MLB Daily Thread: 08-28-17: Dodgers lose first home series since June & O's sweep Sox

[DirtDirtDirt]

Is Tyler Austin still on the roster or they sent him down when they brought up Bird?

sent down, back up with the September callups

 

[obxyankeefan]

easy

baseball wasnt an olympic sport then, it was a "demonstration sport" that year. it didnt count towards medal counts.

so...thats why n stuff.

They still gave out Gold Medals to the winners, they just didn't count towards the country's medal count.

 

[Rock Strongo]

1988 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

• Baseball[17] and Taekwondo[18] were demonstration sports. The opening ceremony featured a mass demonstration of taekwondo with hundreds of adults and children performing moves in unison.

 

[Rock Strongo]

They still gave out Gold Medals to the winners, they just didn't count towards the country's medal count.

so, like i said

4 guys have won an official gold medal at the olympics and a word series.

the medals you speak of are considered unofficial.

 

[cerealboi]

You 99%ers!

Now if Stanton made the same offer, that would be something.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Ed Sprague won a College World Series with Stanford, won an Olympic Gold Medal in baseball 1988, and won two World Series with the Blue Jays.

@Rock Strongo How come you didn't count him for your question?

 

[obxyankeefan]

so, like i said

5 guys have won an official gold medal at the olympics and a word series.

the medals you speak of are considered unofficial.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Now if Stanton made the same offer, that would be something.

Yeah, I hear ya. There's only six weeks left in the season for Carpenter anyway, what does that translate to? 3 homers?

 

[redseat]

No Stanton isn't going anywhere

 

[Rock Strongo]

No Stanton isn't going anywhere

well, the giants are ready to throw everything at them.

Giancarlo Stanton Trade Rumors: Giants Have 'Strongest Interest' in Deal

 

[redseat]

well, the giants are ready to throw everything at them.

Well they still have to field a team, especially their pitching... Heck Samardzija and his 4.67 ERA leads the team

 

[bksballer89]

@DirtDirtDirt gets his wish. Girardi will sit Judge for multiple days

 

[mr.hockey4242]

No mention of Buxtons 3 homer game in the OP makes this thread an embarrassment

 

[RobToxin]

 

[obxyankeefan]

No mention of Buxtons 3 homer game in the OP makes this thread an embarrassment

Buxton finally made it to 3 career home runs, must have missed that one.

 

[PolarVortex]

No Stanton isn't going anywhere

Stanton finally having the big season everyone has been predicting for him for the last seven years. His biggest problem is staying in the lineups. He has averaged only 121 games a year in his six full seasons in the majors. He averaged one homerun every four games so going by his average, he's lost about 60 career homeruns due to injuries. Add that to the 258 he already has and he would have 318 homeruns. And the dude is only 27 years old.



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[redseat]

Stanton finally having the big season everyone has been predicting for him for the last seven years. His biggest problem is staying in the lineups. He has averaged only 121 games a year in his six full seasons in the majors. He averaged one homerun every four games so going by his average, he's lost about 60 career homeruns due to injuries. Add that to the 258 he already has and he would have 318 homeruns. And the dude is only 27 years old.



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and that would hurt him getting a major contract, no? But IF he were to be moved, Dodgers, MAYBE Giants or Yankees will snatch him up

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Stanton finally having the big season everyone has been predicting for him for the last seven years. His biggest problem is staying in the lineups. He has averaged only 121 games a year in his six full seasons in the majors. He averaged one homerun every four games so going by his average, he's lost about 60 career homeruns due to injuries. Add that to the 258 he already has and he would have 318 homeruns. And the dude is only 27 years old.



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Giants make tooooo much sense.....Supportive fanbase, they need a stud in that lineup for that reason, and just to capitalize on another couple of elite Posey seasons....Pence looks finished, Crawford not the player they thought, that team desperately needs a guy like Stanton

 

[PolarVortex]

and that would hurt him getting a major contract, no? But IF he were to be moved, Dodgers, MAYBE Giants or Yankees will snatch him up

Put him in a big market and he will sell seats. He's big enough for the Giants but I'm not sure the Giants are big enough for him. I think he ultimately ends up in a huge market where he can double his income through endorsements. Dodgers, Fraudkees, Cubs, Mets, Angels. I just don't see the Giants in the mix long term but maybe on a short term basis.

A lot will also depend on where Harper and Muchado ultimately end up.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

and that would hurt him getting a major contract, no? But IF he were to be moved, Dodgers, MAYBE Giants or Yankees will snatch him up

Crazy to think the Dodgers can land him, but they do have a clear opening in their OF for him, they have the prospects to pull it off, and the finances to absorb that deal