MLB 2013 Season Thread: TEFLON BRAUN Episode V: The Selig Strikes Back

[Rhinox]

Which one? Tom?

[Headspace]

Yerp

[elison]

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Tim Hudson, ow

[Rhinox]

Yerp

Cool. How?

[Aksannyi]

ow

I'll second that.

[Boyiee]

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Tim Hudson, ow

His foot shouldn't have been there.

Just watched 42, same shit happened. Shit hurts, so happy that never happened to me in high school.

[elison]

His foot shouldn't have been there.

Just watched 42, same shit happened. Shit hurts, so happy that never happened to me in high school.

Dude I was thinking the same shit. I saw 42 literally 2 days ago and that was the first thing that popped in my head

[Headspace]

Cool. How?

We're visiting my girlfriends family in Wilmette and his son plays on the same youth baseball team as her cousin. Wasn't told he was the owner until after we were introduced so I wasn't going to go back up and bug him about dismantling his team for the greater good and what not.

[Boyiee]

Dude I was thinking the same shit. I saw 42 literally 2 days ago and that was the first thing that popped in my head

I wanted to yell JACKIE just like we do all game when we sit behind Ichiro since Jackie Robinson day.

[Rhinox]

We're visiting my girlfriends family in Wilmette and his son plays on the same youth baseball team as her cousin. Wasn't told he was the owner until after we were introduced so I wasn't going to go back up and bug him about dismantling his team for the greater good and what not.

Cool.

[Rhinox]

In cubs news


Junior lake is having a monster start to his big league career.


Out hitting yasiel puig in his first five games.



Hopefully he gets an invite to the asg.

[Rhinox]

Alfonso Soriano heading back to the bronx.

[toqabowl]

Alfonso Soriano heading back to the bronx.

HENDRY

[Bregor]

CASHMAN

fixed'd

[Bregor]

Cubs have deal with Taiwan right-hander Tseng

18-year-old pitcher ranked No. 29th on list of top international prospects

The Cubs have been busy on the international market this year and have completed a deal with another top prospect, right-hander Jen-Ho Tseng from Taiwan, according to an industry source.

Tseng, ranked No. 29 on MLB.com's list of Top 30 International Prospects, commanded a bonus of $1.625 million. The Cubs have not yet announced the signing.

Tseng, 18, is a known commodity in the international baseball world and was being pursued by several teams, including the Twins. The teenager is known for his upright, quick delivery and a fastball that can reach 95 mph. Poised and aggressive, Tseng also throws a curveball and slider.

He also has a history on the big stage.

A member of the 2012 World Junior Championship team, Tseng also played in the 2012 Asian Baseball Championship for Chinese Taipei. He was the youngest player named to the Chinese Taipei World Baseball Classic roster earlier this year.

Prior to Tseng's signing, the Cubs had committed $3,470,000 of their $5,520,300 bonus pool to four players: shortstop Gleyber Torres, the top player from Venezuela and third-ranked international prospect, for $1.7 million; and Colombia right-handed pitcher Erling Moreno, ranked No. 17, for $650,000. The club also signed right-handed pitcher Jefferson Mejia for $850,000 and added catching prospect Johan Matos for $270,000.

The Cubs have a $2.8 million agreement in place with outfield prospect Eloy Jimenez, ranked No. 1, which puts them $749,700 -- or 13.6 percent -- over their pool and into the penalty phase. Teams that exceed the pools by 10 to 15 percent are not allowed to sign a player for more than $500,000 during the 2014-15 signing period and have to pay a 100-percent tax on the pool overage.

In the most severe penalty, teams that exceed the pool by 15 percent or more are not allowed to sign a player for more than $250,000 during the next signing period in addition to paying a 100-percent tax on the pool overage.

The Cubs can still acquire $1,315,600 in slot money because the Collective Bargaining Agreement allows teams to add up to 50 percent of the initial bonus pool, which in Chicago's case was $4,557,200, but that wouldn't be enough money to keep the Cubs out of the most severe penalty.

Last week, the Cubs acquired four signing-bonus slots -- two from the Orioles and two from the Astros -- in trades worth $963,000 on the first day of the international signing period.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/art...ticle_53267666

THEO

[Viq]

At least he didn't devote $100m+ to this Asian phenom. Way to learn from your mistakes

THEO

[Cail]

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FRAUD

[Cail]

Ive never used StubHub. Is it trustworthy etc? Might go to a Nats game tomorrow with my dad

[Krandor]

Never had an issue with it.

[Pringles]

Never had a problem with StubHub either. Bought ALDS game 1 tickets the day of the game off there last year and had no issues with the ticket at all.