2011-2012 MLB Off-Season Thread

[Beef]

POST A LINK ASSHOLE

[DColts]

I forgot, it's there now.

[Metes]

I really, really dislike when they make one sentence a paragraph in an article

Y'know?

[Bobbob1313]

   It's a print thing. 
   Columns in print 
are really thin,
like this, you know, 
so paragraphs end
up being much shorter, 
or else you end up 
with super intimidating
long blocks of text 
that are really hard 
to read as well as
really ugly to look at. 
   In fact, a common 
tool many page designers
 and copy editors will
use is to break up 
longer paragraphs
into even shorter 
ones if an article 
comes in a just little 
shorter than they
expected.
   It doesn't translate 
as well to online 
formats, but most 
(if not all) newspapers 
still produce for the 
paper first and then 
transfer to the web 
site,writers and editors 
still emphasize print style. 
   It would be rather
arduous for the online 
editor to go through 
and rework the story 
to make it read better
for online.
   And that is all from 
me, your resident employee
 in a backwards and 
dying industry.

[Party]

The article has a somewhat valid argument hidden in all the Tigers dicksucking. We are in the middle of a changing of the guard at the top. Texas is still on the ascension, Philadelphia is only in year 3 of their status as a flagship and Detroit is positioned to join the club soon.

Today:

-New York
-Boston (possible decline forthcoming)
-Philadelphia
-Texas
-St. Louis

10 years ago MLB's flagships were:

-New York(s)
-Atlanta
-San Francisco
-Boston
-St. Louis
-Cleveland
-Seattle

20 years ago:

-Toronto
-Pittsburgh
-Baltimore
-Oakland
-Los Angeles
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Also worth mentioning that it appears MLB is ready to rule on the A's to San Jose. Rumor is Selig will rule in the A's favor at the winter meetings. Wolff is positioning himself to buy up the remaining parcels needed for a downtown San Jose ballpark.

[Miamarlin21]

Is it me or does that stadium look ehh.

[HUGG]

I like it.

[MiamiHomer]

I think it's nice.

[Party]

The dimensions will be:

302-375-405-345-315

I like it. The trend over the last 25 years has been to put all the premium seating between the lower and upper decks. The nosebleeds in some of the newer stadiums, notably Rangers Ballpark and Progressive Field, really are nosebleed heights. This stadium puts the club level seating all the way at the top of the stadium. Those who sit in the upper deck will have an experience similar to the ballpark before premium seating became the norm. That's very cool.

[HUGG]

They'll become the San Jose A's right?

This is apparently an ongoing story that I was totally oblivious to.

[Ramp]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTvSUCCqPo[/ame]

[HUGG]

that was about Fremont though right?

not that there's anything wrong with posting that video, ever

[Party]

They'll become the San Jose A's right?

This is apparently an ongoing story that I was totally oblivious to.

Yes.

MLB has been 'studying' the Giants territorial claims (in the MLB constitution) to San Jose, which the A's gave to them in the early 90s, for almost 1,000 days. There was some speculation the Giants recently relieved their CEO of his duties because MLB wanted to soften some of the opposition within the league to such a move. If MLB does rule in favor of the A's, it will be interesting to see what type of compensation (similar to the O's and Nats situation) is worked out.

This is a GREAT blog about the issue: http://newballpark.org/

[Fritz]

They're building a park in Silicon Valley and making it that generic and faux retro? So fail.

[MiamiHomer]

It's going to be floating in midair.