2025 Baseball Season

Some kid came up to me in our elementary school playground while I was looking at my disorganized packs of cards and said he wanted my Dave Parker. I didn't even know what the word trade meant. For that matter, I didn't even know what a Dave Parker was. He explained it to me. And I did it. It felt wrong for some reason, and whatever this trade thing was I had just done, was done. Then these Pirates won something called the world series. It seemed like a big deal to people. It was. And I thought whatever I had done that day was all kinds of wrong.

 

I did something very similar to another kid in elementary school. He had a real 1974 Hank Aaron, but I convinced him it was a promo card and traded him some crap for it. I still have the card, and I still feel a bit guilty.

 

I would feel guilty too

 

Funny stuff bro

 

How many good cards did you trash in the spokes of your Schwinn?

 

That was the reason you had cards in the first place

 

Way too many.

I lost a Gaylord Perry and a Mike Schmidt that way.

 

You've seen this one, right?

 

Lotta juicers on that list.

 

Cal should have waited to sign that contract.

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/07/manfred-comments-on-revenue-split-offseason-pace.html

Not really interested in discussion on salary cap just yet but I did think his comments around free agency calendar were interesting. I have long thought the MLB offseason calendar was too spread out and disorganized. This would be my ideal MLB calendar:

Feb 21-Mar 31: Spring training
Apr 1-June 30: 1st half
July 1-7: All-Star Game, Futures game, celebrity game, home run derby, Rule 4 draft
July 8- Sept 30: 2nd half
Oct 1-Nov 8: playoffs
Nov 9-Nov 30: GM meetings, Rule 5 draft, QO decisions
Dec 1-Jan 7: Free Agency
Jan 8-31: International draft, Rule 4 draft lottery, team caravans/fanfests
Feb 1-21: Hall of Fame announcements/inductions, Spring Breakout prospects game, Old Timers’ game

 

That entire 2023 team all had career years

 

Average Feb hi/low temp in Cooperstown is 31/15

 

In facial hair news:



https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-news-fan-clemente-bridge-beard-tribute

 

Why are the dodgers such whiny b****es?

 

I suppose you could be right Chris but it seems more likely that he is just an honest guy.

 

Mets/Yanks was a fun game. 11 runs scored, 10 were via the HR. The only other run...on a single by Pete Alonso (who did not homer in the game)