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  1. snyttri
    The Brewers are only a small market if you use the archaic system Bud Selig used to judge market size. That is total population in the area. In the Business world, they use demographics. Certain demographics will support baseball much better than others. Our area has huge population in those certain demographics. That's interesting. Do happen to know of a good article on that? I see some data under "MLB business demographics" about income, age, gender and ethnic makeup of baseball fans in general. sportsbusinessdaily.com/article/119720
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    The Brewers and Pirates are both near the bottom in market size. The Brewers have done so well in popularity lately, surpassing larger markets, that it will be a real accomplishment to keep it going. If the Brewers stop contending their true market size could rear its head again pretty fast.
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    It's probably bad business to try to assemble one of the best teams in baseball in Milwaukee when eighty-something wins can earn a chance at the World Series. But it may be worth trading away 2 of the top three prospects now because future fan support may leave Milwaukee no choice but to stick to their home grown players and forget about importing the best pitcher.
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    The Brewers signed two free agent pitchers for pretty good money this offseason, so I can't see how that can be considered 'sitting on his hands'. They also paid big money to keep Cameron on the team which they didn't have to do.
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    Good point. You never know which psychological factors affect a team's play, but the Brewers probably would have been closer to a .500 team against the weak teams instead of the hottest team in baseball if they had not started playing better after the Boston series. I didn't say the Brewers playoff chances were slipping away yet, but that that fear may have been reflected in Braun's statement. The end of the season isn't close but the last chance to add to the team is.
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    With the White Sox he had a reputation for pitching his best in low pressure situations, like '07 for the Sox and the current Braves season. He had his best season for the 101 win '04 Yankees, but he has an ERA over 10 for his 15 post-season innings. He may be worth his salary but probably not valuable assets for future seasons.
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    I think Braun's comment shows he is a little bit out of control as he sees the playoffs slipping away. Otherwise he would have expressed his thoughts more politically as he usually does. Still it might have a positive affect like last year's comment as long as the criticism is rare. He is supposedly the team leader and there may be some value to someone giving voice to the frustration the team is feeling. Like the fans the team probably feels they could use some help. As has been pointed out, however, there may be no good trades available. I think DM and Mark A are capable of withstanding the pressure from Braun.
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    There are lots of ads in old MLB photos and there probably would have been as many as Miller Park has now if they could have been sold. The visual ads don't detract IMO. I think the plethora of between inning promotions detract from the game somewhat and are reminiscent of the minor leagues, e.g. the hyper promotion at Madison Mallards games. But there will be no going back as long as there are buyers.
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    I think the legacies of both Fehr and Selig will be PEDs first, but cheating seems to be inherent in sports. I think it's a myth that ticket prices are determined solely by the invisible forces of supply and demand (like the recently disproven myth that derivatives would find their true value in the market). When the MLBPA forced the owners to compete against each other to pay higher salaries to the better players instead of colluding to keep salaries down (as all owners did before the reserve clause was challenged) it forced owners to come up with ways to pay the salaries, including high ticket prices. Without the high salaries it may not have been possible for owners to extort stadiums from cities. The new stadiums were excuses to raise ticket prices. The salaries of players involve more than supply and demand. The legal system and the butcher's thumb have made ticket prices high too. Fans would not buy $50 tickets to watch teams of $50,000 baseball players.
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    I think it would cost a better prospect to get Randy Johnson than it would for a pitcher of his ability who would not sell tickets. Maybe it would be worth it if a second veteran celebrity in the dugout makes the team more confident.
  11. snyttri
    If you have transportation in St. Louis going to one of the Italian restaurants on the Hill could be fun. There are highly regarded places in all price ranges. Cunetto was good. If you want to see Bridgeport when you're at the Cell some of the limited offerings are Franco's restaurant at 31st and Princeton and Freddies, a takeout place with lots of formica table seating at 31st and Union. Bridgeport is nothing special to see but it seemed fairly safe during the day. Freddie's is cheap, popular and has good Italian ice and the Chicago specialties.
  12. snyttri
    To be blunt, the idea of selling seats so bad no one sits in them, and just use them to gain entry and/or a promo item, seems kind of minor league. I think it's a wise use of resources to give everyone, regardless of income, the opportunity to attend a Brewers game. The Brewers could not support themselves without draining resources that would have gone to maintain public services like parks. They should have people who would otherwise be hanging out in parks at their games and they do. If the Brewers start acting like something they are not, a self-sufficient entity that can afford to be greedy, I think they'll hasten a dropoff in popularity like the ones that that befell the Braves and the post-WS Brewers. Traditions like the Eucker seats are good things that distinguish the Brewers from the greedy Yankees, Sawx and Cubs. The Steinbrenner seat pricing structure is something to be ashamed of. Hopefully the Brewers will not try to too closely ape big boy seat pricing. They can win with a minimal charge for those 106 obstructed view seats that get some people into the park who would otherwise not get to go.
