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Please also share any that you didn't get personally, but you're aware of.

For example: bad players who somehow got a bobblehead, players who things have happened since that makes the bobblehead deeply funny, or bobblehead giveaways that made you say "what? Really? Him?"

Hey everyone, so I was looking through my dad’s garage and stumbled upon a ton of 2005 World Series white Sox merch and was wondering if any of this has any value. I just have a photo of the ring but their is also an unopened sealed monopoly as well as a unopened coin and other stuff to

Seems teams like the Yankees Dodgers and Mets have an endless amount of money, are other teams able to dramatically increase their payrolls they just choose not to for business reasons, like a team who has a 150 million payroll which is about the average it seems, what is their average profits?

The Yankees exercised their 2025 option on Boone. Boone has the second-best winning percentage of all active managers (.584). Only Dave Roberts of the Los Angeles Dodgers (.627) has a better percentage. Makes sense, coming off the team’s first pennant in 15 years, if that gets you fired, what exactly is the incentive to manage?

EDIT: This was NOT an exorcism

Remember MLB needed to install the amateur draft because the Yankees were signing all the best prospects.

Obviously nothing you can do about free agents like Yamamoto, DiceK, etc. Free market there and teams take a risk.

The Ohtani and Sasaki situation is different. I think those players should be forced to enter the draft. I think the way you write the rule is if the player is above a certain age the international free agent rules no longer apply.

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Shoildn

I see it a lot that people who don’t watch baseball, don’t have a team, or even represent a city wear a baseball hats. You see it a lot with Yankee hats. It always comes off as weird and is awkward when I bring up that team and expect them to be a fan

So I live in Washington and am just getting into baseball. My area is very divided between orioles fans and nationals fans. Who would I be better off rooting for

Please give your opinions.

Assuming the Designated Hitter is universal from its introduction 1973, and assuming the “Ohtani Rule” (with a different nickname, of course) is introduced along with it, what players from that era to today would most likely have been two-way players, either DHing or playing a position when they were not starting? Mike Hampton immediately comes to mind but I’m sure there are others.

Missing baseball a little extra after the World Series this year. I’ve recently read magazines covering the careers of Pete Rose and Willie Mays. These are the only players I know about before the modern era besides pitchers who have pitched perfect games.

I usually don’t watch highlight reels as they only show the last pitch of the sequence.

I’m trying to find games and/or strings of games that are historic. Is all of the 1975 World Series games a good place to start?

I enjoy defense and offense equally. I especially enjoy Edwin Diaz and how he throws straight fastballs. Any pitchers who have simplistic styles are good pickins for me.

I also highly enjoy pitcher matchups where both starters stay in for a long time so these are welcome as well.