VeggieBadger

I think I'm like most people here that agree something needs to be done. I'm not sure if a salary cap is the answer or not. What makes the salary cap nice in football is that it forces teams to "pay" for their mistakes to an extent. How much this hurts is reduced with the non-guaranteed contracts. In baseball, with the guaranteed salaries, a cap would have an even greater negative effect for clubs that sign players to "bad" contracts. However, as things stand now, the smaller market teams already feel this while the big market teams don't. The fun thing now is how we think of options to fix what we see as a problem. So, I'll go through what I see as a problem and offer, sometimes creative, solutions. 1. Teams don't always draft the best player because of economic reasons. -- Players must declare for the draft (no option to say, "I'm going back to college"), teams retain rights until a contract is signed -- Each pick has a pay slot -- Draft picks are allowed to be traded 2. Only certain teams can sign big free agents. -- Greater revenue sharing -- Visiting teams receive 40% of ticket sales -- MLB negotiates TV deals, not individual teams. (something like all games are shown regionally on the MLB network. ESPN, FOX, etc. get games of the week, night, etc.) 3. Teams that lose free agents have to wait years to see the benefit of gained draft picks. -- The team that loses a type A free agent is allowed to choose one player with fewer than 50 AAA at bats or 20 AAA innings pitched from the team signing the free agent (teams can protect three players) in addition to draft picks.

Was he poisoned? Did he suffocate? Did he drown? Is the car underwater?

I think ideally there would be a section for themes and curriculum that could be updated monthly, and it would be nice to allow some other updates every six months or so. I don't think that either of these capabilities are absolutely necessary. Mostly the website would contain static information, links, and some pictures.

Did the man have any sort of physical disability, disorder, or condition of importance?

Just switch the symbols. I use the one on the number pad for dividing http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/tongue.gif.

Why do they make the question mark a shift symbol on the keyboard? I use that way more often than the slash key (mostly on AIM).

My mom is in charge of an early literacy program being implemented at Head Start facilities in Milwaukee. Since I'm at home for winter break, my mom has asked me to work on developing a website for the program. I have never done this before, so I'm looking for a few tips on getting started. Are there any good programs or websites for this? I have Publisher, but I don't know if that is very beneficial. I think she is looking for something similar to this: http://www.earlyreadingfirst.spps.org/ Thanks

I think I know this one, so I won't give it away. But I like these games. (If it's the one I'm thinking of, this could take awhile)

I'm in Madison, and my guide says that it is on FSN. But I am getting some Yankee documentary.

Ned must want to make sure that Yo gets another at bat.

I think that the have to do something like the NHL were your draft rights are held the entire time that you are in college. Or you have to do something like in the NBA, where once you declare for the draft, you are no longer eligible to play in the NCAA (although I guess this would be up to the NCAA). And then you have to sign for the allotted first-round value (if you are drafted in the first round), or your rights are owned for three years. I tend to like the NBA style where you have to declare to be in the draft. This way it allows players to improve their draft standing (and subsequent financial standing) by staying in school, but once they do decide to declare, they are locked into staying with the team that picked them.

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Thanks a lot for the reply; that definitely makes thing clearer.

I'm kind of new to following the baseball draft, but this rule has always seemed odd to me. Who enforces it? Is it MLB? Has it ever been challenged? I don't understand how MLB would be allowed to restrict four year college players from being drafted when they allow junior college players the same age to be drafted. What would happen if a college sophomore became academically ineligible or dropped out of college? When would he be allowed to sign with an MLB team? Thanks.

I'd like to see Weeks get the day off today and maybe a few more. He just looks like he's hit a wall and is mentally fatigued.