Brownie19

I can't comprehend what Dogg gets out of this.

So I have this straight, during a conversation about serving cannabis products during a major sporting event (and when we might see something like this actually happen), you wanted to make a joke that people might jump over the railings. What nights do you do standup?

FFS Jim - this is stupid. The chances of someone jumping off a ledge because their high are the same as a drunk doing the same thing. People who get paranoid on weed typically just sit there or they leave and go home. Let's all move on from this idiotic comment.

Jim - it's cannibus, not Red Bull

I think there's a pretty high chance that Jackson Holliday is a superstar. There's probably a very good chance that Aldey, Gunner, Jackson and Grayson are all star players (3.5+ WAR guys), plus they have Mullins. That puts them in a similar category to the Jays core with Vlad, Bo, Kirk and Manoah, plus we have Varsho. The O's have a lot more holes to fill around those guys IMO - but that's still a really fun exciting core to have.

It's a fair point. I don't see why society would be so against selling cannabis drinks or gummies at sporting events just like they do alcohol - but it feels like we're years/decades away from that, which is sad.

I don't think anyone caters to tobacco smokers these days. We aren't to the point of catering to cannabis smokers unfortunately - so gummies at the games will have to do.

Aroldis Chapman to the Royals. 1 year $3.75M He must be cooked.

That's what we did in Cleveland - bought nose bleeds and then stood in the RF corner drinking the craft brews. It was great.

Easy to hear 50 hard core Seattle fans when 40,000 casual + hardcore Jays fans were in f***ing shock.

My kids certainly are.

Agree with all of this. As a true baseball fan, I find it difficult to wrap my head around the need for separate bars with lounge areas, fire places, bean bag toss, checkers tables?, etc. but there are so many f***ing casuals that I suspect this will all appeal to them and draw more people to the stadium. And of course, if it draws them away from bothering me in my seats (always getting up mid inning for more beer, wash rooms, or to just cruise around b/c they don't give a f*** what's happening in the game) then I'm all for it. Even just not being able to hear their f***ing conversations would be amazing. Finding a place where kids can roam around a bit and have fun is a great idea (hard for young ones to sit for 9 innings). I know Cinny has a big area like this - they even have a little infield set up where kids line up to play whiffle ball games. I really hope they can incorporate some new interesting food and beer options as well. Those are a couple of things I would enjoy throughout the game - along with some places to stand where you can get a different perspective of the game for a few innings. Cleveland does this well right down the RF line. Huge craft beer selection and a f***ton of designated standing areas.

So they need a repeat of 2013 is what you're saying? I mean they'd also probably need Duvall to bounce back to a 2.5-3 WAR player and Andrus to repeat his 3.5 WAR season too. Seems unlikely of course, but this is pretty natural for fans. I'm sure we've all been guilty of being too optimistic over the years.

Yeah Mill Street Organic is also my favourite beer. I do like the Beau's Lugtread also!

Mill Street would have been a really nice partnership to be honest. I'm not sure many consider Corona to be a quality beer, but it's decent enough. It's definitely a summer beer that most people can enjoy on a hot day.

Is this true? The traditional shift was to put someone in short RF (let's say it's the 2nd baseman), with the SS playing where the 2nd baseman typically would be (albeit more up the middle) and the 1st baseman in his normal spot. 3rd base would shift over and play near where the SS typically was. This created a cavity where you could pull a bunt past the pitcher, too far away from 1st base and it would be in no-mans land. Now, the SS will essentially play right behind 2nd base, the 2nd baseman will have to be shallower - on the edge of the dirt. This will tighten up that hole I think and make that type of bunt harder to execute. Am I missing something?

Welcome to the board!

I was suggesting they'll enter the Top 100 'this season'. I think there's certainly a possibility that the others I noted play there way into the Top 100.

Your best hitters hit 1st, 2nd and 4th - that's Springer, Vlad and Kirk. Next best hitter bats 3rd (Bo). Then you need to split up the lefties. Springer Vlad Bo Kirk Belt Chapman Varsho Merrifield KK

Between Barriera, Barger, Orelvis, Zulueta, Gabby Martinez, Toman, Doughty, Macko, Santos, Kasevich - I have to think we'll see at least 4 more enter Top 100 lists this season. Our system still has a lot of talent in it.

Yep - as a young left handed kid - I often emulated Jimmy Key's smooth delivery...

Yeah I agree with all of this. I think Otto would enter the spring with a very good chance to be our 5th OF/bench guy. And I like that fit to be honest. Fast, versatile, options

Yeah - I think that made more sense when legit lefty killers like Pollack, Duval, etc. were available.

I kind of think we'll see a couple of guys like Pinder brought in on minor league deals at this point. Would be pleasantly surprised if we actually signed legit guys to fill out the very few holes we still have (RH lefty killer OFer, lefty relief pitcher, 5th starter). I suspect the team may want to sit tight and see what we've got in the guys already on the roster. If a hole develops, we'll fill it then.