  13. snyttri
    I wonder if the State of Wisconsin also owns the VA land. The VA is part of the federal government. Maybe some of their land is involved somehow. The Business Journal article refers to the involvement of municipal land if the Miller Park area development that Mark A. envisioned in '05 comes to fruition.
  14. snyttri
    Sorry, the State of Wisconsin owns the land. mil biz journal story "Miller Park and the land around the stadium are owned by the state of Wisconsin and leased to the Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District for 99 years. The district in turn leased the land to the Brewers under a 30-year agreement."
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    Uecker seats are one of the traditions that make Miller Park unique. When Uecker passes away they may stand as a sort of tribute to his show biz career. SRO seats are expensive. The team is obligated to do some things to keep the games cheap because much of the value of the team is attributable to a primarily publicly built stadium on public land (leased from the the VA for $1 per year according to a poppy peddling veteran). It is fitting that Mark A's public welfare colleagues can afford to see the games. When $2 bleacher seats were always available at Wrigley Field there was something to like about them. Now that they have a reputation for pressing every last dollar out of their fans, not so much. It is unfortunate that the first 106 to get in line do not get the tickets due to widespread space saving. But it is understandable that the team would not want to hand out numbers or allocate an employee for money losing tickets that go to a lot of their least favorite customers.
  16. snyttri
    It was an effective blog entry because it yanked people's chain and earned some hits for his blog and newspaper. It was dripping with satire at the beginning and at the end because the Astros are in last place and sportswriters are no one's idea of model citizens. The middle of the brief entry contained a rundown that didn't maintain the satirical tone so it wasn't well written. But it was just a blog entry, not a column, so he has to be happy with the results he got for probably not much work.
  17. snyttri
    9:30 might not be early enough on a bobble head day. Sometimes people at the front of the line reserve spaces for people who show up later.
  18. snyttri
    Time to make the players AND owners accountable. Good point. The owners are unlikely to institute a fine on themselves, but penalizing clubs based on PED users could help change the culture. PEDs might not have become so prevalent without a lot of looking the other way.
  19. snyttri
    Part of my (most likely the cynical part) thinks that Kenny Williams hasn't fired him yet because he knows that as soon as Ozzie's gone, the blame goes to him if the team still can't win. And he probably knows as well as anyone that his team is a long way from repeating any of the success they had in 2005. Williams shouldn't be in jeopardy with an average of 87.5 wins over four years, a division title in '08 and a history of rebuilding in one off-season. If gm's were judged by the standard of Williams' '05 (wire to wire and 11 of 12) there could be 30 openings annually. With the ill-fated trade Williams might have seen a staff with Peavy, Buehrle, Danks, Floyd and Jenks as successful. He's traded away a lot of young players but not a lot of young talent, and has shown the ability to make something out of the salary space that will be opening up.
  20. snyttri
    His numbers will probably fall off a cliff in his mid 30's, like what's happening to David Ortiz. Because he's Dominican it wouldn't too surprising if Ortiz is really in his late thirties.
  21. snyttri
    I don't see professional sports as different than any other job. Other people see professional sports as something special. We'll have to agree to disagree. No disagreement, but most jobs outside of entertainment and politics don't have their public as a consideration.
  22. snyttri
    ...I think the whole concept of loyalty in professional sports is just a silly, outdated notion... Loyalty has only been possible since free agency because players had no choice before. Big money in sports might not have completely worn down the admirable aspects of human nature. He's not cocky, he's confident... Isn't cockiness basically just being extremely confident? Someone can be so cocky that they are a total jerk; or, like Braun, they can have a surplus of confidence that helps them get the most out of their ability while still seeming to be reasonably level-headed.
  23. snyttri
    I got single game tickets for other games.
  24. snyttri
    I wouldn't expect the players to reveal they were cheating or their union to go against the wishes of the players they represent. I wouldn't expect the owners to turn off the money spigot either. Players have always bent and broken the rules to win and owners have always done the same to make money. The only person whose job is to act in "the best interests of the game" from a long-term perspective is Bud. I would also fault the owners for not having an independent commissioner but a fellow owner who was and is unlikely to take the unpopular action independent commissioners have taken when circumstances warranted it.
  25. snyttri
    I don't think it's so good to perfectly re-spend salary allocations. The worst spent salaries are on players who don't do much of anything. Players who are a bit overpaid but still produce should not ruin a team's season. Cameron can probably be counted on for good defense, some power with reasonable OBP, leadership and some continuity from the rare taste of Brewers success. If Cameron had been let go and signed elsewhere (the Yankees for $7 or 8 million?), surplus salary could have been spent on a player who turned out to be a multi-year liability, like a pitcher who is no longer effective. The Brewers might have gotten a a better hitting corner OF for less salary but failed to make a success of Hart in CF. Cameron won't be the bargain of the year but he probably won't be the bust of the year.
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