Bellhorn04
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Well, I learned something new today. Liverpool 4.1 billion (wow!) Red Sox 3.5 billion
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OK, players don't care, but who says fans do? Maybe guys like us on a baseball forum do, but Average Joe generally just wants to see their team spend more and get better. They don't care what the budget is or the luxury tax implications of a transaction.
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I think most players like to win, and then party. And even if they lose they'll probably still party. Could be wrong, but I think that coincides with a lot of fans.
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No one said they actually would be, but the idea was mentioned by Kimmi and you.
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Nobody wants to take a step backward. Nobody is going to cut ticket prices or salaries or anything else, unless it's an economic crisis on the level of The Great Depression.
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Well, that's an "interesting" idea. AFAIK, the main interests of the owners are: 1) To make huge amounts of money. 2) To experience the ego trip of being an owner. 3) To win games and championships. Only one out of three seems to coincide with the interests of the fans. And of course many owners don't care that much about winning.
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It wouldn't surprise me if Average Joe feels more resentment toward the players. Average Joe tends to say things like "if these guys weren't playing baseball, they'd be parking cars/digging ditches etc." Average Joe probably won't say that about John Henry. They might not like him, but they respect the fact he got rich with his investing smarts...
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Yep, it's a cultural myth.
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I'm sure you're right. I just threw that in for effect. Also, Canadians are always joking about American beer being weaker than theirs.
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Partially.
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People are nuts, because they go ahead and buy that beer no matter how expensive or how watered-down it is. That's the actual principle on which the sports and entertainment businesses thrive: people are nuts.
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I think Selig and Manfred are the worst of them. Some of the other guys had a few shreds of integrity, it seemed.
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I don't mean to be the grammar police, this is all just for amusement purposes. But I would suggest 'mitigate' as an improvement on 'partially negate'.
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"partially negate" = troublesome terminology
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There's a pretty big difference between lacking humility and taking action to stifle criticism, though.
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Which proves that humor can only be stretched so far.
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How so?
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Oh man. You take a good joke and turn it into something abysmally silly LOL
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So why the hell was it in the CBA? Seems like a lockout was pre-ordained.
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LOL that's pretty good. I hear that Bloom sent Wacha some McDonald's gift cards, and that was the end of it.
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And you have a picture of the great philosopher Nietzsche scratching his head. That image really suits you.
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Bloom has not given out anything resembling a big contract yet, that is certainly true.
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I just try to look at each transaction on its own merits. With the Renfroe for Bradley trade, it looks like a net payroll addition of about $5 mill over 2 years. But there are some variables with this one, so it'll be at least 2 years before we can really size it up.
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In general I agree with that, but in this case, if you like the deal, you're banking on Bloom's evaluation of the prospects being justified, which really remains to be seen.
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No, to me a head-scratcher means you have absolutely no idea why it was done LOL
