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Poll: Will MLB have a Spring Training in 2022?
dgalehouse replied to a700hitter's topic in Other Baseball
They will probably come up with a compromise agreement. There may be a full , or close to full, spring training. However , these things continue to chip away at the popularity of the sport. It's bad business. -
10 cent beer night might work.
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" McGreevy led the charge into the park. Stormed the gates and put the game on hold. "
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College football games take four hours to play. All for about thirteen or fourteen minutes of actual play. So much chatter , commercials , time outs , penalties , reviews , replays and other various dead time. Yet the sport is very popular. Makes you wonder if pace of play is really MLB 's biggest issue. Or is it something else? Or a combination of things?
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MLB needs more hooligans in it's fan base. Liven things up a bit.
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A significant lowering of ticket prices would increase the size of the crowd , but not necessarily the size of the gate. The owners are always going to try and maximize profits. That is why , in addition to the high ticket prices, you are not permitted to bring your own food and drink into the park. You have to buy their overpriced concessions. And single pay doubleheaders are rare. And the playoffs have been expanded. And so on.
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Greed is a vice. But so is jealousy. And envy. And resentment. The market will decide how much the owners and players make. And how much it will cost you to watch. If you don't want to pay the price , don't do it. The price will then come down. Simple as that. Baseball is entertainment. It is not a necessity.
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MLB teams , like all businesses , want to make a profit. Ticket sales are a part of revenue . Player salaries are a part of expenses. They would like to maximize the revenue and minimize the expenses . The problem is ; how to do it without diminishing the product and alienating the customers ( fans) and the employees ( players). Some are better at it than others.
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Concur. There is nothing good to say about Manfred. Total stiff.
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Absolutely . You work all your life , make money and set yourself and your family up securely. You have every right to spend what you want on the things that give you enjoyment and satisfaction. It would be foolish to give that up. And season ticket sales are only one part of the MLB revenue stream. I was just referring to how it is a big mistake for MLB , or any business for that matter , to take their customers ( fans) for granted.
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Like many things , it is simply a matter of supply and demand. The system has been working very well for the billionaire owners and the ( mostly) millionaire players. And it will continue to work as long as the fans are willing to shell out the bucks. If and when the fans stage a " lockout " 0f their own , things will change. But if the fans continue to willingly pay the freight , they will continue to be taken for granted. That's how it goes.
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All I know is if I had a business , I would definitely not look to MLB as the model of how to run it. And I absolutely would not hire Rob Manfred.
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Folks who take the time and effort to post their ideas and their opinions on sites like TalkSox will probably be die hard baseball fans until they shuffle off this mortal coil. But there are many more casual fans , especially younger fans, who represent the customer base for MLB. They are not die hard fans by any means. MLB is going to lose them as customers if they fail to understand this and continue to alienate them.
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Could they have won a championship without the prior tanking ?
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I don't know how it works out financially for the owners , but I do think tanking is bad for the players, bad for the fans and bad for the game. There is nothing likable about a team not even trying to win. And if you are looking to alienate your fans , especially the younger fans , there is no surer way than to trade off their favorite players at the deadline.
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There is a much better chance of JBJ having a good year than these prospects ever amounting to anything.
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Harm , I certainly hope the bullpen needs are addressed as soon as the lockout ends. As I have said ad nauseam , almost all close games come down to a battle of the pens.
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JBJ is a good ballplayer, who knows how to win. He had a woeful year with the Brewers for some reason. I don't know why , but sometimes that happens after changing teams and leagues. I look for a much better performance from him this year. Hill , Paxton and Wacha have all experienced some success in the past. Obviously, the hope is that they can find it again. Time will tell.
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We know that this guy is going to be good because of his name. It's the Jeter Downs system of scouting. Works every time.
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MLB ballplayers are in a unique situation when it comes to labor/management relations. They have their union to represent them in negotiations with the owners . But they also have their own agents to negotiate their own personal contracts and to look out for them in general. Much different situation than that of Joe Machine Shop. I do agree that many owners are not willing to spend what it takes to give the players and the fans a high quality product.
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Should Jackie Bradley Jr be traded?
dgalehouse replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I would think any GM is going to spend as much as the owner is willing to shell out. It would be foolish not to. -
Unions generally care more about seniority than they do about the newer , probationary type, employees. The problem in baseball is that the senior players are making more money , but often are in the declining phase of their productivity. The newer , younger, guys are often healthier, cheaper, more motivated and sometimes more productive. But an increase in their opportunities and compensation will often come at the expense of the senior players ( employees).
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Being great at baseball, or other sports, has no marketable value except for entertainment purposes. It is entirely dependent on fans being willing to spend their money to watch the games. As long as they are willing to do that , all is fine. But no owner is going to shell out big bucks to players without that revenue stream. It all comes down to fan support.
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Minnie, Gil, Buck among 6 elected to Hall of Fame
dgalehouse replied to a700hitter's topic in Other Baseball
An honor for all of them and/or their families to finally make it to Cooperstown. -
It is interesting that some folks who see themselves as pro labor and anti management still have no problem with trading players, and proposing trades , as if the players were expendable chess pieces. Do they realize how disruptive some of these trades are to the people involved, especially those with families ? And the idea that if they don't like it , they can always quit and move to Asia to play pro ball is not realistic for most. MLB is their career , their livelihood. These labor vs management disputes can be difficult . The owners are mostly billionaires. And the players , for the most part , are becoming wealthy at a young age. They know it's a business. And they know what they are signing up for, and sometimes you have to take the good with the bad. But I do find it odd that folks who are all pro labor , still think the trading of players is such fun.
