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Re: Around the MLB 2019 

Post#441 » by Skin Blues » Sat Mar 7, 2020 6:46 pm

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels have fired longtime visiting clubhouse manager Brian “Bubba” Harkins for allegedly aiding opposing pitchers in obtaining illegal substances to put on baseballs, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday night.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Angels don't publicly discuss the details of internal personnel matters.

The Angels confirmed Harkins' dismissal Thursday night to The Associated Press.

Harkins was fired Tuesday while the Angels are in Arizona for spring training. He has worked at Angel Stadium for most of the past four decades.


https://www.tsn.ca/los-angeles-angels-visiting-clubhouse-manager-fired-over-ball-doctoring-1.1453334?fbclid=IwAR3iqvjyNvOkK6OTJvZlgYJQbBBZp8nkqegCNd4f8cg86JqsKszLnybL6Ec

I get the impression alot of baseball fans might not watch as many games this year because of all this sign stealing / foreign substance use bs. But this is weird, why are you helping other teams?

The same reason anybody does their job: money. It seems he was giving the stuff to some of the Angels based on the evasive way Andrew Heaney responded to a direct question. Once they realized he was selling it to opposing teams they fired him.
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Re: Around the MLB 2019 

Post#442 » by vaff87 » Thu Mar 12, 2020 3:55 am

I have to imagine, the MLB shutting things down for the foreseeable future like the NBA, is only a matter of time.
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Re: Around the MLB 2019 

Post#443 » by Schad » Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:05 am

The odds of the baseball season starting on time are next to nil. And frankly, that's 100% for the best. I like baseball. Baseball's great! Baseball's probably a really bad idea right now.
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Post#446 » by Black Watch » Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:01 pm

Schad wrote:The odds of the baseball season starting on time are next to nil. And frankly, that's 100% for the best. I like baseball. Baseball's great! Baseball's probably a really bad idea right now.

All sports, actually.

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Post#447 » by Tanner » Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:03 pm

I think MLB would have tried the empty stadium games, and may have gotten away with it, but the NBA and Rudy Gobert killed that possibility.
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Post#448 » by I_Like_Dirt » Mon Mar 16, 2020 2:35 pm

Tanner wrote:I think MLB would have tried the empty stadium games, and may have gotten away with it, but the NBA and Rudy Gobert killed that possibility.


Tampa was basically preparing for this eventuality for years now and it was all for nothing.
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Post#449 » by BigLeagueChew » Thu Mar 19, 2020 10:50 pm

TJ surgery for Chris Sale after velocity issues last year and soreness.

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Post#450 » by BigLeagueChew » Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:26 pm

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Post#451 » by Fairview4Life » Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:39 am

92 ALCS game 6 on. Forgot how good Juan Guzman was.
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Post#452 » by fbalmeida » Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:05 am

Guzman. :love: At his best, he was unhitable, with or without banging trashcans.
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Post#459 » by BigLeagueChew » Thu May 7, 2020 5:08 am

Now out of minor league options, Hoffman is in a precarious position. He’s fortunate that the Rockies’ rotation is wide open behind the aforementioned Gray, German Marquez and rebound candidate Kyle Freeland. But this will be his last chance to either establish himself as a contributor with the Rockies or be placed on waivers and see his fate left up to the DFA gods. Then again, perhaps a change of scenery would ultimately be best for Hoffman.


Hoffman did average 93.7 mph on his four-seamer in 2019 — up from 92.8 mph in a tiny 2018 sample — but it wasn’t the 99 mph he was pumping in offseason sessions at Driveline, either.


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Didn't know Hoffman was struggling so much.
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Post#460 » by polo007 » Sat May 9, 2020 7:00 pm

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The Blue Jays will hold themselves to the same standards as all other Canadians, which would leave them in need of a new home under current circumstances. The club’s spring facility in Dunedin, Fla., which was set to be the club’s home in 1995 when owners planned to open the season with replacement players amid an ongoing strike, is the most logical option.

Mark Shapiro, the club’s president and CEO, spoke recently with both Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor John Tory, who said Tuesday that the Blue Jays were “looking for some information at a very initial, preliminary level” about “possibly being in a position to play some games, whether it’s here or elsewhere.”

On Sunday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated that NHL players arriving in Canada from another country “will have to follow all the rules of quarantine in an extremely strict manner,” before adding that, “we’re not there yet in our discussions with the NHL.”


The border is but one challenge to Major League Baseball’s goal of starting out in as many of its locales as possible.

The remaining 29 teams are spread over 18 different states, each of which is subject to its own restrictions and pandemic trajectory. Some governors are all in, some are cautious and some aren’t interested until things stabilize further.

As a result, league-wide scenarios that include staging a season in a neutral-site combine environment or in collective hubs remain under consideration. Some of the health guidance baseball has been getting is that the fewer cities they are in, the better the chances of successfully staging a season without interruption.

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