MLB thread 2023

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Tue Jun 20, 2023 12:06 am

Max Scherzer did well.

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:33 pm

Back in the win column.

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 1:41 am

I even saw some of it!

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 10:43 am

We lost yesterday.

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Thu Jun 29, 2023 11:25 pm

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Thu Jun 29, 2023 11:51 pm

We lost. We're 36-45. We lost 18 of the last 24 games.

The Braves have won about 18 of their last 24 games.

I'm in hell.

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 8:47 am

That sucks.

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 2:48 pm

IT'S JULY 1ST AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!!!!

New York Mets Deliver A Huge Check To Former Outfielder To Celebrate ‘Bobby Bonilla Day’

By Bruce Haring
July 1, 2023 10:36am

Every July 1, former New York Mets slugger Bobby Bonilla changes his tune. Instead of “I’ll show you the Bronx,” Bonilla says, “Show me the money.”

Bonilla hasn’t played in the major leagues for 22 years, but each July 1 he picks up a check for nearly $1.2 million from the club. That’s more than some all-star players make per year.

The sweet deal was negotiated by Bonilla’s agent Dennis Gilbert at a time when the Mets (then owned by the Wilpon family) were scrapping for cash.

Bonilla had a checkered career for the Mets. He was on the team from 1992 to 1995, then came back for a year in 1999. He is best remembered for his confrontation with reporter Bob Klapisch, the co-author of the book, “The Worst Team Money Can Buy,’ a review of a season in which the Mets, with baseball’s highest payroll, lost 90 games (sound familiar, current fans?) Bonilla got in a heated exchange in the Mets clubhouse with Klapisch, threatening to “show him the Bronx.” It was not an invitation for a tour.

The Mets wanted to terminate Bonilla in 1999, but he still had $6 million left on his contract. Gilbert proposed that owner Fred Wilpon defer payments until 2011 with an 8% annual interest rate.

That meant that Bonilla would get $1,193,248.20 every year until 2035. Bonilla will be 72 when his contract with the team expires. He is currently 59.

In total, Bonilla will get $29.8 million because of Wilpon’s blunder.

Bonilla’s deal is sizable, but it’s not the only deferred payment owed to former and current players. It sticks out more because the Wilpons never received the huge payments they believed they would get from Madoff, making the contract a financial albatross that kept the team mired in mediocrity for years.

Mets fans began celebrating the day as a tribute to the team’s folly. New owner Steve Cohen even joined in the joke, saying he’d like to celebrate the day at Citi Field.

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 12:01 am

At least you won today!

We didn't, lost to the last place team in our division.

Fun times.

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 12:02 am

That last stat says it all about the team right now.

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:03 pm

And here I thought I cornered the market on suffering... IT'LL GET BETTER probably!

But the Mets were doomed before the season even started, when Edwin Diaz got hurt. No Diaz, no Mets. He'll be back next year.

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Thu Jul 06, 2023 12:50 am

OMG THIS WAS A GOOD GAME SDF:IHE:SDAKLFJHNSLDK>F

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Thu Jul 06, 2023 12:19 pm

Eggs Loki wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:03 pm And here I thought I cornered the market on suffering... IT'LL GET BETTER probably!

But the Mets were doomed before the season even started, when Edwin Diaz got hurt. No Diaz, no Mets. He'll be back next year.

I hope so!

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Thu Jul 06, 2023 12:19 pm

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Fri Jul 07, 2023 10:28 pm

We swept The White Sox now onto Detroit.

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Sat Jul 08, 2023 2:15 am

I totally missed this game, I forget to check when they're on the west coast

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Sat Jul 08, 2023 9:47 am

Nice!

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Sun Jul 09, 2023 9:33 am

OMG

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:27 pm

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 7:10 pm