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I'd just like to know how many birthday parties KC Connection is going to for the MLB playoffs.

I'll be at quite a few spring training games this year. Hit me up if you wanna get Bill Cosby'd.

GMDM never goes to arbitration

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz (Post 12077740)

GMDM never goes to arbitration

It's amazing really. Hopefully he can extend that goodwill to get Moose signed beyond those next two years.

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Originally Posted by New World Order (Post 12077683)

I'd just like to know how many birthday parties KC Connection is going to for the MLB playoffs.

Rep

Seems like a fair deal for Moustakas and glad it is done.

Will be interesting to see what happens with Holland at this point. Rest of the roster is set... Wonder if they work a two-year deal with a team option or something like that for him.

Not really Royals related but I thought it was interesting.

I Read the Entire Collective Bargaining Agreement and Here's What I Learned.

The whole column is interesting but the stuff in the "I did not know these things." section I liked the best.

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Retired players aren’t allowed to come out of retirement and join a team in August or September.
The postseason shares are voted on by a team before the postseason.
The manager (and only the manager) is allowed to address the team before the postseason shares are voted on.
A club can carry 24 players if it wants to. (It may not carry 23 or fewer.)
A player can’t change his shoes once he has begun running the bases.
Players must be provided two uniforms (but not shoes!), and must return the uniforms when they leave the team.
A player may not change jersey numbers midseason unless he agrees to buy all the remaining jerseys with the old number on them.
The MLBPA and the owners share the cost of translating documents into Spanish.
Players have a right to a second opinion on anything the team doctor says, and first-class travel to get that second opinion, but it must be from a doctor on the team-provided list of second-opinion doctors. If the player wants a second (or third) opinion from a different doctor, he must pay for it (and the first-class travel) himself.
Players must, with the implementation of this most recent CBA, submit to oral health exams.

I liked this one too - Every player who does an initial physical examination has to tell his new club whether he is missing his eyes.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/u/...iller0211b.png

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Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat (Post 12078237)

I liked this one too - Every player who does an initial physical examination has to tell his new club whether he is missing his eyes.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/u/...iller0211b.png

Or his nuts!

I wonder how many players have answered yes to this one. Josh Donaldson? :hmmm:

Anyone now if a player has come out of retirement in Aug-Sept to join a team before?

Just a guess because I dont know but if anyone did I would say Roger Clemens.

That would've been a good strategy to use by a crafty coach.

Got the email this afternoon about the MLB.TV court settlement over the antitrust issue.

The base package will drop to $109.99. If you want to pick an individual team, it's $84.99. MLB also has to reach agreements for 'in-market' streaming for every team by 2017, or they can't raise the price until 2020. Comcast/DirecTV have to offer Extra Innings at a 12.5% discount too, and MLB will provide them the opportunity to sell individual team packages too, but they aren't obligated to sell them to their customers.

There's also supposed to be a "follow your team" option, which should help reduce blackouts. It seems a bit confusing... but basically if you have cable and are blacked out of seeing the Royals, you can buy MLB.TV and pay an extra $10 for "follow your team" and you'd get the games. If I'm understanding it right, anyway.

Can't wait for opening day! Here's a couple of gifs I just made.

https://media.giphy.com/media/udKYKwo7cpgUo/giphy.gif

http://i.giphy.com/zvi9r93jOoMVO.gif