Bellhorn04
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It's worse than that. For the second year in a row, Shaughnessy's only vote was for Jeff Kent.
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I've been reading highlights from it. If it's a matter of "forming an opinion", that means they didn't say anything like that directly, which is what I would expect.
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At that season-ending press conference Bloom called Bogaerts and Devers "cornerstone players" and said he wants to keep them with the team long-term. But he said something similar about Betts not long before trading him. The best thing is not to pay too much attention to what the brass says. They're not obligated to broadcast their plans to anyone.
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Did Bloom or Kennedy actually say they were not going to issue any big contracts?
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Seager got $325 mill, so that might be the proper comp now.
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Oh, it was one of "those" questions. A lot of the original AFL franchises are still alive and well, isn't that the main thing?
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It's funny, I'm an accountant and I've read the term "anti-trust" many times, but I have very little idea what it actually means.
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The AFL merged with the NFL.
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Don't underestimate the potential for stupidity.
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Yes, the word "afford" is subject to interpretation.
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Yeah, I get what you two are saying. It was just another cheap joke by me LOL As moon alluded to on the years of control thing, it can be difficult to separate issues of money from issues of principle.
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You can't keep great teams together long. The veterans get old quick and the young guys get expensive quick.
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Whoa, now that's really cynical.
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I'm a little more cynical than that, I'm afraid. Most big-time sports, professional and college, have never been anything like that. And frankly I'm not sure big-time sports would be as interesting if everything was all nice and equal. I'm certainly not complaining about the Red Sox utilizing their payroll advantage the way they have. Also, I think Red Sox fans have an argument that they deserve higher payrolls because they're the ones pumping all the money into the team's accounts.
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It's depressingly habitual for baseball to get itself into these CBA cliffhangers-especially when a number of the cliffhangers have ended up so badly. Maybe they need to make the negotiation window a lot longer or something.
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Although final year arb awards have gotten very close to free agent prices. Such as Mookie getting $27 mill.
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There's generally more physical separation in baseball, no question about that.
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No, because the batter has to deal with the pitcher and the fielders as a unit. And the pitcher has to rely on his fielders unless he strikes out the hitter. Baseball and football have more similarities than differences. Both involve a lot of team play.
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Any such advantage is wiped out by the loss of the year or years of control. Maybe you could go for "partial negation."
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OK, so you're a more observant than average fan. For years people assumed Jeter was an elite shortstop because he made the plays that he got to, but the advanced stats showed his range was poor. That didn't prevent him from winning a lot of Gold Gloves.
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Well, just remember this the next time someone talks about Red Sox pitchers being let down by their defense this year, BAbip against and all that.
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Football involves a ton of one-on-one battles.
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That's true, but in football you can also be all alone plenty of times, like a defensive back trying to cover Gronk or tackle him, for example. As Belichick said "Do your job". If a football player isn't doing his individual job, it might not get noticed as much by the fans, but it sure as heck gets noticed by the coaches and other players.
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For the sake of argument, how are baseball players more isolated than football players?
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This certainly shows that teams who are in the lower third of spending have little chance. OTOH it's interesting that over the last 20 years, 11 of the champs were 10th in spending or lower.
