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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2020 22:24:05 GMT -5
Big sports fans in Iowa... but they are already claimed. Minneapolis/Chicago/St Louis/Kansas City are all just a couple hours every direction for most of the state, and every franchise had solid representation. Hell I live in NE Iowa and there are a lot of Packer Fans with SEASON TICKETS, but the drive isn't so bad honestly. So there are lots of fairly die hard fans here, but they aren't going to give up their old team. The 2 big local college teams are supported strongly (Iowa/Iowa State) too. There's isn't much room for anything else. For the Midwest, the biggest unclaimed market seems to be Indianapolis. It’s obviously a sports town with the Colts and Pacers, I could definitely see this. Naptown resident here; as much as I'd love the idea of a third sports team, we're swarmed with territorial rights between Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and if you're generous, Detroit & Cleveland. That's 6 teams, minimum, that would not be happy with a new team in their area. Not to mention there's the matter of what I talked about with Iowa, albeit on a somewhat larger scale.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2020 16:02:26 GMT -5
Aroldis Chapman has tested positive for COVID-19.
We're not gonna do this short season, are we?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2020 16:01:57 GMT -5
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Post by sfvega on Jul 13, 2020 22:20:38 GMT -5
I don't understand MLB's "plan" everyone else has a bubble or a hub city. Early on they were talking about just doing the Spring Training sites. Now it's just "f*** it, play wherever." I don't blame anybody in any sport for bowing out this season, but if that's how MLB is approaching it, I would encourage these guys to stay home.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 14, 2020 0:08:00 GMT -5
I don't understand MLB's "plan" everyone else has a bubble or a hub city. Early on they were talking about just doing the Spring Training sites. Now it's just "f*** it, play wherever." I don't blame anybody in any sport for bowing out this season, but if that's how MLB is approaching it, I would encourage these guys to stay home. I think they started shitting on themselves with Florida but honestly, it is your best option with a bunch of spring training sights there and Arizona Limited travel as opposed to traveling in diff states. How the f** is that going to work with quarantine and with testing being slow i'd be nervous as f*** if i'm the players
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2020 7:40:04 GMT -5
I don't understand MLB's "plan" everyone else has a bubble or a hub city. Early on they were talking about just doing the Spring Training sites. Now it's just "f*** it, play wherever." I don't blame anybody in any sport for bowing out this season, but if that's how MLB is approaching it, I would encourage these guys to stay home. I read that the MLBPA didn’t want to do a hub city or bubble so this is what they ended up with. Considering the early rumors of a hub city included Florida, Texas, and Arizona, it likely would not have worked anyway.
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Post by RKTaker on Jul 14, 2020 16:28:03 GMT -5
I don't understand MLB's "plan" everyone else has a bubble or a hub city. Early on they were talking about just doing the Spring Training sites. Now it's just "f*** it, play wherever." I don't blame anybody in any sport for bowing out this season, but if that's how MLB is approaching it, I would encourage these guys to stay home. the thing is how are you gonna have 15 games a day in a bubble? you can't NHL, NBA, and MLS can cause they're just doing the playoffs, or playoff type format, the MLB is still trying to have a full season
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Post by sfvega on Jul 14, 2020 17:12:46 GMT -5
I don't understand MLB's "plan" everyone else has a bubble or a hub city. Early on they were talking about just doing the Spring Training sites. Now it's just "f*** it, play wherever." I don't blame anybody in any sport for bowing out this season, but if that's how MLB is approaching it, I would encourage these guys to stay home. the thing is how are you gonna have 15 games a day in a bubble? you can't NHL, NBA, and MLS can cause they're just doing the playoffs, or playoff type format, the MLB is still trying to have a full season NBA and NHL are still operating 22/24 teams in 2 cities. There's a vast difference between what the NBA/NHL has to do and is doing, and what the MLB is doing which is operating pretty much like normal. There's no reason they couldn't operate in 5 cities and play 3 games a day and rotate every 20 games. Instead of being regulars in airports and airplanes and new cities, which is a nightmare in America rn. It's not that it's easy logistically, it's that this plan just really didn't try to mitigate any risk at all and I'm not gonna make excuses for them.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 16, 2020 14:49:18 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2020 16:51:20 GMT -5
A-Rod wants a salary capMan, after making nearly half a billion dollars as a baseball player because of their free market economic structure, A-Rod is not going to be popular with players after those comments.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 16, 2020 17:19:34 GMT -5
A-Rod wants a salary capMan, after making nearly half a billion dollars as a baseball player because of their free market economic structure, A-Rod is not going to be popular with players after those comments. And he is the standard for guys getting these big 10 year $200 mill deals because he did that twice However, talent like A-Rod is really once a generation with how young he was coming out and doing what he did. I don't disagree with him but baseball can function fine without a cap. They just need structure. However, players aren't going to want a cap and Owners aren't going to want a floor so you got to find middle ground
