From ‘Go Fish’ to ‘No, Fish’ for ex-MFY Icon

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[Edgy MD]

Whoah.

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[MFS62]

He gave the baseball fans in Miami the ultimate gift basket.



Later

[kcmets]

What's the over/under on how many days/weeks before a Yankee announcement

that the captain is back in the pinstripe-fold where he belongs?

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, that can't be long.

Captain Indefensible wrote: We had a vision five years ago to turn the Marlins franchise around, and as CEO, I have been proud to put my name and reputation on the line to make our plan a reality. Through hard work, trust and accountability, we transformed every aspect of the franchise, reshaping the work force, and developing a long-term strategic plan for success.

Marlins Winning Percentage by Year



2016: .491

2017: .475

2018: .391

2019: .352

2020: .517 (in 60 games)

2021: .414

[Frayed Knot]

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What's the over/under on how many days/weeks before a Yankee announcement that the captain is back in the pinstripe-fold where he belongs?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Maybe now, the Marlins will bring back their old Home Run statue.



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And the unis they wore before Jeter took over.



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[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Will take years to undo the damage Jeter did to that franchise.

[Edgy MD]

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Will take years to undo the damage Jeter did to that franchise.

[kcmets]

Edgy MD wrote: But enough about the Yankees.

Good one, well played!

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Edgy MD wrote: =Marshmallowmilkshake post_id=86320 time=1646070466 user_id=119] Will take years to undo the damage Jeter did to that franchise.

But enough about the Yankees.

[Willets Point]

What's the over/under on how many days/weeks before a Yankee announcement that the captain is back in the pinstripe-fold where he belongs?

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[kcmets]

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"Derek Jeter is in Hal Steinbrenner's BOX!!"

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: But enough about the Yankees.

Fucking philiistine asshole ruined one of the best baseball re-brands ever and what is perhaps, my favorite baseball stadium (visually only). What the fuck are the Marlins wearing these days? Black lettering on black shirts? Yeah, that makes sense. Lovely.

[batmagadanleadoff]

What is it about Jeter, the most overrated baseball player I ever did see (and that's some accomplishment being that Jeter's a deservedly so, first-ballot HOF'er) that causes commentators to vomit all over themselves with vomit inducing praise (you vomited and now we vomit - because you vomited first) to dish out cringe-worthy ingratiating praise:

Hot take My sources, common sense and reading in between the lines, tell me that one of our games greatest champions,Derek Jeter, is stepping away from a team with one of the best young pitching staffs in the game because ownership isn't committed to winning and spending pic.twitter.com/93my6XrLZC — Justin Turner (@redturn2) February 28, 2022

https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/mlb-star-believes-he-knows-why-derek-jeter-stepped-downhttps://thespun.com/more/top-stories/mlb-star-believes-he-knows-why-derek-jeter-stepped-down

[Fman99]

Old New Yorkers who retire to FL are supposed to stay there and die. Has he not met a single old Jew down there in all these years ? Read the handbook, duder.

[Edgy MD]

I know what it is about Jeter. It's too rife with everything that is wrong about America (race, bullying, economics, drugs, brand identification, the culture wars, marketing as culture ...) to get into too much detail without first getting a PhD, but Jeter is a magnanimous paladin, classy and courageous hero, and unblemished role model simply because so many people want or need him to be in order to reconcile their worldview with the reality of the world as it is.



This is true of many athletic stars, but few have ever been as aware of how to cynically but convincingly play the role in order to serve that need.



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[Willets Point]

Here's a https://deadspin.com/hear-me-out-derek-jeter-for-mlb-commissioner-1848609966first ballot inductee for the bad takes hall of fame.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Willets Point wrote: Here's a https://deadspin.com/hear-me-out-derek-jeter-for-mlb-commissioner-1848609966first ballot inductee for the bad takes hall of fame.

I wanted to be sure that was Deadspin and not the Onion.



I don't disagree that Manfred needs to go. (I don't know if Tony Clark is right for his role, either.) But if Jeter can't stand up to the owner of a team he co-owns and is running, how can he stand up to all of the other owners?

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[Edgy MD]

I feel like the role of "commissioner of baseball" needs to go. If he's just responsible for the interests of management, and not for the wellbeing of the game and all of it's stakeholders, is that really a commissioner at all, or just a shinier name for a CEO?



It's bizarre, in retrospect, that MLB and Commissioner Selig's selling of him was that he could be the only succession choice because of his success in keeping labor peace, which had to be the priority placed above all others going forward.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: I feel like the role of "commissioner of baseball" needs to go. If he's just responsible for the interests of management, and not for the wellbeing of the game and all of it's stakeholders, is that really a commissioner at all, or just a shinier name for a CEO?

Nothing new. Baseball's commish is the owner's stooge. And that's it.To absorb all the flack that should be going the owners way. Which is exactly what's happening. The owners run things.



You know this.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: I feel like the role of "commissioner of baseball" needs to go. If he's just responsible for the interests of management, and not for the wellbeing of the game and all of it's stakeholders, is that really a commissioner at all, or just a shinier name for a CEO? Nothing new. Baseball's commish is the owner's stooge. And that's it.To absorb all the flack that should be going the owners way. Which is exactly what's happening. The owners run things. You know this.

And another thing. Baseball"s not gonna get hurt by this. Demand is inelastic and its fans are as addicted to baseball as heroin junkies are to their smack. And the owners know this. Fans didn't leave when 100 games were lost to Covid. They wont leave over this either. Jesus H. Christ. Ticket prices have gone up ten fold over the last 15-20 years and revenues are still booming year over year. If that wont keep fans away, nothing will.

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[batmagadanleadoff]

The players have little leverage. They have a small window to play the game. Owners, on the other hand, can own until they drop dead. (See, Payson, Joan; Steinbrenner, George). THe millionaire players are going up against billionaire owners for almost all of whom, baseball isn't even their main source of income. Baseball is a hobby to them ... a toy.



If the fans can put up with the DH, with playoff slots that are gonna be handed out like participation trophies, with a 60 game season, they'll put up with this, too.

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: I feel like the role of "commissioner of baseball" needs to go. If he's just responsible for the interests of management, and not for the wellbeing of the game and all of it's stakeholders, is that really a commissioner at all, or just a shinier name for a CEO? Nothing new. Baseball's commish is the owner's stooge. And that's it.To absorb all the flack that should be going the owners way. Which is exactly what's happening. The owners run things. You know this.

I know it. Thus it virtually always has been. It doesn't mean I can't object to it. The office was created to "act in the best interests of baseball." It's an open lie, of course, but not one I have any desire to perpetuate. If a police commissioner put the interests of the wealthy ahead of the safety of the city, blahblahblah.