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[Shanemansj13]

View attachment 338892He is usually not this outspoken....wonder what he is referring to.

Seems like he is homophobic

 

[Shanemansj13]

Betting this Sat....consider Florida....

Cam Rising still recovering from his injury and Florida is going to be better than people think.

 

[trojanfan12]

Seems like he is homophobic

How so? I think he was referring to his own situation which, if memory serves, was kind of weird.

 

[Shanemansj13]

How so? I think he was referring to his own situation which, if memory serves, was kind of weird.

Just a guess. Jimmy has definitely in the news for non-football stuff over the years and he isn't shy to express his feelings. I could be totally wrong.

 

[trojanfan12]

Just a guess. Jimmy has definitely in the news for non-football stuff over the years and he isn't shy to express his feelings. I could be totally wrong.

Hadn't heard of him commenting on stuff outside of football. I can see how, it being SF, there could be multiple ways to take that. Especially if he has made other comments.

 

[bksballer89]

Bust

 

[dtgold88]

No.

But I think if you asked Jokic who the World Champ is he would refer to the winner on September 10th, and not the Nuggets.

MLB, NBA exactly the same concept. Both are wrong. The quote just happened to use the NBA as the example. And that has been the context of the conversation here because you know, these are basketball boards.

I disagree.....I doubt Jokic would get so deep in it like you and would just figure the person asking was taking NBA title and would say it's his team.

Has there been much of an uproar over the World Series designation to change it? I've heard others complain on occasion (as is being done with world champ for NBA champ) but guessing most don't really care.

 

[thunderc]

This is simple, just ask who the best team in the world is and let people look dumb.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Yeah, it's kind of a "hindsight is 20/20" thing, imo.

They had to weigh what they could gain from having Ohtani on their roster for the rest of the season (him possibly hitting 50 home runs in an Angels uni, possibly making the playoffs) vs. what trading him could do for their future with the assets they'd get back (I read that the Dodgers were prepared to send a lot of top prospects their way).

There was also belief that Trout would be back sooner. If things worked out, all of that could have been good for their franchise. It looked for minute like they might have made the right call as they went on a little bit of a win streak and put themselves into the wildcard race.

Then, the wheels came off...they started losing again, Trout didn't come back and Ohtani's hurt now.

The decision just wasn't as cut dried at the time as it looks now.

I disagree. Their club had a ton of warts to begin with. It’s unlikely Ohtani comes back to the Angels. Angels need to make that move and getting something for him. They likely would have gotten a haul.

 

[The Q]

I thought Jose abreu was a good get for the Astros…


Yikes….

 

[DJ Fieri]

Rising is OUT vs Florida.

 

[trojanfan12]

I disagree. Their club had a ton of warts to begin with. It’s unlikely Ohtani comes back to the Angels. Angels need to make that move and getting something for him. They likely would have gotten a haul.

Oh, there's no doubt they would have gotten a haul. Everyone had him going to the Dodgers. They have arguably the best farm system in MLB and were prepared to send several top prospects.

But, they were within striking distance of a wildcard, Ohtani was on pace for 50-60 home runs and it looked like they'd get Trout back soon. A playoff race with Ohtani on that home run pace and Trout coming back, would have put a lot of butts in seats and a lot of focus on the Angels. The Dodgers have sucked up all the air in SoCal with what they've been doing for the last several years and this was a chance to get some of that for themselves.

If it were me, I probably trade him and likely Trout too and rebuild the whole thing.

But I also understand why Moreno chose not to.

 

[trojanfan12]

Rising is OUT vs Florida.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Take Florida +4.5.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Oh, there's no doubt they would have gotten a haul. Everyone had him going to the Dodgers. They have arguably the best farm system in MLB and were prepared to send several top prospects.

But, they were within striking distance of a wildcard, Ohtani was on pace for 50-60 home runs and it looked like they'd get Trout back soon. A playoff race with Ohtani on that home run pace and Trout coming back, would have put a lot of butts in seats and a lot of focus on the Angels. The Dodgers have sucked up all the air in SoCal with what they've been doing for the last several years and this was a chance to get some of that for themselves.

If it were me, I probably trade him and likely Trout too and rebuild the whole thing.

But I also understand why Moreno chose not to.

Exactly.

Easy to look back and say they should have traded him in hindsight.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Exactly.

Easy to look back and say they should have traded him in hindsight.

I was saying trade him in May, June, and July.

 

[thunderc]

I was saying trade him in May, June, and July.

Be interesting to see what he gets now, likely about 100 million south of what he would have got.

 

[DJ Fieri]

I was saying trade him in May, June, and July.

Good for you.

 

[trojanfan12]

Exactly.

Easy to look back and say they should have traded him in hindsight.

I was saying trade him in May, June, and July.

And to be fair, virtually everyone had him all but traded to the Dodgers going into the deadline. But, Moreno decided to gamble with the hope that maybe a run to the playoffs would convince him to stay.

Unfortunately for him and Ohtani, it's gone worse than anyone likely imagined.

 

[bksballer89]

Be interesting to see what he gets now, likely about 100 million south of what he would have got.

How will he survive with 450 million?