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2020 18:10:45 GMT -5
A-Rod wants a salary capMan, after making nearly half a billion dollars as a baseball player because of their free market economic structure, A-Rod is not going to be popular with players after those comments. And he is the standard for guys getting these big 10 year $200 mill deals because he did that twice However, talent like A-Rod is really once a generation with how young he was coming out and doing what he did. I don't disagree with him but baseball can function fine without a cap. They just need structure. However, players aren't going to want a cap and Owners aren't going to want a floor so you got to find middle ground I don't necessarily disagree with him either. I think he is smart about what baseball needs to do to grow, and he clearly knows about money. Whether a salary cap would work in baseball is an interesting discussion. I actually see owners hurting from a salary cap because right now they can easily game the system by gradually lowering player salaries while increasing revenue streams that they currently don't have to evenly split with players. A salary cap, in theory, might actually help the players in this case, because the only players who are getting paid are the very good to elite players. They are the ones who would get hurt by a salary cap. The players as a whole would probably benefit. Either way, no way in hell the MLBPA would agree to a salary cap, so this is likely A-Rod pandering to owners since he wants to buy the Mets.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2020 18:27:25 GMT -5
And he is the standard for guys getting these big 10 year $200 mill deals because he did that twice However, talent like A-Rod is really once a generation with how young he was coming out and doing what he did. I don't disagree with him but baseball can function fine without a cap. They just need structure. However, players aren't going to want a cap and Owners aren't going to want a floor so you got to find middle ground I don't necessarily disagree with him either. I think he is smart about what baseball needs to do to grow, and he clearly knows about money. Whether a salary cap would work in baseball is an interesting discussion. I actually see owners hurting from a salary cap because right now they can easily game the system by gradually lowering player salaries while increasing revenue streams that they currently don't have to evenly split with players. A salary cap, in theory, might actually help the players in this case, because the only players who are getting paid are the very good to elite players. They are the ones who would get hurt by a salary cap. The players as a whole would probably benefit. Either way, no way in hell the MLBPA would agree to a salary cap, so this is likely A-Rod pandering to owners since he wants to buy the Mets. I'd rather someone like A-Rod buy the Mets than someone like David Portnoy, so it's a lesser of two evils. Then again, Marlins fans thought they'd get better days when Derek Jeter was part of the new ownership group, and they're easily the worst team in baseball.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 16, 2020 18:35:21 GMT -5
I don't necessarily disagree with him either. I think he is smart about what baseball needs to do to grow, and he clearly knows about money. Whether a salary cap would work in baseball is an interesting discussion. I actually see owners hurting from a salary cap because right now they can easily game the system by gradually lowering player salaries while increasing revenue streams that they currently don't have to evenly split with players. A salary cap, in theory, might actually help the players in this case, because the only players who are getting paid are the very good to elite players. They are the ones who would get hurt by a salary cap. The players as a whole would probably benefit. Either way, no way in hell the MLBPA would agree to a salary cap, so this is likely A-Rod pandering to owners since he wants to buy the Mets. I'd rather someone like A-Rod buy the Mets than someone like David Portnoy, so it's a lesser of two evils. Then again, Marlins fans thought they'd get better days when Derek Jeter was part of the new ownership group, and they're easily the worst team in baseball. Except A-Rod is a baseball junkie and lives and breaths this Can't say the same for Jeter who no doubt loves the game but i'm pretty sure A-Rod can name every single prospect in the Marlins Org while Jeter maybe knows the top 10
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2020 19:50:22 GMT -5
I don't necessarily disagree with him either. I think he is smart about what baseball needs to do to grow, and he clearly knows about money. Whether a salary cap would work in baseball is an interesting discussion. I actually see owners hurting from a salary cap because right now they can easily game the system by gradually lowering player salaries while increasing revenue streams that they currently don't have to evenly split with players. A salary cap, in theory, might actually help the players in this case, because the only players who are getting paid are the very good to elite players. They are the ones who would get hurt by a salary cap. The players as a whole would probably benefit. Either way, no way in hell the MLBPA would agree to a salary cap, so this is likely A-Rod pandering to owners since he wants to buy the Mets. I'd rather someone like A-Rod buy the Mets than someone like David Portnoy, so it's a lesser of two evils. Then again, Marlins fans thought they'd get better days when Derek Jeter was part of the new ownership group, and they're easily the worst team in baseball. A-Rod knows a lot about the game and the current players since he's an analyst for Fox and ESPN. I think he'd be a good owner. Whether he hires the right people is a different story, but you could be sure he'd care about the team unlike current ownership. Jeter has made some questionable moves, but the Marlins farm system looks really good right now. Way too early to call him successful in this role, but at least there's been some progress.
