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[No Fun Shogun]

Illini hoops ranked 23rd.

 

[TLEH]

Remember when Justin Steele was going to win the NL Cy Young: add it to the list KBIB.

 

[clydesdale line]

Remember when Justin Steele was going to win the NL Cy Young: add it to the list KBIB.

He didn't even finish top 3. @JFieldsOverBedard was wrong yet again.

 

[Ben Grimm]

^ Once in the baseball forum I posted that PEDs don't help you throw harder. Murray Bannerman replied I was crazy. After he read my reply he admitted I was right.

The Bulls are gonna trade LaVine.

 

[hawksrule]

I liked Murray.

 

[ChiHawks10]

I liked Murray.

I met him at one of our meetups. Cool dude. @Kurtosis may still talk to him. They were roommates at the time, I believe.

 

[Sarava]

Murray was the only tolerable Cub fan that posted here

 

[TLEH]

We still talk on twitter time to time

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Murray was the only tolerable Cub fan that posted here

He's a Sox fan now

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Not that there was any doubt but



It's a shame to see Oakland fans lose another team (2nd team lost to same city)

3 franchises gone in recent years. At least Warriors are still close

 

[No Fun Shogun]

A's ownership poisoned the local well for years and they're getting rewarded with a brand new stadium in Las Vegas.

Also, never forget that the Giants deserve the lion's share of the blame here, too. Back when the A's were the big dog in the Bay Area and the Giants were having issues, the A's voluntarily let the Giants extend their market rights down to San Jose in order for them to better their financial standing and allow them a better negotiating footing with San Francisco for their new stadium. But when the A's looked for that favor to be returned when a move to San Jose looked like an option, the Giants flat out refused and left the A's high and dry.

No good deed goes unpunished, and soon the Giants will have all of Northern California to themselves.

 

[TLEH]

The owner of the A’s is truly an out of touch f***. Born on third thinks he hit a triple.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

John Fisher is a giant douchebag.

 

[clydesdale line]

Bye bye Bummer.

 

[belfour30]

 

[HeisenBaez]

Not that there was any doubt but



It's a shame to see Oakland fans lose another team (2nd team lost to same city)

3 franchises gone in recent years. At least Warriors are still close

Moving again is not a surprise giving the A's history.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

So Sox land

- Once promising young SP whose career was derailed by injury (Soroka)
- A young SP who struggled in his first prolonged ML experience last season (Shuster)
- A SP prospect from Libertyville who is longshot prospect (Gowens)
- A SS prospect who is good defensively but lousy hitter (Shewmake)
- A bench utility IF who has several years of ML experience (Lopez)

Pretty happy with this

Bummer is bum and I am glad never having to watch him again

For some reason became overrated/hyped by media despite him constantly shitting the bed in big moments

 

[x Tame Impala]

The cab driver I was talking to a month or so ago when I was in Vegas was saying how the Knights are a huge success because they're a brand new team, unique to Las Vegas. The Raiders, no one gives a shit about because they're just some relocation team with their own history and fans already.

Probably a nothing opinion but I don't see how this'll be any different for the A's. Especially if they're going to continue to be a low budget team that's rarely good and almost never a threat to win a championship.

 

[TLEH]

The cab driver I was talking to a month or so ago when I was in Vegas was saying how the Knights are a huge success because they're a brand new team, unique to Las Vegas. The Raiders, no one gives a shit about because they're just some relocation team with their own history and fans already.

Probably a nothing opinion but I don't see how this'll be any different for the A's. Especially if they're going to continue to be a low budget team that's rarely good and almost never a threat to win a championship.

Its not going to be any different. The owner is a f***ing clown.

Vegas tax payers will foot the bill for a baseball stadium and Oakland won't. Thats it. It will still be empty.

 

[Sarava]

Yeah, Vegas should have held out for an expansion team. I don't get this from the local perspective.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I don’t buy that a new toy is needed to be liked. The reasons why the Knights have been better received than the Raiders have been because a) they were the first, b) they served as a rallying point for recovery from a horrible tragedy, c) were immediately great, and d) don’t a have train wreck ownership situation. None of those have been the case for the Raiders.

And who knows when MLB is going to expand next? A’s owners are chumps and I feel awful for Oakland fans, but the A’s are far and away the best shot for Vegas to have a team for the foreseeable future. The Philadelphia Kansas City Oakland Las Vegas Athletics are just the nomads.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Not going to lie, someone in the Huskies fan section waving a Big Ten flag at Oregon State’s stadium as it became clear that Washington was going to win was one of the most cold-blooded fan moves I’ve ever seen on TV.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Aaron Nola back to Philly 7 years $175 million

 

[Mrfenn92]

Lance lynn to the cardinals also on a one year deal $10 million

 

[Mrfenn92]

White Sox sign IF Paul DeJong