnet will carry the "Finishing 0.500" parade live?

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As a Giant's fan, I think they hung in there for a while despite all the injuries. It was the last two series with AZ that pretty much decided our fate.

The games last night were awesome to watch. The minute after ESPN switched the Red Sox broadcast to TB, Longoria hits a game-ending HR to win the wild card. Even before that game ended, the Red Sox looked like they already knew it was over for them.

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Dear Philadelphia Phillies,

As a Cardinals fan I would like to thank you for playing to win in a game which was of little importance to you. Next week I will be rooting against you with everything I've got, but for now, kudos!



Don't underestimate the importance of sticking it to the Braves. What a great way to end the regular season. Boston having the meltdown was icing on the cake. If I wasn't a Phillies fan I might actually consider those 2 collapses enough of an event to call the season great even if my team crapped out in the playoffs.

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LankyLefty Dedicated Member

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I dont know how they do it but Baseball is the on major sport where it seems like their is balance. The NFL screws their players, the NBA loses money and somehow MLB just keeps getting better and better.

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Originally Posted by LankyLefty

I dont know how they do it but Baseball is the on major sport where it seems like their is balance. The NFL screws their players, the NBA loses money and somehow MLB just keeps getting better and better.



The NBA doesn't lose money.

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LankyLefty Dedicated Member

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Originally Posted by Gresh24

The NBA doesn't lose money.


Tell that to the 17 teams Forbes listed as posting a net loss for 2011. The league as a whole is not losing money, but a fairly large portion of their franchises are completely unprofitable.

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Originally Posted by LankyLefty

Tell that to the 17 teams Forbes listed as posting a net loss for 2011. The league as a whole is not losing money, but a fairly large portion of their franchises are completely unprofitable.



Among those teams losing money and "completely unprofitable" are the Heat and Mavericks.

You can believe what you want, and this is a whole seperate debate, but the NBA makes money, and so does 90% of the teams.  Some of the "unprofitable" make the most gross revenues and have the highest values.  Just like the Yankees "lose money" every year.  Accounting is fun.

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Using the numbers from that Forbes list:

NBA teams made $3,652,000,000 in revenue.  And (even after factoring in all the losses by all teams) a net income of over $182,000,000.

I'd say the NBA makes money...

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