OT: 2025 MLB Thread

[My3Sons]

I have thought about it if the Devils were to relocate, who would I root for. I think I'd just become a generic NHL fan that picks a couple of interesting teams per season to lightly follow.

Maybe the team with the most countrymen on it? Are the Finnish players being followed back at home once they come over here?

 

[Brodeur]

I have thought about it if the Devils were to relocate, who would I root for. I think I'd just become a generic NHL fan that picks a couple of interesting teams per season to lightly follow.

Unfortunately I've gone through this exercise a couple times with the NFL. I grew up in an LA suburb and the Rams/Raiders both left after the 1994 season. I ended up being indifferent about football until 2002 after I settled in San Diego. Chargers then left for LA and I haven't quite had the same level of interest. Back in the day I could name the entire 53 man roster and devote way too much time into reading about the draft. Probably didn't help that they moved the draft into prime time and have it conflict with the NHL playoffs.

I always get asked about how hockey became my favorite sport. Along with the Rams/Raiders leaving, I always point to the the 1994 MLB strike. And then the Lakers were in that awkward post-Magic pre-Shaq/Kobe period. I looked up their 1993-94 roster yesterday and I had forgotten about Reggie Jordan:

I suddenly wanted to get that jersey if only to anger people who assumed it's an MJ jersey.

 

[Emperoreddy]

So it turns out it wasn't the bats at all. It was just Milwakee being god awful

 

[My3Sons]

So it turns out it wasn't the bats at all. It was just Milwakee being god awful

No, it was the bats. Just not the ones you expect. Apparently the Yankees have been experimenting with fruit bat extract to replace deer antler spray.

 

[njdevils1982]

No, it was the bats. Just not the ones you expect. Apparently the Yankees have been experimenting with fruit bat extract to replace deer antler spray.

have they tried tube snake venom yet?