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We Are Not Alone

MFS62 Jul 29 2018 02:41 PM

Opinion piece about the Blue Jays. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/ ... -baseball/ Sound familiar? Later

Ceetar Jul 30 2018 01:22 PM Re: We Are Not Alone

For all the whining, the Wilpons wouldn't even be like top 5 in owners that would be removed under some sort of 'performance based' audit of MLB teams. Might be top 10, but it's not like they're an outlier by any stretch.

Chad Ochoseis Jul 30 2018 02:45 PM Re: We Are Not Alone

I suspect that if we cared to look, we'd find 29 teams in any given year that would have articles like this written about them.

Ceetar Jul 30 2018 02:56 PM Re: We Are Not Alone

Chad Ochoseis wrote: I suspect that if we cared to look, we'd find 29 teams in any given year that would have articles like this written about them. and the 30th is the Marlins and it's just because no one cares.

Lefty Specialist Jul 30 2018 03:16 PM Re: We Are Not Alone

Well, we're the only ones whose owners were part of a massive Ponzi scheme which cripples the team to this day. So there's that.

d'Kong76 Jul 30 2018 03:17 PM Re: We Are Not Alone

I'm not whining, I'm pointing out that a team from NEW YORK CITY is cheap (broke) and hasn't won DICK since 1986.

Ceetar Jul 30 2018 03:21 PM Re: We Are Not Alone

d'Kong76 wrote: I'm not whining, I'm pointing out that a team from NEW YORK CITY is cheap (broke) and hasn't won DICK since 1986. Is it just about winning it all? Cause I mean, since 2004, 14 seasons, both teams have been to the Series the same amount of times. One lost the short-season coin flip, the other won it. They lost, it sucks, but like, if they'd won that series nothing would actually be different except the results of a few timely games and yet this argument would be bunk.

d'Kong76 Jul 30 2018 03:24 PM Re: We Are Not Alone

I get all that, doesn't make the Wilpon's good owners. They've worn out their welcome and need to go. Fifteen years ago I made fun of people who felt that way, now I could be their poster child.

Ceetar Jul 30 2018 03:36 PM Re: We Are Not Alone

d'Kong76 wrote: I get all that, doesn't make the Wilpon's good owners. They've worn out their welcome and need to go. Fifteen years ago I made fun of people who felt that way, now I could be their poster child. Sure, but they're hardly the only bad owners. And they're probably nowhere near as bad as they're made out to be nor are they the worst. Nor do we deserve anything more or less than the Blue Jays because New York. Nor is there literally any chance that anything other than an act of a god likely to change the Mets ownership.

d'Kong76 Jul 30 2018 04:05 PM Re: We Are Not Alone

Ceetar wrote: Sure, but they're hardly the only bad owners. And they're probably nowhere near as bad as they're made out to be nor are they the worst. And Limburger cheese isn't the only smelly cheese.

Ceetar Jul 30 2018 05:21 PM Re: We Are Not Alone

d'Kong76 wrote: Ceetar wrote: Sure, but they're hardly the only bad owners. And they're probably nowhere near as bad as they're made out to be nor are they the worst. And Limburger cheese isn't the only smelly cheese. It's just the most famous. And there's nothing wrong with smelly cheese.