Depends on the player. It was well worth it for Manny. It remains to be seen if it will be worth it for Price.
If I was a GM and Trout or Harper were on the market, I'd make room on my payroll for them. An every day player like that has a ton of marketing potential.
Ask a Rangers fan and see if they thought having ARod around was a good idea.
There's a thread for that. You can chat back and forth with iortiz and discuss enlightened topics like "Why was Fernando Valenzuela the greatest Mexican to ever live" and "Aren't Haitians the worst?"
Nap time.
I don't understand the "it's an impossible job to do, but they do their best so congrats" reasoning, when you could just replace the ball/strike calls with a robot. You could even keep an umpire at home to call plays at the plate, check swings, etc.
That's all I'm asking for. Just one robot behind the plate. Maybe even keep a challenge system as a fail safe for the robot.
To me, just worrying about how the ump is calling balls and strikes really takes me out of the game. Just get it right the first time please.