FKA @Vlad4HOF. Baseball history and Hall of Fame Dude. Phillies fan. Check out #Charlie4HOF
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Reminder: If a candidate receives
fewer than 5 votes (out of 16) on a ballot, they are barred from the next 3-year cycle. If they miss this 5-vote threshold a second time, they face a permanent ban from future consideration. (1/2)
The Contemporary Baseball Era ballot features four managers and four executives for consideration in the Hall of Fame Class of 2027.
Results will be announced at 8 p.m. ET on Dec. 6: ow.ly/UjVe5102Z6Q
ALT The Contemporary Baseball Era ballot considering managers, executives and umpires includes Sandy Alderson, Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy, Joe Maddon, Lou Piniella, Brian Sabean, Ted Turner and Bill White. (Alderson and White photos: Rich Pilling, Bochy photo: Jason Wise, Maddon photo: Tampa Bay Rays, Sabean photo: Michael Zagaris, all others National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and MLB Photos)
Cool timing to nominate a union-buster for the Hall while the owners seek to attack the MLBPA in pursuit of further enrichment.
Felipe Alou should have gotten that ballot spot as a Rule B case just like Bill White.
Sandy Alderson’s one run of great success was by a team fueled by PEDs, yet players who are known to have used them can’t get into the Hall, and then he went on to attack and break the umpire’s union.
Cooperstown Dave retweeted
The Contemporary Baseball Era ballot features four managers and four executives for consideration in the Hall of Fame Class of 2027.
Results will be announced at 8 p.m. ET on Dec. 6: ow.ly/UjVe5102Z6Q
ALT The Contemporary Baseball Era ballot considering managers, executives and umpires includes Sandy Alderson, Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy, Joe Maddon, Lou Piniella, Brian Sabean, Ted Turner and Bill White. (Alderson and White photos: Rich Pilling, Bochy photo: Jason Wise, Maddon photo: Tampa Bay Rays, Sabean photo: Michael Zagaris, all others National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and MLB Photos)
Cooperstown Dave retweeted
And remember, teams aren't fundamentally entitled to *any* years of cost control. To get health and a minimum players make a *massive* concession. Federal antitrust laws have explicitly covered players since 1998.
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A New Jersey-based fan named Rev Ciancio visited 77 different ballparks this season. At each one, he would get a hot dog with mustard, eat it after “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” and grade it. Here are his top 10:
10. Joliet Slammers (National Association of Professional Baseball): A “rock solid” offering.
9. Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (Triple-A PHI): “Exactly what a ballpark hot dog is supposed to taste like.”
8. Sussex County Miners (National Association of Professional Baseball): “They’re the only team that I’ve been to that has a ripper, where they’re actually deep-frying the hot dog.”
7. Albuquerque Isotopes (Triple-A COL): “It’s almost foul to highlight how good the hot dog was because there’s so much good there.”
6. Boston Red Sox: “This is one of the Major League stadiums where the lore of the hot dog holds true.”
5. Richmond Flying Squirrels (Double-A SF): “It was just a well-rounded hot dog. Like there was magic and you don’t know why.”
4. Brooklyn Cyclones (High-A NYM): “It’s part of their culture to have a good hot dog.”
3. Chicago Cubs: “I feel like Chicago teams have a right and a duty to produce good hot dogs.”
2. Chicago Dogs (American Association): The poppyseed bun was an “ingredient difference maker.”
1. Reading Fightin Phils (Double-A Phillies): “When you eat a hot dog at Reading, it’s as though every single hot dog was individually cooked. One person took one hot dog and made sure it was perfect.”
Read about Ray here: atmlb.com/4sjmoGx
ALT A split image. On the left, fan Rev Ciancio, who tried hot dogs at 77 different ballparks this year. He’s wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a floral hat, holding a hot dog. On the right, his hand holding a hot dog with mustard from Reading, PA.
It’s bad. So so so bad. @sixers really need to fix this.
Some eagle-eyed Sixers fans may have noticed the team’s court looked a little brighter than usual.
No, this is not a new filter ESPN is trying out. Xfinity Mobile Arena got a new lighting rig, according to the Sixers.
"This season, fans will see an enhanced game presentation experience through a new arena-wide lighting system that transforms the whole venue,” the team wrote in a Thursday release. “Paired with theatrical lighting focused on the court and PixMob lighting installed throughout the seating bowl, the technology creates a more immersive atmosphere for player introductions and key game moments.”
More updates in our live blog over at @phillysport:
inquirer.com/sixers/live/six…
Cooperstown Dave retweeted
And yes, there *are* some concerning sources of revenue disparity in baseball. That's an owner problem, but they're not proposing the Dodgers fix the problem by sharing more of their revenue to bridge the gap, they're proposing the players fund the owner problem.
100%
If owners want fans to buy into a need to artificially limit the earning potential of workers then show the books, don’t just say “trust us.”
Unless you’re an oligarch, you should be wary of siding with capping what workers make. Even when the workers make more than you.
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Not a single player taken in the main first round has made an All-Star team. That’s really crazy.
(Will Smith has, but he was a supplemental pick).
This is part of the reason teams like the Phillies, built for the long ball, are failing - it is getting harder to barrel balls.
Make good contact, run the bases well, play good defense.
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Pedro Martinez convinced the Red Sox to sign David Ortiz in 2003
They randomly were in the same restaurant after Big Papi got released from the Twins 🤯
Pedro Martinez told David Ortiz he had to go for the Green Monster in 2004 ALDS...
Big Papi then hit a walk-off HR... over the Green Monster 🤯
🚨 More untold stories from 2004 Red Sox: youtu.be/RuHtw1eeyiw
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Born on this date in 1824 in Exeter, England, Henry Chadwick shepherded baseball on its path to becoming the National Pastime.
The Hall of Famer formulated his first modern box score in 1859 and, with ‘S’ already denoting sacrifice plays, recorded strikeouts with the letter ‘K.’
ALT Black and white seated portrait of Henry Chadwick. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)
Amazing at bats by the Brewers in the 9th. Wow.
Stark contrast to how the Phillies have approached hitting for years. I could never imagine this Phillies core doing what these Brewers did.
Is it just me or have other folks’ For You tabs been inundated with more weird garbage recently?
Hasn’t been this bad in a while. Posts on topics the algo should know idgaf about, and from accounts with few followers and little engagement.
Plus postseason and WBC - JT doesn’t get enough credit for what he’s been doing.
His offense has declined, but he’s a 35 year old backstop in the PED testing era.
Annoys me how much Phillies fans knock him, as if there are lots of great hitting+defensive Cs out there.
