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recent scores depressing. 2009's attendance depressing. 10 teams in mlb history have relocated. with a new stadium in the works in miami, they are off life support. as are the come back from the dead devil rays. now, we are on the clock. that dark cloud doesn't make a hoot of difference to readers of this board. for marginal paying customers, however, it's a deal killer. naturally, we will probably be last in the league this year in attendance. thanks, lew. all has been kinda predictable to this point. - stadium sucks, we can't get a new stadium we'll move, we'll move close, can't build a stadium close, we really tried, team depleted to save payroll, attendance way down ... - the first of the 10 to move was boston braves to milwaukee in 1953. most recent, of course, les expos. characteristic of the movers is dwindling home attendance in the waning years of the franchise as fans exit a bad movie. 5 of the 10, as one would expect, were last in league attendance both of their last 2 years (boston braves, sl browns, first washington senators, ny giants, les expos). 2 of the remaining 5 were last in attendance the last year but not second to last year (milwaukee braves & phil a's). thanks to indians and the mistake by the lake, kc a's and second washington senators were next to last in their final year. in their second to last year, kc also could look to cleveland to draw worse and senators, surprisingly, on 1970, in their second to last year before texas called, were 8th out of 12 in the a.l. that leaves brooklyn dodgers. not a myth was their support in the face of relocation. in '57, last year, 5th out of 8 in n.l. in '56, 2nd out of 8.

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see when i type a whole lot of words without using useful tools like punctuation paragraphs or capitalization the things im trying to say get all jumbled up and it becomes very difficult to read imagine trying to read a book where nothing was capitalized and there were no paragraphs i dont think it would be a very enjoyable book to read because i personally would never have any idea what the hell the author was trying to say just like you probably have no idea what im trying to say im sure if you divided this into shorter relevant paragraphs and capitalized and just basically organized it better, then you would have a lot more readers and it would generate a lot more discussion

Just a thought…

by NateHST on May 10, 2009 6:09 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

haha

i think i can concur with that it is very annoying indeed and makes for a difficult read

"It's never 'just a game' if you're winning" - George Carlin

by bluelightrain84 on May 10, 2009 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i see periods. i see commas. i see apostrophes. i see sentences and they parse.

some fragments, but they parse too. all in all, you succeeded in conveying the info to anyone might have channeled their knee-jerk complaint energy into reading on. thanks for the thoughts oakath!

don't care if i ever get back.

by AV on May 12, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

C'mon dude

At least try to write something readable.

"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."

-Charles Manson

by kaweahkaweah on May 10, 2009 7:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I looked at the title and thought it was a critique of Leopold Bloom's work

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on May 10, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm just waiting for the point in the season where he can type

Yes..Yes..Yes..

We need a little Molly Bloom around here

by jasonthea on May 11, 2009 7:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

funny name to bring up in a complaint against unpuncutation...

that molly bloom passage in the big U. doesn’t THAT ramble for a while without punctuation only to conclude with a bang one of the masterpiece novels of the english language?

don't care if i ever get back.

by AV on May 12, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Technically...

…in the “modern era”… the first to move were the 1901 Milwaukee Brewers who became the 1902 St Louis Browns… followed closely by the 1902 Baltimore Orioles who became the 1903 New York Yankees, er Highlanders (or something like that).

Then no more moves until the Boston Braves moved to Milwaukee in the 1950s.

I could prove God statistically. Take the human body alone - the chances that all the functions of an individual would just happen is a statistical monstrosity.
~George Gallup

by UncleLeo on May 10, 2009 7:15 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

It's readable if you treat it as kinda Beat...

Prithee, be not perturbed by yon third bagger.

by Poppy on May 10, 2009 10:07 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Looks more like scat

but not the jazz kind.

"PECOTA can pretty much kiss my ass."-Nico

by jeepers on May 11, 2009 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Looks more like scat

but not the jazz kind.

"PECOTA can pretty much kiss my ass."-Nico

by jeepers on May 11, 2009 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah but that was done on purpose.

"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."

by mikev on May 11, 2009 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good information

and readable enough. But bound to be mocked.

by RLangford on May 10, 2009 11:29 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Perfect Storm

Convergence of an Owner who doesn’t dig Oakland prompting rumors of a move, a team of marginal players playing marginally and incredibly well put together young teams building from the ashes like TB, KC, that we get compared to.etc….all adds up to fan apathy and rumors of a move.

Remember when everyone used us as the example of how to build a good team on the cheap? Seems like 100 years ago.

Baja been here

by bajablue on May 11, 2009 10:39 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I’m feeling punctuational shame. Henceforth and heretofore, the sentence starting capital letter will be in thy lineup.

owner of a lonely tarp

by oakath on May 14, 2009 7:18 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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