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Post by HMARK Center on Jul 17, 2020 9:45:17 GMT -5
I'd rather someone like A-Rod buy the Mets than someone like David Portnoy, so it's a lesser of two evils. Then again, Marlins fans thought they'd get better days when Derek Jeter was part of the new ownership group, and they're easily the worst team in baseball. A-Rod knows a lot about the game and the current players since he's an analyst for Fox and ESPN. I think he'd be a good owner. Whether he hires the right people is a different story, but you could be sure he'd care about the team unlike current ownership. Jeter has made some questionable moves, but the Marlins farm system looks really good right now. Way too early to call him successful in this role, but at least there's been some progress. Funny thing with A-Rod is that he's also a lifelong Mets fan; the other main guy trying to buy the Mets, billionaire Steve Cohen, is also a lifelong fan, so they're both chasing their obscenely-priced childhood dream, here. Word is that A-Rod and J-Lo would be interested in making Citi Field a sort of "MSG East" entertainment destination (A-Rod probably focusing on baseball ops while J-Lo handles entertainment), but there's currently an issue about the land around Citi Field and who has ownership of it. There's always been a ton of chop shops outside Shea/Citi, but now they've knocked a bunch down for the purposes of building some kind of development; the city is demanding mixed usage involving a school, apartments (including some affordable units), etc. but are allowing for shopping and dining in the area. The J-Rod potential ownership team apparently reached out to the Kraft family from New England about building the type of mall they build near Gillette Stadium, but can't say I'd be too excited about, y'know, a freaking Five Guys and a Red Robin outside a ballpark in New York freaking City. But yeah, outreach to Kraft, talking up a salary cap, A-Rod is clearly trying to get on all the owners' good sides so that if it comes down to him and Cohen then the league will side with him.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Jul 17, 2020 11:23:31 GMT -5
This seems encouraging.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2020 12:55:21 GMT -5
A-Rod knows a lot about the game and the current players since he's an analyst for Fox and ESPN. I think he'd be a good owner. Whether he hires the right people is a different story, but you could be sure he'd care about the team unlike current ownership. Jeter has made some questionable moves, but the Marlins farm system looks really good right now. Way too early to call him successful in this role, but at least there's been some progress. Funny thing with A-Rod is that he's also a lifelong Mets fan; the other main guy trying to buy the Mets, billionaire Steve Cohen, is also a lifelong fan, so they're both chasing their obscenely-priced childhood dream, here. Word is that A-Rod and J-Lo would be interested in making Citi Field a sort of "MSG East" entertainment destination (A-Rod probably focusing on baseball ops while J-Lo handles entertainment), but there's currently an issue about the land around Citi Field and who has ownership of it. There's always been a ton of chop shops outside Shea/Citi, but now they've knocked a bunch down for the purposes of building some kind of development; the city is demanding mixed usage involving a school, apartments (including some affordable units), etc. but are allowing for shopping and dining in the area. The J-Rod potential ownership team apparently reached out to the Kraft family from New England about building the type of mall they build near Gillette Stadium, but can't say I'd be too excited about, y'know, a freaking Five Guys and a Red Robin outside a ballpark in New York freaking City. But yeah, outreach to Kraft, talking up a salary cap, A-Rod is clearly trying to get on all the owners' good sides so that if it comes down to him and Cohen then the league will side with him. If I was MLB I’d lean towards an A-Rod/Lopez ownership group over Cohen regardless of Alex trying to suck up to owners. J-Lo is one of the biggest stars in the world, and A-Rod has repaired his reputation so much after going into a media/analyst role. MLB is 30% Hispanic at the big league level and I believe 50% at the minor league level. That’s the market MLB needs to double down on, and an ownership group with A-Rod/J-Lo as the faces would be huge. Jeter is a bigger sports icon but A-Rod has way more mainstream clout right now. I’m rooting for them to get the Mets. I think it would be great for the Mets, NY, and MLB.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 17, 2020 14:14:46 GMT -5
Remember when Puig signed with the Braves this week
Well scratch that, he has the virus and will not sign
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Post by RI Richmark on Jul 17, 2020 20:03:04 GMT -5
Now for some great news, Daniel Bard will make the opening day roster for the Rockies. It will be the first time he'll pitch in the Majors since 2013: www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/daniel-bard-makes-rockies-roster-set-to-return-to-majors-for-first-time-since-2013/ At one point Bard looked like he would be the Red Sox's closer of the future. But after deciding to try him as a starter he suddenly got the Yips and couldn't throw strikes. And when you throw as hard as he did, that's scary. There was real fear that he'll kill somebody. He tried comeback after comeback but they all failed and he retired in 2017. But he gave it another shot and it has now paid off. Here's hoping for the best. I'll be rooting for him. Welcome back!
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