Congratulations to Dominican Republic going undefeated in Caribbean Series
Congratulations to Melbourne Aces for their ABL championship.
odd watching game and 'snap lockdown' announced by the Melbourne authorities... at 5pm they announced 5 day lockdown - stay home, no visitors, CANT CROSS STATE BORDERS - live during the game... ZERO Fs given by fans... matter of fact crowd surged as game went on - LOL
very odd seeing how baseball traditions adapted in other places... and sorta neat.
pitchers & catchers reporting THIS WEEK!
Congratulations to Melbourne Aces for their ABL championship.
odd watching game and 'snap lockdown' announced by the Melbourne authorities... at 5pm they announced 5 day lockdown - stay home, no visitors, CANT CROSS STATE BORDERS - live during the game... ZERO Fs given by fans... matter of fact crowd surged as game went on - LOL
very odd seeing how baseball traditions adapted in other places... and sorta neat.
pitchers & catchers reporting THIS WEEK!
watching the on field ceremonies after ABL championship... refreshing... they just handed the guys their championship medals and the tournament MVP trophy was less than a foot tall... ZERO police visible ... NONE... fans stayed in their seats not rushing the field... friends and family joined players on field ...
and of course Ace the groundskeeper assistant ( his pet blue heeler ) was there chilling like a boss - LOL
the players seemed genuinely happy to be there
and of course Ace the groundskeeper assistant ( his pet blue heeler ) was there chilling like a boss - LOL
the players seemed genuinely happy to be there
You didn't mention MLB, but I will.
Trevor Bauer was signed for more money (avg per year) than the entirety of the Pirates roster (appx 40 mil - 30 mil)
MLB has a serious issue with roster disparity and the amount of money spent for "small market" teams.
Trevor Bauer was signed for more money (avg per year) than the entirety of the Pirates roster (appx 40 mil - 30 mil)
MLB has a serious issue with roster disparity and the amount of money spent for "small market" teams.
MLB needs a CAP, an actual CAP, because this current taxing the big rosters a tad and throwing the nickles at the small market teams aint working
at least for the small market teams
I see zero chance of it changing because there are a handful of teams, yankees Braves Cubs - off the top of my head, with significant 'local' brodcasting arrangements and those teams will never share that revenue
until MLB can tackle that there is zero chance at a meaningful CAP
which sucks
NFL has been puzzifying the game for years and years, but at least every team has the same CAP to spend on talent. I wish they would put in a Staff & FO CAP as well.. because currently the staff & FO make or break a team
at least for the small market teams
I see zero chance of it changing because there are a handful of teams, yankees Braves Cubs - off the top of my head, with significant 'local' brodcasting arrangements and those teams will never share that revenue
until MLB can tackle that there is zero chance at a meaningful CAP
which sucks
NFL has been puzzifying the game for years and years, but at least every team has the same CAP to spend on talent. I wish they would put in a Staff & FO CAP as well.. because currently the staff & FO make or break a team
MLB unveils 120-team minor league realignment
as a minor league baseball fan, somewhat, I cant fully get onboard with this... it is just a damn shame is all.
As it stands MLB controls baseball - period
at least MiLB salaries went up a tad, which is nice. SHOULD be more like $600-700 instead of $400ish IMO. So many players wind up never signing MLB contracts and are 29 years old with zero skills and huge debts cause MiLB salaries are so miserable. Some get connected and have good winter jobs to make up for the lowball pay in MiLB
as a minor league baseball fan, somewhat, I cant fully get onboard with this... it is just a damn shame is all.
As it stands MLB controls baseball - period
at least MiLB salaries went up a tad, which is nice. SHOULD be more like $600-700 instead of $400ish IMO. So many players wind up never signing MLB contracts and are 29 years old with zero skills and huge debts cause MiLB salaries are so miserable. Some get connected and have good winter jobs to make up for the lowball pay in MiLB
this one is so bizarre its hardly worth mentioning... but MLB has decided that the negro leagues were MLB and has incorporated their records into MLB history... LOL
I have done more reading than vast majority of people about baseball history and the best argument that can be made was that the best negro league teams were on par with the best AAA teams of the day. There clearly were some individual players who were MLB quality... no reasonable person disputes this... but vast majority of negro league players would NOT have been MLB quality. Some not even close.
soooo... how does this affect things... well they have added plenty of counter stats to plenty of MLB players who had 'cups of coffee' in the negro leagues.
just raw race pandering from MLB
I have done more reading than vast majority of people about baseball history and the best argument that can be made was that the best negro league teams were on par with the best AAA teams of the day. There clearly were some individual players who were MLB quality... no reasonable person disputes this... but vast majority of negro league players would NOT have been MLB quality. Some not even close.
soooo... how does this affect things... well they have added plenty of counter stats to plenty of MLB players who had 'cups of coffee' in the negro leagues.
just raw race pandering from MLB
I agree overall but I think the record books will still have all kinds of asterixis and markings all over to denote the differences in game play, leagues, and even eras.
