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From my perspective, Atlanta is a horrible place.

Please clarify what you mean, because this can go many ways lol

You can probably take it in all ways, but primarily traffic, sprawl, crime.

So just like every other place where you have a large concentration of people in a small area?

Atlanta doesn't even rank in the top 25....................

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Ah, ok. I didn’t know if you meant the city or the Braves Truist Park area.

I don't know that your doing Halpin any favors playing him up here in the bigs .. Poo kid is hitting .083 with few opportunities ..

I don't anymore, except when traveling south. Then it can't be avoided without a massive detour.

I like the Braves just fine.

Buh-bye division title.

This is what happens when you put all your eggs in one basket .. Dolans are just to cheap .. If they would just go out and pay for one legitimate bat ! God for bid two //

What an embarrassment this team is at the plate .. Poor pitching staff ,,, And what is the deal with the Teams MLB site ? Needs refreshedf big time

nice win today - almost blew a grand slam opener.

Then they loose the night cap 0-2 ,, Williams gives them 7 nice innings ( gives up two runs )

Need a good outing tonight. He always scares me

sad to say Bo Naylor go. But, it was time.

I guess the positive is the talks of a hard salary cap seem to have a bit more traction, though probably not enough to see anything in the next few years. I think the biggest problem is with the players. I get why they don't want a salary cap. I also get why some of the teams don't want that.

I hope it doesn't get to the point where we see a contraction in baseball with a few teams just locking the doors and going home, but that may be what it takes.

They won't. Barring serious injurie(s) you can just pen them in.

I asked AI this morning because I was curious... the total guaranteed value of their payroll is now over 2.5 billion.

It's gross. It's why I don't really care for or watch the game anymore.

And as a Guards fan, I feel like Sweden in the '60s watching the Nuclear Arms Race.

I'd love to see it, bro. I don't really pay much attention, so the names don't mean much to me. Obviously Sale is a beast. And truth be told, even at his age, his arm has been more reliable than Skubal.

Beating them in a seven-game series would be awesome. It's been a minute since you've had post-season success, maybe you won't have to deal with Philly this year.

I know you brought up the Dodgers but before I comment on your post first let me say, my eldest great grandson who is 8 LOVES Shohei Ohtani! I'm just happy he is into sports and follows it. Baseball is his favorite sport while he still watches other sports as well.

So now, on to the Dodgers. I don't really disagree with your premise. However I won't focus strictly on the Dodgers. Big picture it's the haves and have nots. George Steinbrenner was doing this with the Yankees in the mid-1980s, 1994, 1997, and continuously from the late 1990s through the 2000s.

Currently, as things stand today, the New York Mets: Opening Day active payroll of $352.2 million (approx. $357M+ present-day 40-man value), featuring top player salaries like Juan Soto.

Los Angeles Dodgers: Luxury tax/CBT payroll upwards of $410–$420 million with an active Opening Day payroll around $316.6 million.

New York Yankees: Around $297.2 million on Opening Day and over $337 million in total tax salary.

Philadelphia Phillies: Roughly $282–$283 million active/opening payroll and exceeding $314 million in luxury tax calculations.

It's a product of the system. And the wealthiest take advantage of that system as it is their right to do under the current structure of MLB. So I don't really blame certain teams specifically. I blame MLB.

That's why I haven't bothered supporting MLB since the mid 80's. This has been going on for four decades now and MLB has done nothing to address the problem.

Baseball is really dumb at the moment. I barely even watch the playoffs anymore

Same here. I almost have to "accidently" catch a game. Sometimes I'll scoreboard watch and tune in late if a game seems worthy. Once in a while it will just be on in the background while I'm doing other things.

I'm not bitter. I don't even miss it.