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too bad. Bergolla has looked very good lately. but has 'Nicky Lopez' written all over him I think. Still bet he makes MLB.

everybody in the AL lost today. Texas's 7 game losing streak is just weird. +82 run differential is 7th in MLB. Far higher than the Astros.

how dare you! I think we can all agree, regardless of the specific numbers, that sports is not merely a leisurely, hobbyish money sink...they're making a bunch of money on it. I suspect Cohen is wealthier after buying the Mets...though my conspiratorial thought is that he's simply spending his money before the SEC takes it away.

He seems to call a good game behind the plate, was a 'vocal leader' for a very bad team. But that's pretty subjective. His arm is pretty much his only tool but his bat isn't horrific. I like Lee. I think he's a fine backup catcher. Quero is too good to be a backup. Not enough power to play first base. Would like to see Teel and Quero both in the lineup every day with another guy DHing.

Qualified vs good at the job seems to be the disagreement. I think he's technically quite qualified based on, ya know, the resumes of pretty much every other pbp person in baseball; he just isn't very good. I really like Wayne Randazzo with the Angels, a Chicagoland guy who did not attend a prestigious university and has less of a professional track record than Schriffen. He's technically less qualified, yet better at the job than Schriffen. I just tend to think, in most aspects of life, 'experience' is not a very good indicator of future success. Kind of a whiff on Schriff, right, but he has room to get better. Again, studying baseball is not rocket science. He just has to do it and want to do it. I dunno if he has the desire to get better at the job. I hope he does.

ok? "the inevitable" ☠️🏴‍☠️💀 lol

https://michiganross.umich.edu/faculty-research/partnerships/ross-arctos-sports-franchise-index actually false

sorry, I only trade on the Shanghai Stock Exchange...but the return is like 13% compared to 10% for index funds per some UMich data

Even if they lower the price by whatever amount of debt is owed...that's still a lot of fucking money. professional sports franchise is the safest investment in the world if you have the money to get in on it.

Yup, it could definitely happen. But I sort of think they'll find common ground on the deferral kinds of contracts like the Dodgers signed. I don't think the owners are really all that concerned about a salary cap but I do feel like the owners and players are generally on the same page compared to the last cba. Just speculation.

well, some revenue is better than zero revenue in such a scenario. Also, the Pohlads apparently bought the team for $44mil and are looking to sell it for over $1.5bil. hand over fist.

lolmets lose, reds win...they're not gonna make the playoffs are they? #firestearns

didn't watch the game but why da f*** was korey lee in left field?

Everyone in this equation is making money hand over fist and probably do not want to stop the gravy train even for a second. I suspect the salary cap is just posturing and a position they will move away from. I mean, we'll see, but I think the owners have a memory of how bad lockouts can be for their bottom line. The last lockout, the last CBA, simply delayed the start of the season a couple of days. The previous lockout, 94-95, nearly destroyed MLB which they're still recovering from. I'm just speculating as I suppose we all are. I have no real insight and some on this board might. I personally think a salary cap/salary floor would be good for the game, as well as a shortened arbitration timeline and integration of the MILB union into the MLB one and higher salaries, better benefits for those guys. I think if MLB just copied the framework of NBA/NFL/NHL, there would be a lot more spending parity and players would still make a bunch of money. But the labor dispute involving millionaires and billionaires doesn't really focus on the quality of the game. Just my fan perspective. But I'd probably bet on a lockout not happening.

A true inside-the-parker. Not some little league business. Mullins didn't even misplay it that bad. FWIW, the runner was at first base, fielder's choice got the Manfred Man. Fun lineup of games last night. Old Sock drawer on full display. Houser gave up 3 runs in 6 innings then was relieved by our old friend Jesse Scholtens...he was supposed to start against Charlotte in one of the games yesterday but instead threw 3 innings against the Ugly Sox and gave up three runs, one earned, and was tagged with the loss. Cleveland is now tied with Houston for the final WC spot. Reds beat the Cubs, DBacks won, 1 and 2 games back respectively from the Mets. Giants continue to lose. So do the Rangers. They both seem totally out of the race now. Rooting for our midwestern teams to usurp the east coast ones.

You beat this drum, I'm not sure I agree, but I think you could change the 7 to an 8 and the point would stand. It might even be better if it's one year closer to the ownership handover...or just as bad in that sense as I suspect nothing will change with a new owner. I think tonight I will glance through the Orioles Talk forum and see what those guys were saying in 2021. Someone remind me of the username of that guy who came to troll this board about Joey Ortiz.

wtf tauch

great catch, bad baserunning...Fermin didn't even look lol

yikes

Darvish is being hit hard

lol mets

Cleveland just 1.5 back now from Detroit! A very impressive turnaround. 1 back from Boston and Houston who play later. I'd think Houston is the favorite vs Seattle since they're at home and Framber is on the mound (he's lights out at home). I think the Rays have the pitching advantage vs Boston. Kyle Harrison is getting his second start as a Red Sox and Houser is kind of a wild card to me. This has to be the most interesting WC race since the expansion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_Major_League_Baseball_broadcasters The point is to say that you can look at this list and pretty much every PBP announcer has a similar track record before being hired to do MLB tv work. Some of them, namely famous guys like Michael Kay and Dave O'Brien had no professional broadcasting before getting the call from MLB teams. Schriffen is a qualified candidate is the point I'm trying to make. He might not be any good, but he has 15 or so years of professional experience plus whatever he did in college. Did play-by-play/sideline work for CBS from 2015 and ESPN from 2020. He and Benetti graduated in 2006/2005 respectively and Benetti got the Sox job far earlier in his career than did Schriff.

International free agency is so fucking shady. You might think the DR and other LA countries would pass laws preventing this kind of neocolonial, US-based child exploitation, but you have to think the lawmakers are getting paid off this too. The least shady country seems to be Cuba so it just becomes about having children renounce their citizenship in exchange for a couple hundred thousand dollars, if that. Ramos got US citizenship, Luis Robert is a mega millionaire, but what about these kids who defect and don't turn into anything? People without a country, totally disenfranchised. The whole system needs to change. https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-09-12-1926043731_x.htm "Some, like Yuniesky Betancourt of the Seattle Mariners and Orlando Hernandez of the New York Mets were nearly instant millionaires. But most - like Jesus Valdivia, who was cut after 33 days by the Devil Rays - lasted no more than a year or two in the minors." What happens to these dudes? Cuban Adjustment Act? There's no guarantee that policy will exist forever and it's only a path to 'permanent resident status' and not citizenship.

A little bit more experience. Schriff did KBO and Dartmouth baseball. Softball for ESPN. Schriff had more specific TV experience I believe. Point being, neither one had some large resume compared to a guy who's been doing minor league ball for decades. Watching a bunch of our minor league affiliates the last couple of years, the guys are not very good.