Balta1701

Well for the NFL we had a whole thing about Tom Brady’s balls and apparently pressures aren’t held constant depending on the weather so that’s one. Second, the NBA had a kerfuffle a decade or so ago because they tried to change to the international ball and the players rejected it. With MLB you just have a league with an ineffective leader too scared to make decisions or admit mistakes.

He spent the entire lockout asserting that increasing salaries for players would drive increasing ticket prices, and he’s said the same thing in this thread. In reality, this post was exactly correct - the beer and ticket prices should be set by what maximizes overall revenue for the franchise, with no real changes depending on costs, as there’s no comparable product that is going to appear to undercut their prices (creating a quasi monopoly situation). The costs for the beer or players play no role in that calculation unless the team has total costs that push them into bankruptcy because revenue can’t keep up.

So 2018 was insanely boring and low scoring?

I would like to compliment you on realizing this basic economic relationship exists independent of the cost of producing beer. Well done, I spent months trying to outline that for you regarding ticket prices.

And that’s why the well rested white Sox did so well against the Astros.

It appears that surgery was on his shoulder, which would seem to have very little to do with the series of hamstring injuries he suffered? https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/white-sox-injury-report-rick-hahn-reveals-offseason-procedures

Overall it's about $2 million per year for everything, but the White Sox are also getting an extra $1 million a year from US Cellular for breaking their previous contract.

Central New York. The stuff hitting Cleveland today heads up to us and starts pulling in moisture from the Atlantic like a nor’easter.

I’m supposed to get half a foot of (wet) snow tonight.

Welp, this makes it seem like Giolito might still be a ways off.

So here’s one. If this game gets rained out, so you still start Lambert on Wednesday or do you roll over to Cease?

Holy flurking schnit they tied it.

That oughta put Vaughn on the bench tomorrow

That’s twice in 2 innings they haven’t hit a cutoff man and a runner advanced.

Well here’s some excitement I guess?

So there’s no lefty they must bring in. Ok.

Who is closing for the Rays these days?

Why is Sheets facing the lefty?

God this guy works slow

There have been balls on the ground, just not outs

Choi is now 4/5 on the year against lefties.

I mean it’s a trend that is going to break, but that’s a solid outlier.