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Never even thought about the fact the networks broadcast more than just baseball games and how that would work. Slightly off topic but it always made sense to me for there to be a standalone Wisconsin sports network owned by the Brewers, Bucks, and Packers. I'd think it could survive just be showing replays of classic Packer games and other Packer related programming but add in the other teams and you've got year round programming. Maybe broadcast some Blizzard, Gamblers, Admirals, TRats, Snappers, and whatever other pro team games. I'd watch it. I don't think the Packers own their game footage. NFL might have something to say about that.

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I thought that the players' share of revenue had dropped into the low 40% range, after being around 50% for years. It's hard to understand, because some revenue models don't include new money streams such as internet tv and others. Just in preparing this post, I saw many different percentages listed.

Taking the trip this year. My wife hates baseball, so the games I attend will be alone. That made it more palatable to me to go on Stubhub and pay $40 for a ticket. If I was traveling with a group, I imagine we would be looking cheaper. I am going to sit on the lawn for a Brewer game at the Dodger park, that cost $17. Staying in Tempe. Agree that you have to drive in Phoenix, so it really doesn't matter where you stay.

He's a pretty solid player. I do want to see if he can get to 3,000 hits. He probably won't, but he's still young enough and close enough that it's a real possibility and something I'm really rooting for. I went to Baseball Reference because I was confused and thought you had your info wrong. However, TIL that Nick Freaking Markakis has 2237 hits and has averaged 181 a year for 13 years. Has averaged 153 games a year in those 13 seasons. Stunned.

Rename the bases Auto, Health, Life, and Home Plate.

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. "And the numbers were eye-opening: Just about every baseball free agent was being paid more than he was actually worth to his team in terms of the added revenue it would see thanks to extra wins. According to one researcher, Graham Tyler—then an undergrad econ student at Brown, and until recently the Rays’ director of player operations thanks in part to his pioneering studies in this area—teams only earn an extra $1.5 million from each additional win, meaning that a truly rational profit-maximizing owner (more on this in a minute) wouldn’t spend more than $6.75 million a year on a Machado-level talent. Anything more than that, and you’re better off staging a Marlins-style teardown" I'd love to see the study related to this. So, is this saying that the difference to the owner revenue based on mostly park attendance and game day revenue streams for say a 60 win team vs 100 win team is roughly $60 million? I'd like to know what the baseline is that is being used. Are they saying it's 1.5 million per win across the board or at a certain level? I'd have a hard time believing there's any difference in revenue between a 80 win and 85 win team. Perhaps someone could help me understand this better. If salaries are being held down in the first 6/arby years due to the CBA, wouldn't that change the overall math? Or was it accounted for? In the current system, if I have a bunch of minimum salary players, the value of a win would have a lower dollar value than if the pre-FA players were making more. If league-wide, the younger players were making more, would that change to overall value of a win? I'll hang up and listen.

Regarding the thought of trading Thames...is there a market for him? And if there is, is there any chance that a trade wouldn't require Milwaukee sending money along with it? That would negate some of the $6 million salary relief talked about. Apologies if already mentioned. I haven't combed the entire thread. I am just not real high on Thames.

I know, I had the same thought. It is funny. He could have not gotten along with somebody for all we know. I heard it was related to him not using the new cover sheets for the TPS reports.

Theft by Swindell? This is obviously false. Greg did not steal a base in his entire career.

I got light-headed booing Manny in his last AB. Fantastic experience from beginning to end. Seeing the Brewers so loose and looking like they were having as good of a time as we were was great as well. If you’re going tonight, head out early. We left Madison at 4, didn’t get into the stadium until almost 6:30. We had wanted to be there by 6.

I’m here. It’s great!

Not if EagleSteve has anything to say about it...

Game two will basically be free after we smoke them 15-0 in game one. Careful. 1982 started that way!

I got 2 in section 228 for $128 plus fees. Pretty happy with that

I'm going, but I am also waiting for someone to panic and dump some tickets for a good price. Just because I am hunting a bargain doesn't make me any less of a fan. Holding out for a ticket in a front row of a section. Not my problem if somebody overbought. If they hadn't, I could have gotten my tickets from the box office.

Haha, did you catch the Infield Fly Rule discussion last night as well? Jesus, let it go. One guy said it, and about ten people told him he was wrong. There wasn’t a discussion until you woke it up.

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Oh no, Yelich on first with Braun up! That...hasn't gone well lately.

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3 first pitch strikes in seven hitters.

My perception is that Schoop gets down 0-2 quite a bit.

What’s with Dozier tear drop thing?

Wow, that’s a bad start when it loses you two games.