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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby MoBettle » Tue Apr 09, 2019 09:48:54

wiivile wrote:
stevelxa476 wrote:
wiivile wrote:https://www.philly.com/sports/trump-cancels-mlb-baseball-cuba-deal-20190408.html

What does Trump have to do with baseball? Why does MLB care about Trump?


Immigants comin to steal are jerbs.


Why is MLB listening to Donald Trump though?

It’s answered in the first sentence of the article you linked. If you’re trying to make a point or something why don’t you just make it instead of asking open ended questions
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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby mcare89 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 09:51:21

wiivile wrote:
stevelxa476 wrote:
wiivile wrote:https://www.philly.com/sports/trump-cancels-mlb-baseball-cuba-deal-20190408.html

What does Trump have to do with baseball? Why does MLB care about Trump?


Immigants comin to steal are jerbs.


Why is MLB listening to Donald Trump though?

Because they're saying that the Cuban Baseball Federation is part of the Cuban government, and that paying them a posting fee violates the trade embargo on Cuba, thus making it illegal.

The problem with making an idiot the head of the executive branch is that he has authority to do things like this.

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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby wiivile » Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:34:13

Next I'm going to read "Donald Trump overturns Anthony Rendon's eighth-inning strikeout".

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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby BatFlipsFTW » Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:58:05

MoBettle wrote:
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MoBettle wrote:The Marlins are averaging under 10K people attending home games, would that be a record?

Also I was looking at attendance numbers on ESPN, and I noticed that the A's were 21st at 23k a game, which of course is bad but good for them. But then I looked into it further and that includes their Japan games against the Mariners which were 43+k sellout "home" games. In their actual home games they are averaging ~17k, which includes a series against the Red Sox of all teams where they averaged about 14k.

Some of the attendance numbers are really jarring/scary for some of these teams. Like in 2012 no one averaged under 19k people. Right now even buoyed by opening weekends there are 5 teams under that number, and that doesn't include the A's who will surely join them.

I imagine this isn't a new thought or anything but I just don't get how these teams come close to breaking even with gate numbers that bad.



It's the changing economics of the game. Gate revenue now makes up less than 30 percent of total revenues leaguewide.


I know that was true for the NFL and NBA, but was under the impression that baseball is still pretty dependent on gate? Admittedly I haven't looked into it in a few years and that has probably changed with all of the big RSN deals. Still though, I feel like these teams that can't draw anyone would also run into issues there? Are they really just living off of revenue sharing? This isn't like basketball or football, there's comparatively few national games, people generally don't watch games where their teams aren't playing ect.


The rights deals with RSNs are where the $$$ is.
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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby Wolfgang622 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 13:04:56

Hoping to hit a Cubs game this week and a White Sox game next week while I am in Chicago.

God I really do love MLB.
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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby swishnicholson » Tue Apr 09, 2019 13:08:01

Wolfgang622 wrote:Hoping to hit a Cubs game this week and a White Sox game next week while I am in Chicago.

God I really do love MLB.


Fantastic. Never been t the White Sox park. It can't be as bad as they say it is.
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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby Ace Rothstein » Tue Apr 09, 2019 13:08:46

swishnicholson wrote:
Wolfgang622 wrote:Hoping to hit a Cubs game this week and a White Sox game next week while I am in Chicago.

God I really do love MLB.


Fantastic. Never been t the White Sox park. It can't be as bad as they say it is.


It’s pretty bad

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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby Wolfgang622 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 13:20:42

Ace Rothstein wrote:
swishnicholson wrote:
Wolfgang622 wrote:Hoping to hit a Cubs game this week and a White Sox game next week while I am in Chicago.

God I really do love MLB.


Fantastic. Never been t the White Sox park. It can't be as bad as they say it is.


It’s pretty bad


It started out horrible. The major facelift they've done to it since it opened in the nineties seems to make it drift towards "acceptable," at least on TV.

Regardless, I have a Cubs-hate-driven sort of affection for the White Sox. I am going to the Cubs game strictly as a fan of baseball stadiums.
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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby Ace Rothstein » Tue Apr 09, 2019 13:28:30

It reminded me of the vet with a semi ashburn alley when I was there in 2013

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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby Wheels Tupay » Tue Apr 09, 2019 13:30:42

Ace Rothstein wrote:It reminded me of the vet with a semi ashburn alley when I was there in 2013


This is pretty accurate.
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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby Wolfgang622 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 13:42:31

Wheels Tupay wrote:
Ace Rothstein wrote:It reminded me of the vet with a semi ashburn alley when I was there in 2013


This is pretty accurate.


Funny Ace should say this - I was looking at photos of "New Comiskey," as it was then known, from when it opened in 1991 and in the first handful of years subsequent to that, and there were a few shots looking at home plate from the vantage point of the pitcher's mound / second base, but with all the stands visible, and I kept thinking it was the Vet. I had to remind myself the Vet did not have grass.

This one:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KAI4BDSkBuY/S ... 992-01.jpg
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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby CFP » Tue Apr 09, 2019 13:45:29

It's pretty bad, yeah. Wrigley will be a blast though.

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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby Wolfgang622 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 13:47:11

CFP wrote:It's pretty bad, yeah. Wrigley will be a blast though.


I am determined to sit in the left field bleachers even though my back will pay for it. It's the iconic part of the park, at least to me - watching Schimtty put so many out on to the street behind them.

F the Cubs though, I'll be wearing White Sox gear and rooting for the Pirates. If I get killed you know why!
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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby rolex » Tue Apr 09, 2019 16:07:56

CFP wrote:It's pretty bad, yeah. Wrigley will be a blast though.

It can be awfully cold there at this time of year with the wind coming off of the lake.

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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby Wolfgang622 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 17:27:35

Jesus Christ, the White Sox PBP radio guy, Ed Farmer, is like the most un-exciteable dude ever. The White Sox are trying to mount an 8th inning come back from being down 8-2, get a gift two out error, and you’d think they were the ones up 8-4 and had made the error.
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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby Wolfgang622 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 17:31:35

Now the two of them are bitching about the pitch selection from the Rays closer after a bases loaded walk made it 8-5. JFC
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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby Bucky » Tue Apr 09, 2019 17:38:56

could be worse....

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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby pacino » Thu Apr 11, 2019 13:06:22

Every team is valued at at least a billion dollars with the Yankees being 4.6 billion

Phils are 1.8 billion, which is 9th
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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby heyeaglefn » Thu Apr 11, 2019 14:03:23

Old Friend Carlos Santana is having a nice start to the season.

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Re: Random Baseball: Dingers and Bat Flips and Five Hour Gam

Postby swishnicholson » Thu Apr 11, 2019 14:58:34

heyeaglefn wrote:Old Friend Carlos Santana is having a nice start to the season.


As is older friend Freddy Galvis. Shoulda kept!
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