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per the new admin rules, make sure if you're linking idiots like Sherman you mention the author so the rest of us know to ignore it.

seems like Jeff wasn't exaggerating when he told 'random reporter' that there was a couple of different interested parties.

if Rovell was more than just an aggregator you'd think he'd have noted the Wright connection. Of course, I don't think it's relevant anymore anyway, as VitaminWater was sold to Coke and I'm pretty sure Wright cashed out at that time.

you realize my post was laughing at his misfortune right?

the funny part is that the Wilpons always have the worst time. Madoff bubble bursts at the start of the recession (and added Citi Field debt) they try to sell the team just as we've got a pandemic potentially hurting franchise value and a potential work stoppage in 2022 (I don't know how that affects franchise value or even actual value/price, but it's gotta be a consideration) Though granted most, probably all, of the 2020 losses are on the Wilpons and irrelevant to a new buyer, even if they purchased today. And the franchise value might continue to skyrocket regardless, not really being tied to play on the field so much anyway. And it's 2020, so the rich are still getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, so perhaps rich baubles/assets are unaffected.

add 4 teams and suddenly we're under half again. or 6 teams. and you know, the NHL charged for expansions right? You could fund the entire 'losses' of 2020 with expansion fees.

The will it stay fair one, of course, was Fireworks night. It was sold out and everyone was still there. I don't know if it cracks the top 11 without that crowd noise.

if that's 10, nah, calling it now, that's underrated, if we're focusing on the calls. It captures the moment, and immediately, that it was a home run robbery (that was a radio call right?), how much of a robbery it was, the doubled off, that it ended the inning. You could hear him switch from calling a home run to detailing what actually happened. That Oliver Perez 'escaped', which reminds you that this wasn't Pedro Martinez on the mound, that it was someone we were extremely nervous about. And in that moment, it WAS the franchise play. If they win the game, it's easily #2 all-time, so 10 seems a huge drop.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Got around those bases pretty quick, didn't he you know, I wonder if anyone's ever done a trot time to # of career home runs comparison. I feel like the guys that don't hit many tend to run faster.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I can see the logic in having a 16-team postseason for a 60-game season. But not for a 162-game season, assuming that we have one of those in 2021. Which is ....? small sample size variation means it's even less a representation of 'best' team than a 162 game season is, and a greater chance that the 'best' teams might have started poorly and be in 3rd place. More than half the teams has always been my "point to far" but I'd like to see a 4+ team expansion so maybe it be corrected

it's just another MLB proposal, not an ongoing negotiation, but coming so soon after the meeting you'd hope it's at least somewhat palatable to the players. We shall see.

the last sentence is funnier-ass? like a bank isn't salivating at the process of financing both sides of that? They'd love to get interest from the Wilpons AND interest from A-Rod knowing that the money they lend A-Rod would then be sent to Wilpon who would repay their loan (so they're not worried about not being able to pay it)

it's that they don't WANT to play. If they start now there might be too many games at full pay.

I've almost never watched any of the other tv broadcasts. The lack of attention to stats is tiresome, as it is ignoring The 7 Line Army. Gelbs is pretty much useless. But the rest of it is real good, and I miss it.

they only have to pay 4% if the season is cancelled. My guess would be that the balance sheets say that's the $$ option.

they were "silent" (if you don't count the public statements through media stooges) for days and days after every MLBPA offer, like they were running out the clock.

and bring back the black and mercury mets.

I mean, I also don't care much about the negotiations on how much who gets paid, etc. But whether or not they're taking proper precautions is going to end up informing whether or not there actually is a season. if dozens of people within the game get the virus during Spring2 it seems unlikely they could continue in good faith.

I remember Heston because I was there. I think it might actually be the last game I went to by myself.

well, no one has a response to the pandemic. we haven't responded. we did the bare minimum to try to keep the hospitals overrun. So honestly if like, MLB started releasing data-supported and fact-based health guidelines for America, it'd be a step up. Hell, I suggested this earlier, mostly tongue in cheek, but like if all these rich sports leagues, back in early March, realized what was happening and invested in doing those things the government didn't: buying and ramping up testing, and tracing, even if just in the cities they're located in, we'd be in better shape as a country. But no, and all these players and the ancillary workers (Trainers, clubhouse attendants, team chefs, etc) plus the media are all still just regular people existing in this pandemic out in the world. We've gotten very little in terms of the medical plan from these 'negotiations'. Some say they're all agreed as far as that goes, others say it's barely thought out. There was something about a waiver of liability. Testing was mentioned, but I don't think it was ever mentioned as daily. It doesn't even seem like we have, as a nation or even as a world? a reliable daily test? There was some talk about broadcasters being told they'd probably only work home games. So sure, a few people don't travel. I read a tweet that a 40 man player and a pitching coach had COVID already. Dunno what happened with that. Are these 25-30 players still going to be in a clubhouse together for hours? are they going to fly from city to city together? or on a bus? or are they all expected to have 30 cars and drive themselves? The game itself seems less problematic, as long as players _do_ in fact spread out in the stands. The contact thing isn't as serious as it was originally thought, but it's still not perfectly fine. The ball travels around a lot. What happens when the COVID right fielder touches his face, fields a double, throws to the cutoff man, who throws home to the catcher, who then throws to try to get the runner at third, and then the cutoff man wipes sweat from his eyes with the hand that just touched the ball? Or is every player going to take a sanitizer break between plays? These all seemed too risky even when they were making noises about some kind of Arizona quarantine bubble, now that stay at home orders have been lifted and they can just as easily contract it elsewhere and infect everyone. And the owner's just don't care about baseball, so they have no interest in trying to get creative. There's no suggestion for like, a combination of 7 game series with-in a pool or division so that you can chunk out and isolate groups of people for easier quarantine. That could've been fun. Like, Mets, Phillies, Nationals, Orioles or something. Play each other in a 7 game series. Probably 4 home, 3 away deal, to minimize travel. And then switch up the pools a few times, and figure out a playoff berth off that. Plus factor in a 'off pool' so there's a 2-3 week stretch to use in case you need to quarantine a pool, without actually losing games. You test everyone at the end of each section, and wait a few days for the next pool.

i.e., there's no difference between July 15th or whatever date we're targeting and March 26th. Should've just opened as normal if this was what was going to happen.

well, we could think about planning or doing something about the pandemic, since we haven't.

except, of course, Covid.

until Covid shuts it down again, unless the player want to fire a safety grievance. Owners didn't negotiate so we're stuck with the 50ish game thing.

well, COVID still will have the final word. Unless they all decide to not care, which is certainly possible.