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I think we all just accidentally became scientologists.
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Officially I am against the DH totally because it is just a random change to the way baseball fundamentally works. All the players should have to play offense and defense, period. However, given that it will never happen, I think the idea below is actually a pretty great compromise. Add the DH to the NL, but make the change to both leagues that the DH shall only be allowed for the starting pitcher. This way pitchers will never bat, but the strategy and bench depth is still a part of the game. Both sides get what they really want. -
So I assume you oppose all instant replay in any form?
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Hopefully we get more than we did for Wil Nieves http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news/193265-braves-buy-class-aaa-catcher-for-a-buck
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My question is, was Mark A at the meeting? Maybe giving the sign-off on Darvish...hopefully
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Yes, based on 12 PAs. I am not saying he has the worst stats of all-time giving Bill Bergen a run for his money, my theory is based on watching him look utterly confused at the plate and watching the momentum from pitches he was "catching" push his arm back when they hit his glove. He just looked so overmatched it was glaring to me.
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He looked like Ben Sheets at the plate, so I am not losing any sleep over this move. Honestly, I think Susac is the worst position player I have ever watched in the major leagues.
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Even better, Robin Yount's #1 comp is Paul Molitor https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/yountro01.shtml
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That's the right attitude. But it just illustrates my point, if prices get too high people look for alternatives. There are no alternatives for baseball.
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The supreme court of the United States specifically ruled that MLB was "exempt" from the Sherman anti-trust law. Everyone acknowledges that they are a monopoly, that was never in the question. They just have a special exception because it was deemed they were not engaging in "interstate commerce" because it was just the nature of the sport that different clubs from one state would travel to another state for a game. No one ever claimed that the National and American leagues did not actually conspire to push out the Federal league (which they did do). Instead it was ruled that this conspiracy was not illegal because baseball was not a form of interstate commerce.
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If you like professional baseball, and have a demand for professional baseball, you have only 1 option. Like someone said above, if there were only a limited number of allowed breweries, so you had to go to them only for beer, their prices would be higher than if they also had to compete with other breweries. It does not matter that there are other alternatives in the "beverage industry". Yes you could choose to buy wine instead, but if you specifically have a demand for beer, you are being up-charged more than the actual free market price that would exist if more breweries existed.
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I agree too, and I think all the free agency has really hurt this. It is so rare now to have career players or a "face of the franchise". How many casual fans in Milwaukee (the standard fan who considers there favorite teams to be in order 1. Packers 2. Packers 3. Packers 4. Brewers) can even name 5 players on the current roster? I think that hurts a little too, you don't have your guys that you follow for most of their career and help you have an extra attachment to the team.
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A core principle of a free market is free competition. There is no competition in MLB, thus it is not a free market. I am not saying the demand for baseball is down (which would imply lower attendance) I am saying the supply is fixed. Just because someone would pay a certain amount for something does not mean that is automatically what the market price is. How much would you pay for a cell phone if there was only 1 maker out there? Likely much more than what you paid for your current one, however since there are many manufactures you can choose to pay less. I agree having an actual city council or mayor or something owning a team would be horrible, but that is not the Packer model. I don't know what the perfect solution is, but things like owners being able to threaten to leave a city in order to get a stadium paid for should not be allowed, and there should be a salary cap that is much lower so the fans aren't paying for $13 beers to afford some crappy relief pitcher making $5M a year.
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I haven't read all the responses yet, but the problem is that they have a protected monopoly, upheld by the Supreme Court even. Its not like a bunch of rugged individualists went out and invented these teams, and risked it all to make them successful. That certainly was the case back in the day, but now owning a major pro sports team is a guaranteed money making operation, like a casino. What are you going to do if ticket prices are too high, watch the other major league instead? Why do these team and billionaires always get cities to pay for their stadiums? Because they have all the bargaining power because they are monopoly, either pay us or we leave. There is a reason the government isn't building Walmarts around your town. The prices for players and merchandise and events is not based on a free market, just go to MLB.com and see how much a sweatshirt costs, its not like they are somehow more difficult to manufacture than a Nike sweatshirt, but they have a monopoly so pay up is your only option. The cities should own the teams, similar to the Packers model. What we really need is a fan union, major sports is the only industry where the paying customer has no say or influence. It is ridiculous that the owners and players just negotiate over how they are going to split up the money they up-charged us to get. Something needs to be done to limit free agency, again because it sucks from the fan perspective. If the NFL system was the same as MLB, Aaron Rodgers would be on the Jets right now. That is dumb. All teams draft and develop, but only some can guarantee they keep those players afterwards
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Sporting News names Craig Counsell NL Manager of the Year
topper09er replied to Invader3K's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Interesting considering a blown 5.5 game division lead at the all-star break... -
Portland and Montreal + Radical Realignment
topper09er replied to Warning Track Power's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
If you don't want to switch any teams between leagues, you could do NYY BOS BAL TB DET TOR CLE MIN HOU TEX KC CHW LAA OAK PORTLAND SEA NYM WAS PHIL MONTREAL MIL STL CHC COL ATL CIN MIA PIT LAD SF SD AZ I think they key to any realignment needs to be keeping as many teams in the same time zones as possible. It must be tough being Rangers/Astros fans who have so many west coast games starting 9PM local. If you use the above breakdown the only teams that aren't in the same time zone as the other in their division is Col and Min, and Colorado is the only MLB team in their time zone so that is inevitable. I do like 8 4 team divisions, but just letting the division winners advance to the playoffs. You only have to complete with 3 other teams and that should hopefully prevent the 25 year playoff droughts that are too frequent in MLB. If you overload the schedule to play more division games that should also help reduce the chances of 2 100 win teams in the same division since they will beat up on each other. -
I don't even consider making the wild card to be making the playoffs. It is a gimmick to increase fan interest, but it is really a play-in game to then get into the playoffs. In my opinion the Twins and Rockies did not make the playoffs this year. So I chose division title
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Overall our 1B position was very average, 0.0 wins above AVERAGE. Defense hurts. Also, our official line just for the 1B position is 41 HR, 96 RBI .269/.362/.547. the .909 OPS is good for 6th across MLB for total team 1B output
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Now that there is no more pressure and no more ability to choke they will put up 10 runs tomorrow
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Well tip of the hat to Phillips for taking the 0-2 pitch, maybe that is a preview of better approaches next year
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OK, gotta steal early in the count.
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I just cannot get over how stupid CC is, he is managing this game like a random May game trailing in the 8th. My God, how could you bring in Torres here
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As usual a bunch of choking costs us. 2-10 with RISP. The fact that CC is not going to Knebel here is inexcusable. Torres? Can someone tell CC if we lose this game the season is over.
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Great throw Barnes, I guess he can pitch and hit just not field
