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From the cubs board: Theriot SS Byrd CF Lee 1B Ramirez 3B Nady RF Soriano LF Baker 2B Soto C Dempster P

I would give Sharapova a better chance of hitting that change-up out on Friday again over Stavinoha. That was a good pitch...the guy closed his eyes, fell to his knee and somehow hit it out. The MIA of the change-up last night was a little more baffling...and certainly those fastballs were not well located to their studs. Last night was not a good outing, but it's way too early to panic.

Classy!!!

Good lord, what an awful sports weekend

How about a nice win over the Cards to start the day and a National Championship in Hockey to end it!!! Go Brewers! Go Badgers! Garcia is a great big sieve...

Throw in Casey's botched DP that cost a run...if they are going to beat a team that appears to be slightly better than they are, they will need to execute on those things. That was not a bad pitch by Trevor. Sure rather be up a game heading into Carpenter tomorrow.

Are you certified with a Missouri approved level of class to watch that broadcast?

If our starters can just be average, this bullpen will win some games.

In honor of the Cards visit to town I sure hope all of our young players have read the "how to be classy" guide to winning so they know how to behave appropriately after beating the Cards this weekend. I wouldn't want their 'roid freak hitting coach, their drunk driving manager or the world's classiest human beings to be upset.

http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/07/most-valuable-baseball-teams-business-sportsmoney-baseball-valuations-10_land.html Let's start by using Forbes' assumptions, which IMO are very rough estimates at best. They estimate Yankees - Revs = $441mm & EBITDA = $25mm, Margin = 5.7% Marlins - Revs = $144mm & EBITDA = $44mm, Margin = 30.6% They also mention YES has sent dividend checks to the Yankees of $100mm. That may be over a multi-year period, but it wouldn't take much to exceed the EBITDA that the Marlins generate. Those dividends are not included in the EBITDA that Forbes estimates for the Yankees since it isn't consolidated. If we include the proportionate share of YES EBITDA (estimated at 36% of $190mm) to the consolidated amount you are over $90mm in total proportionate EBITDA. There is a lot of room to play with those numbers and Forbes has nothing close to perfect information, but I still feel fairly confident in stating the Yankees are by far the most profitable franchise in terms of absolute dollars by a long shot. That is reflected in their valuation which is determined by a discounted value of those higher cash flows.

The Forbes numbers on operating income do not include their proportionate share of YES profits. Since they are technically a "minority owner", those profits are not consolidated. A 36% share of apx. $200mm in cash flow on top of their already profitable business would dwarf the next closest team. Despite paying out a large amount in revenue sharing, they are still in a league of their own. Granted, these are all estimates and neither Forbes or myself know the true numbers. There are varying degrees of attribution for debt, other assets and the like that could swing the numbers and not give a true estimate of the underlying earning power of the franchise. One could argue the Marlins have higher profit margins. Their revs are much lower, but so are expenses so they may indeed pocket the rev share money. However the absolute dollar amounts are much lower.

I would think the payroll would have some room to go up modestly by 2014 if the team remains competitive. It should be if the big 3 are still here.

Seems like a win/win deal if true. The Brewers risk is he gets hurt and the last years are almost "Suppan-esque". For Gallardo, if he pitches like he can and stays healthy the contract could be "Braun-esque". I'd rather take the risk on a young guy like Yo and the downside does seem manageable.

Do you have a cite for this? I see a NY Times article from 2008 that says that YES has $400 million in revenue (not net) and that the Yankees own 38% of YES. http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/01/news/companies/yes_sale.fortune/index.htm This older article says 36%. Tough to know for sure since it isn't completely disclosed and there may have been some movement between the partners, especially the Yankees increasing their ownership from Goldman. I have seen some projections of YES for 2010 having 440+ million in Revs and about 190+ million in cash flow. A fair estimate of fees paid to the Yankees from the YES Network could be up to 50% of expenses or $125 million. A range of $100-125 is probably a decent estimate since they do pay for other rights. That's $175-200 million in attributed TV cash flow to the Yanks. Not only do the Yankees have a higher payroll of $200 million, they earn by far the most profit. There likely isn't enough revenue in Milwaukee and Wisconsin to support a stand alone network. Fox understands the break point for any market of starting their own and pays a license fee accordingly. There are a great deal of expenses involved and efficiencies from having a national network that Fox can take advantage of. That's also why The Big Ten partnered with Fox for the BTN, they couldn't have launched it without them. Only the largest and most unique markets could overcome that overhead and market clout, like New York with YES. It would take a j.v. between the Brewers, Bucks and probably a Time Warner to get it done. If it was that easy, you'd see it in larger markets first.

100 point difference is roughly the delta between Geoff Jenkins and Willie Mays career OPS

Carlos giving the brass a little something to think about with Soup coming back next week.

Crucial inning for Narveson to get us to Hawkins/Hoffman with a possible smattering of Stetter.

The real Diego!!! It's all about Diego!!!

Diego mas fina

Rickie looking sharp early...he's such a huge key for this team.

Coffey Time!!! Nice job not-McClung!!! Got a text from the game from my bro-in-law...said the Coffey Time scoreboard timer is a huge hit...his kids went nuts!!!

40 pitch inning...yeesh. Guess we'll see some Manny action sooner or later.

Does that mean we now have to refer to Casey by Kottaras' middle name? I've looked all over and I can't find it!

Hungry Like the Wolf has been replaced by the Go Diego Go theme song in my head...

Infield in? In the first inning?