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  1. a700hitter
    If they go forward with Kotchman, it would be a very regrettable mistake by the FO.
  2. a700hitter
    They are going to need to. They can't wait for him to recover and become tradeable.
  3. a700hitter
    I think the player's union looks at this type of data. If they see revenue growing without player payrolls keeping pace, that would be a major issue for negotiations.
  4. a700hitter
    I can't see a trade being made until he has recovered from the thumb surgery. That will take about 8 weeks bringing us to the middle February. That really doesn't leave the team much time to execute a plan. If they are waiting on Lowell being moved before they bite on Beltre, they are out of luck. Beltre will be long off the market by the time Lowell gets traded.
  5. a700hitter
    I think this is a very good point. The Red Sox while not as profitable as the Yankees, they are bringing in more revenue every year. I have always said that the Sox ownership knows how to create and maximize income streams. The increase in revenue year over year is staggeringly successful. In that time revenue has increased 77%. Payroll has increase 38% over the same period.
  6. a700hitter
    My point is how does an underrated player get a contract of 5years/$70 million. Someone must be noticing. We can debate whether or not he's overpaid. I lean towards that he is overpaid, but not grossly. He is certainly not a value contract. I am not looking to argua about this, because i was glad that the Sox signed him, and I am glad that he is on the team.
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  8. a700hitter
    Frugal? How can you claim that when they spent ungodly amounts for Lugo, Dice K and Drew in 2006? Also, their payroll is usually the second or third highest in baseball. That's frugal?
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    Kotchman is not an acceptable plan.
  11. a700hitter
    It doesn't seem like their is any opportunity to get rid of Lowell. The recovery from his surgery is going to take him almost to Spring Training. I don't think they will DFA him and eat his entire salary. I think the Sox are stuck with him. Maybe his hip has healed more and he will have regained some range. Towards the end of last season, he was moving better than he had all season long. What was his fielding range like in August and September?
  12. a700hitter
    There would be no infield hits and lots of DPs.
  13. a700hitter
    Should anyone take posts seriously from someone who can't pass Introduction to Accounting at a Community College? Seriously.
  14. a700hitter
    It would be a killer lineup, but without a bit of speed.
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  16. a700hitter
    Of course I am happy about the Lackey acquisition, but I have been confounded by the Kotchman love by the FO and Tito since last season. Apparently, it is continuing as Tito gushed about him on Thursday. IMO, there are many better first base options. Kotchman is at best a bench player. I am also not a big fan of Cameron. He's 37, and he's just not an adequate replacement for Bay's bat. How important is defense in LF in Fenway?
  17. a700hitter
    Except for last season, the Red Sox had the highest ticket prices for 13 straight years. I'm not complaining about the past. I am saying that there is no reason not to add another hitter in 2010, and I am not okay with them staying with the current roster, because IMO they have given up trying to construct a 2010 team that would have a realistic chance of beating the Yankees.
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  19. a700hitter
    Do you think that the Red Sox would be so stupid as to lump ticket purchasers in with the millions who watch TV? I doubt it. I purchased between $4,000 to $5,000 in regular season tickets last year. Are there millions of me? In 2008, total gate receipts were $176 million. Mathematically, there couldn't be more than $40,000 fans who spend more than me. The actual number is probably much closer to 10,000 fans. If I walk away, sure they don't miss me, but if a thousand fans (a modest number) like me walk away thats $4 million. There aren't enough of you once a year fans to close that gap. If 10,000 were to walk away, that would be a financial disaster of a loss of $40 million in revenue. My point is that losing interest in relatively small numbers of ticket buying fans can have a major financial impact.
  20. a700hitter
    Revenue is revenue whether from ticket receipts, TV, radio or merchandising. Let me ask this. Revenue is indicated as $269 million and $176 million was attributable to ticket receipts. That leaves a difference of $93 million. it is your position that the $269 million is only stadium revenue. What type of stadium revenue would this $93 million come from?
  21. a700hitter
    Team value includes the value of Fenway. That is the 22% ($182 million) in the pie chart-- the value of Fenway. Similarly, the portion of the pie chart called "Market" is according to the legend the "Portion of franchise's value attributable to its city and market size." It is not the portion attributable to it's marketing efforts net of ticket sales. I think you are mixing apples and oranges.
  22. a700hitter
    The legend for Revenue #4 states the following: What makes you think that it only inludes stadium revenue? The number is net of the Stadium Revenue used to pay down the debt. It is not "Net Stadium Revenue".
  23. a700hitter
    The legend for revenue is as follows: The legend for Gate Receipts is as follows: Which legend are you referring to?
  24. a700hitter
    I'm not sure about baseball's finances being public. One of the biggest points of contention that they have had with the Players union has been the owners' steadfast refusal to open its books to the union.
  25. a700hitter
    Gate receipts represent about two-thirds of revenue year over year. Team value includes capital assets like the Stadium which is owned by the Red Sox. Gate receipts have been consistently about two-thirds of revenue. TV and Radio revenues are much smaller than the gate. They don't even account for one-third of total revenues.
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