April 16, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Steve Jones - Editor (4/16/2010)
Actually it's quiet here in CO with the NFL draft, Nuggets and Avs in the playoffs. Haven't been to a game yet, but I think there's a Thur afternoon one in few weeks I might hit.
I might be catching a game when I'm out there in September. The Rockies are playing the Reds on Labor Day Monday (the day that my wife and I head back home to New York), and the game is early enough that we can catch it before we skip town.
I should talk to my sister-in-law and see if anyone else is interested. My father-in-law told me that he's definitely interested in going.
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April 16, 2010 at 12:52 pm
bteraberry (4/16/2010)
Michael Valentine Jones (4/7/2010)
Baseball would be better with a true open market: uncapped salaries, no draft, and uncapped ownership.Salaries are already uncapped.
Getting rid of the draft would be the dumbest thing possible for the sport. The quality of the product is all about the quality of the players. Get rid of the draft and you eliminate about 50% of player development. The incentive wouldn't exist for teams to spend all that money on player development. The smaller market teams would simply lose the players immediately and the bigger market teams don't do player development as it is, they just buy free agents. If anything, the sport needs to figure out fair ways to more heavily incentivize player development.
Nothing in life is ever going to be totally fair and no sports league is without major flaws, but I'll take baseball's current system over anything else out there. I think it sucks that in the NFL a team like the Cardinals can cheap-skate cash in on league revenue for decades and all the sudden decide to go to a Super Bowl. At least in baseball the teams that don't care are kept out of the playoffs.
You are missing the point of what I am saying. I would also throw it open to have uncapped ownership, so that the market size of each team would tend to naturally settle to about the same size.
In other words, allow anyone with the resources to start a team and invade any market they want. If someone sees how much money the Yankees are making, they could move to New York or start a team there and split up the market. Over time, competition would force the teams to exist with markets of approximately equal revenue potential, and no team could just buy all the top players without being at a financial disadvantage. The best teams would be the ones operated by the smartest owners and managers who made the best use of their available resources.
In other words, I am suggesting that Baseball (and other sports) operate under the same market conditions that almost every other business operates under.
And yes, get rid of the draft. If nothing else, just for pure fairness. How would your salary look if you were only allowed to work for one company? What incentive would they have to give you a raise?
April 16, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Michael Valentine Jones (4/16/2010)
bteraberry (4/16/2010)
Michael Valentine Jones (4/7/2010)
In other words, I am suggesting that Baseball (and other sports) operate under the same market conditions that almost every other business operates under.
Do you understand the history of the game and the reasons why MLB has certain exemptions and why the MLBPA would have no interest in what you're describing?
April 16, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Michael Valentine Jones (4/16/2010)
bteraberry (4/16/2010)
Michael Valentine Jones (4/7/2010)
And yes, get rid of the draft. If nothing else, just for pure fairness. How would your salary look if you were only allowed to work for one company? What incentive would they have to give you a raise?
Go find companies that will train you without any expectation of service time. Good luck because you won't find any.
The draft/arbitration/free-agency system works fine. There are quite a few players with less than 5 years experience making $8M+ a year.
Again, take away the draft and service time and you absolutely kill player development. That's just horrible for the state of the game.
April 16, 2010 at 5:43 pm
bteraberry (4/16/2010)
Michael Valentine Jones (4/16/2010)
bteraberry (4/16/2010)
Michael Valentine Jones (4/7/2010)
In other words, I am suggesting that Baseball (and other sports) operate under the same market conditions that almost every other business operates under.Do you understand the history of the game and the reasons why MLB has certain exemptions and why the MLBPA would have no interest in what you're describing?
Sure, they were ruled to be a game by the Supreme Court a long time ago before they became a multi-billion dollar empire.
Of course they have no interest in changing the current system. Why monopoly ever wants to give up their market dominance to allow fierce new competition?
April 16, 2010 at 5:57 pm
bteraberry (4/16/2010)
Michael Valentine Jones (4/16/2010)
bteraberry (4/16/2010)
Michael Valentine Jones (4/7/2010)
And yes, get rid of the draft. If nothing else, just for pure fairness. How would your salary look if you were only allowed to work for one company? What incentive would they have to give you a raise?Go find companies that will train you without any expectation of service time. Good luck because you won't find any.
The draft/arbitration/free-agency system works fine. There are quite a few players with less than 5 years experience making $8M+ a year.
Again, take away the draft and service time and you absolutely kill player development. That's just horrible for the state of the game.
We just have to disagree on this.
There is no reason why a team wouldn't be able to sign a player to a long term contract. They just wouldn't be able to present new players with a take-it-or-leave-it offer, because they could negotiate with any team they wanted. The best prospects would get the best contracts, and the less skilled would have to take less money.
The draft/arbitration/free-agency system does not work fine, because the large market teams are able to dominate the market due to their lack of competition for market share.
Their monopoly positions also allow teams to squeeze fantastic deals out local and state governments (taxpayers) to build new stadiums, and then reward the taxpayers that finance the deals by doubling ticket prices.
The current system looks extremely broken to me.
April 20, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Just read an interesting article regarding MLB revenue . . .
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April 21, 2010 at 9:27 am
Nice article, I guess I will try to support those Royals since they're trying
April 21, 2010 at 9:53 am
Here's something I came across this morning. A two hour rain delay and a couple of bored college teams results in something, um, unprecedented? unexpected? Let's go to the video: Rain Delay Theater
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April 21, 2010 at 10:20 am
Pretty good. Wish I was still young enough to do some of those "moves". Crazy college kids, hope they enjoy it while they can!!! Real life beckons!
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April 28, 2010 at 11:33 am
Wow, how about those Tampa Bay Rays?
Any other hot starts of note (team, individual, or otherwise)?
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April 28, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Rockies have a 5-0 pitcher. That's kind of amazing. http://espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=28625
I'm hitting .375. Went 3-3 last week, 3HR, BB, so I'm hot. A nice game after an 0-5, BB start before that.
April 28, 2010 at 1:47 pm
The Twins are doing ok. Pitching is looking good, but some of the hitting is lacking a bit so far. Could be a bit of a soft opening to the season, but you have to take what you can get. 😀
April 29, 2010 at 6:47 am
Josh B (4/28/2010)
The Twins are doing ok. Pitching is looking good, but some of the hitting is lacking a bit so far. Could be a bit of a soft opening to the season, but you have to take what you can get. 😀
Guess that went out the window with last night's game. The pitching was terrible last night.
April 30, 2010 at 9:59 am
Robinson Cano is absolutely tearing the cover off the ball. .407, 8 HR, 17 RBI
And his glove doesn't look too shabby, either!
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