Lip Man 1 Posted Tuesday at 05:53 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:53 PM A long solid story on Manfred's legacy. And yes, the upcoming labor lockout is discussed in detail: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/rob-manfred-legacy-mlb-commissioner-pitch-clock-astros-cheating-scandal-pete-rose-cba-lockout-expansion/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted Tuesday at 06:51 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:51 PM The Manfred Man on 2B in extras is his legacy for me and I hate that more than the Nationwide Jingle. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted Tuesday at 09:25 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 09:25 PM Speaking of Manfred and the probable lockout. Here's an interesting story on some "cheap" teams trying to spend and why: https://defector.com/why-mlbs-cheapest-teams-are-at-least-trying-to-seem-like-theyre-trying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted Tuesday at 11:12 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:12 PM (edited) 1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said: Speaking of Manfred and the probable lockout. Here's an interesting story on some "cheap" teams trying to spend and why: https://defector.com/why-mlbs-cheapest-teams-are-at-least-trying-to-seem-like-theyre-trying The A's did this last off season...but they actually have/had some unusual clause inserted that they have to reach $100 million floor in payroll at a certain point as a result of negotiations with MLB over their classification for CBT subsidies. So it was more about preserving all the benefits of being a small market team when technically they didn't meet any of the requirements except for the way in which they operated in a practical sense. Meanwhile Sox staring at $62 million and much less without Robert. Edited Tuesday at 11:15 PM by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrockway Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago Hate the rule changes but I think it’s fair to say baseball has experienced a resurgence under him. Whether or not he has anything to do with it, I’m not sure, but I have the feeling the MLB will inevitably usurp the NBA in popularity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleAleSox Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago Pitch clock is the best thing to come out of his tenure. Makes games so much better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 1 hour ago, PaleAleSox said: Pitch clock is the best thing to come out of his tenure. Makes games so much better. Bigger bases and fewer/limited throwovers has led to more action on the base paths as well. WBC in general keeps getting bigger and bigger. Huge increase in NPB players has led to record tv viewership in Japan (that almost eclipses the US at 40% of population) with majority "breakfast time" games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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