As an example, I know the "dead ball" era is differentiated a little bit and same with whatever they call the era where batters could pick their strike zone (knees to waist or waist to chest).
To that extent, I don't really have a problem with it.
On the note of the Negro leagues, fun fact:
The first white guy to play on a Negro league team was Eddie Klep (Erie, PA native like myself).
He also was bullied so bad, his first game in Alabama, he was forced to get out of uniform and sit in the stands as a "fan". He only played a total of like 3 games because he just wasn't any good.
This happened about 3-4 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier the opposite direction.
He also has a movie script that was written and bought by Dennis Leary in the 90's however never got off the ground and the rights were purchased by Happy Madison in the early 00's which still own the rights. No movie has ever been produced, I have no doubt that fan fare to the opposite side of racism is only getting less and less sympathetic today and the movie has zero chance of success.
Would a cap even help though? It's almost like baseball needs a salary floor to get some of these teams to spend.
IMO, roids made MLB records meaningless decades ago.
Same for the NFL. How can most records mean anything when the rules, equipment, etc. is so vastly different throughout its history? And there’s no doubt drugs have impacted NFL records like they have MLB.
yes a CAP would work but before a CAP could be imposed REVENUE sharing would have to happen... and it aint gonna happen
there are 3 levels of MLB... the handful of large payroll teams ( yankees, dodgers Braves Cubs ect). The 10ish small market teams ( KC baltimore Tompa Bay Miami ect) that can only compete by loading their minors and then making a run while most everyone is still on first MLB contract. ( 7 year vets eligible for UFA )
then there are the handful of teams stuck in the middle... can afford some FAs but cant really compete with big payrolls either ( Indians White Sox Twins ). They can retain their core guys and be competitive but cant sign the Arods of MLB though
While I agree drugs overall have played a role, I tend to believe equipment, stadium alterations, and rule changes have done more to change the record books.
The drugs have had more of an indirect change from what I see as people have generally used them to become stronger/recover from injuries faster, maybe that plays more into the career lengths too.
I think there could be some agreement in the revenue sharing but you're right, no way the Yanks and Dodgers willingly give up a lot of moolah. The minor league system also changes the overall revenue spending from what we see in the NFL.
Maybe a certain smaller percentage goes to revenue sharing vice an overall number but a better idea than revenue sharing would be a mandatory minimum spending amount.
I root for the Pirates (not so much over the past few years because of the money disparity) and they are known to have a cheap skate Owner. MLB makes money. Every team makes money. Maybe not Yankee money, but a lot. I'm sure a mandatory roster spending of like $60 mil could be met by all 30 clubs.
And for the "cap" idea, I'd like to see a cutoff at maybe around $175 mil (based on current league numbers) to prevent the BS that MLB teams do where they buy players not out of necessity, but to prevent another team from acquiring him. This could also give a fighting chance for some small market teams to land an actual FA worth anything.
MLB effectively has a super soft CAP right now.
MLB has a luxury tax described in detail here
Major League Baseball luxury tax - Wikipedia
today there is a line drawn, $210m in 2021, and a staggered luxury tax is paid depending how many times a team has went over the line.
about 40% of the luxury tax is returned evenly to all clubs that did not cross the line
MLB has a luxury tax described in detail here
Major League Baseball luxury tax - Wikipedia
today there is a line drawn, $210m in 2021, and a staggered luxury tax is paid depending how many times a team has went over the line.
about 40% of the luxury tax is returned evenly to all clubs that did not cross the line
NBA has something similar and it's all but worthless. I think Miami Heat just said F it until the 3rd straight season over the "cap" but they got 2 championship spots (1 win I think) within those years.
$210 mil is too high of a number to use too. There's only like 3-4 teams that will ever reach that number so the rule hardly applies and definitely does nothing for league parity at all.
just wait till Nashville gets a baseball team. I assume that will be a small market heh they’ll be the next Pirates I’m sure. But be cool to have a team in that region.
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