February 2, 200521 yr I found the following at the end of a column that talks about small market owners being fed up. Jim Bowdon has proposed setting financial division vs geographical ones. Moneyball If Major League Baseball realigned franchises based strictly on payroll, here's what the divisions would have looked like last season, with their 2004 won-lost records: TIFFANY 2004 Payroll W-L Yankees $182,835,513 101-61 Boston $125,208,542 98-64 Anaheim $101,084,667 92-70 Mets $100,629,303 71-91 Philadelphia $93,219,167 86-76 ROLEX Chi. (NL) $91,101,667 89-73 Los Angeles $89,694,342 93-69 Atlanta $88,507,788 96-66 San Francisco $82,019,167 91-71 Seattle $81,543,833 63-90 PRICE CLUB St. Louis $75,633,517 105-57 Houston $74,666,303 92-70 Arizona $70,204,984 51-111 Chi. (AL) $65,212,500 83-79 Colorado $64,590,403 68-94 DOLLAR STORE Oakland $59,825,167 91-71 Texas $54,825,973 89-73 San Diego $54,639,503 87-75 Minnesota $53,585,000 92-70 Baltimore $51,212,653 78-84 FIVE & DIME Toronto $50,017,000 67-94 Kansas City $47,609,000 58-104 Detroit $46,353,554 72-90 Montreal $43,197,500 67-95 Cincinnati $43,067,858 76-86 THRIFT SHOP Florida $42,118,042 84-79 Cleveland $34,569,300 80-82 Pittsburgh $32,227,929 72-89 Tampa Bay $29,506,667 70-91 Milwaukee $27,518,500 67-94 NOTE: The payrolls listed are for the Opening Day rosters based on figures obtained by The Associated Press, including salaries and prorated shares of signing bonuses. In some cases, parts of salaries deferred without interest are discounted to reflect present-day values.
February 2, 200521 yr LMAO, this is the Jim Bowden who gave Vinny Castilla a 2 year deal @ 3 mill per, and Cristian Guzman a 4 year deal for $16 million.
February 2, 200521 yr This reminds me of when Hicks Signed A Rod to that ridiculous contract and then turned around complaining how contracts are getting out of hand....
February 2, 200521 yr Author QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Feb 2, 2005 -> 09:32 AM) I could see Mariotti jumping on the Tiffany Bandwagon right about now. I still picture mariotti as a statue covered in pigeon s***. Seems appropriate.
February 2, 200521 yr QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 2, 2005 -> 09:33 AM) I still picture mariotti as a statue covered in pigeon s***. Seems appropriate. That's hilarious! I'll have that image in my head all day.
February 2, 200521 yr QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 3, 2005 -> 02:33 AM) I still picture mariotti as a statue covered in pigeon s***. Seems appropriate. No I still think that's above him, but it's a good thought nevertheless.
February 2, 200521 yr There is some merit in what he's saying but he's not saying it right. MLB would benefit greatly if it took a page out of the NFL's sched formula. Next yr's schedule is based on your W total from previous years. Weaker teams get weaker schedules. x-Anaheim 92 San Francisco 91 Oakland 91 Chicago Cubs 89 Texas 89 San Diego 87 Philadelphia 86 Florida 83 Chicago Sox 83 Cleveland 80 Baltimore 78 Cincinnati 76 Pittsburgh 72 Detroit 72 NY Mets 71 Tampa Bay 70 Colorado 68 Milwaukee 67 Toronto 67 Montreal 67 Seattle 63 Kansas City 58 Arizona 51 With a 162 gm schedule you have to be creative. Weak teams need NY & BOS to help at the gate. So you manipulate the home & away games between the strong & the weak. KC had 6 vs NY, 6 vs BOS, 19 vs MIN, 7 vs ANA, 9 vs OAK, & 9 vs TEX in 04. Those were split mostly even betw H & R. In 05 they should have home field adv against all those teams. Likewise the 9 gm series should be against the weaker teams. This is an idea the MLBPA should strongly consider in the 07 CBA. The best way to provide revenue sharing is to shift the gate to the weaker teams. If that means some teams don't play others so be it. KC will reap much more revenue if it can play 12 gms vs NY & BOS at home.
February 2, 200521 yr I forgot to mention IL play the same strategy should follow suit there as well. When weak teams have to play strong teams they should do so at home. The schedule should be flexible enough in both league & IL play so that the weaker teams have the weakest possible schedule w/out sacrificing the gate from the stronger teams. If the MLBPA could get on board with this then I think the majority of owners would approve. I'd even go so far as to say if it means trams like BOS & NY have less than 81 home games so be it. They are only 2 out of 30 teams. They get 2 no votes.
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