February 21, 20188 yr QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 21, 2018 -> 04:59 AM) Not sure who he is but he sounds like an idiot It was like I was hosting the show. He hates tanking.
February 21, 20188 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 10:57 PM) I bought mlb.com so we better go .500. I like the projection in this thread. FYI: My radio listening tonight was JT The Brick. Oddly I gladly heard somebody supporting my controversial position AGAINST tanking. He was furious and said pretty much what gets me in trouble on here. He said owners like Cuban should give money back to the fans if they admit tanking or it is obvious. He said sports are in great danger if teams disrespect the sport by tanking. He ripped the Sixers and he ripped the Astros saying their organization should not deserve credit for building a winner. He said they built a winner by tanking and getting tons of draft picks. What pleased ME the most is he backed my contant whining about owners gladly charging the fan for beer and parking and burgers big buck$$$$ when the team is trying to lose. Finally he said he realized fans embraced tanking and it is very dangerous to the integrity of sports to build teams that way. He said as a kid if the Yankees stunk they stunk. They didn't tank. He's a Yankee fan. There are other ways to win besides losing on purpose for 4-5 seasons, folks. And apparently I am not the only one who feels this way. If u think I'm lying listen to JT the Brick podcast when it's put up of tonight's show. Here's my thing...fans embrace tanking because it's a drastic measure taken to STOP the losing. People have to remember the reason why tanking is happening is because it's 2-3 bad years to set up LONG stretches of WINNING. The most competative message you can send to a fan base is...you know...we're so sick of losing that we're going to swallow our pride and take drastic measures to fix this mess because no one deserves to watch a losing team year after year. To me...it's the 3-4 years of limbo BEFORE a rebuild that's more destructive to a fan base--the time where ownership rides the ship to the bottom of the ocean before they realize it's time to stop. Those are the years that I struggle to pay the parking, buy the concessions, shoot...buy the tickets. They are aimless, stubborn and predicibly fatal. I embrace the full rebuild because it means the end is near. Edited February 21, 20188 yr by FT35
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