The churn and burn on relief arms is high enough that I think guys like Chris Murphy will get service time no matter what. Maybe not a full year in one season, but could get there over multiple seasons.
May number may be a little inflated...
Spend 100,000 hours training for a job. Spend 5 years not even making a living wage, but working your ass off. Finally get an opportunity to earn money.
"Get a REAL job!"
@redsoxstats
John Henry taking a prominent role in CBA negotiations starting today is potentially one of the first rays of hope in a long time. He’s long been described as a voice of reason in these things, while Colorado’s Dick Monfort and others try to crush the union.
Maybe the right people haven't been at the table?
AT&T and Direct TV including NESN is about $90/month, or $1,080 a year.
If you watch every Sox game, that about $7 per game (noting that some games are nationally televised). Much cheaper than going to the movies or paying to stream a movie.
If you are out of market, it's about $100 for the year. That's less than a monthly Netflix subscription.
I'm not saying what the players should or should not be paid. That's up to them to bargain for it. I just think the pushback against the players making money is dumb.
Is entertained by watching someone work for 300 hours a summer.
"They make too much money. Was better when they had to work second jobs in the offseason."
Tom Cruise gets $75M for a 3 hour movie and nobody blinks an eye. Prorate that to 300 hours and you get $7.5B. That's close to double what the entire MLBPA made last season.
The amount of entertainment we get vs the $$$ we spend from watching the Red Sox is an absolute steal.
Jaws, Star Wars, Wizard of Oz, Alien, Back to the Future, ET, Jurassic Park, Rocky, Citizen Kane were all 2 hours. Seems like most famous movies are 2 hours or longer.
I prefer movies to be closer to the 90 minute mark. It's not that I don't enjoy 2+ hour movies, but I find movies to be more enjoyable when much of the fluff is taken out.
I was watching the original TMNT movie last night with my kids and it was about 90 minutes. Nice and breezy.
@PeteAbe
MLB: “We regret that, without a collective bargaining agreement in place, we must postpone the start of Spring Training games until no earlier than Saturday, March 5th."
@baseballtwit
John Valentin turns 55 today. In the six seasons from 1993–98, he compiled 30.8 WAR (+83 Rbat, +76 Rfield), 11th in baseball. He did that with four years as a primary SS, one as a primary 2B, and one as a primary 3B.
WAR leaders 1993–98 via @Stathead
Very underappreciated player.