What you are missing Joe, well is a lot of things when it come to the cap such as all the examples of small market playoff teams being largely from the central divisions, is that the MLB spokesperson was talking about not what the teams can actually do but how the fans FEEL about what the current system allows them to do.
I am absolutely certain that Oriole fans or Nationals fans, or theoretical Marlins fans, or D-Backs fans do not FEEL as though their teams have the same opportunity to compete year in and year out as do Yankee and Dodger fans. A cap would soften the payroll disparity and allow those fans hope and to place blame for team failure at the feet of the owner/GM of their team as opposed to on the economics of the game.
Yes, the only way to sell a salary cap to the players is if the floor and formula for raising it each year guarantees as much aggregate payroll as the players make now; and of course the problem there is that team revenues (attendance and local media rights) are so wildly disparate. I mean, how can anyone expect the Rays to shell out 180M in payroll while drawing 1.5M fans at lower ticket prices in markets that generate a fraction of the media deals in NY, LA, Chicago, Boston, ATL, etc. The only way it could work is if the big networks pony up enough to support the floor, but why would they do that and why would the big market teams give up their built-in advantage?
I should've said this earlier... but I REALLY hope there's a chapter about fictional baseball seasons. Joe Shlabotnik's 1963. 1939 (in the movie, at least) Roy Hobbs. 1989 Willie Mays Hayes. Sylvester Coddmeyer III in the early '70s (I don't think a year is ever specified). 1993 Henry Rowengartner*. Benny "the Jet" Rodriguez, also (I believe) in 1993, by which point he'd been reduced to an occasional pinch runner, but still a legend. And of course, the king of them all, 1985 Sidd Finch. I would enjoy Joe's favorite takes on best fictional baseball seasons.
*I'm not sure Henry Rowengartner is belongs on this list, as it's possible he is real and his name is Jacob Misiorowski.
I’m not interested in talking-head videos. Write an article, post as a podcast, but all you have time for is a video, save it for when you have more time.
Joe is growing a mustache in the same way that my 10-year-old is growing a mustache... which is to say he's not shaving, but there ain't no mustache there.
What you are missing Joe, well is a lot of things when it come to the cap such as all the examples of small market playoff teams being largely from the central divisions, is that the MLB spokesperson was talking about not what the teams can actually do but how the fans FEEL about what the current system allows them to do.
I am absolutely certain that Oriole fans or Nationals fans, or theoretical Marlins fans, or D-Backs fans do not FEEL as though their teams have the same opportunity to compete year in and year out as do Yankee and Dodger fans. A cap would soften the payroll disparity and allow those fans hope and to place blame for team failure at the feet of the owner/GM of their team as opposed to on the economics of the game.
Yes, the only way to sell a salary cap to the players is if the floor and formula for raising it each year guarantees as much aggregate payroll as the players make now; and of course the problem there is that team revenues (attendance and local media rights) are so wildly disparate. I mean, how can anyone expect the Rays to shell out 180M in payroll while drawing 1.5M fans at lower ticket prices in markets that generate a fraction of the media deals in NY, LA, Chicago, Boston, ATL, etc. The only way it could work is if the big networks pony up enough to support the floor, but why would they do that and why would the big market teams give up their built-in advantage?
This is an owner vs owner argument which is really what this negotiation is. MLB's most recent proposal states as much
Is there a transcript or caption possible in the future?
I should've said this earlier... but I REALLY hope there's a chapter about fictional baseball seasons. Joe Shlabotnik's 1963. 1939 (in the movie, at least) Roy Hobbs. 1989 Willie Mays Hayes. Sylvester Coddmeyer III in the early '70s (I don't think a year is ever specified). 1993 Henry Rowengartner*. Benny "the Jet" Rodriguez, also (I believe) in 1993, by which point he'd been reduced to an occasional pinch runner, but still a legend. And of course, the king of them all, 1985 Sidd Finch. I would enjoy Joe's favorite takes on best fictional baseball seasons.
*I'm not sure Henry Rowengartner is belongs on this list, as it's possible he is real and his name is Jacob Misiorowski.
Sylvester Coddmeyer! What a deep pull.
I’m not interested in talking-head videos. Write an article, post as a podcast, but all you have time for is a video, save it for when you have more time.
‘Cause it’s all about me.
Can’t wait to see if Super Joe Charbonneau is included!
Pretty sure he's gonna be there. It's hard to imagine Joe of all people leaving him out!
Joe is growing a mustache in the same way that my 10-year-old is growing a mustache... which is to say he's not shaving, but there ain't no mustache there.
With those eyebrows and with Joe's family's Eastern European history, I'm betting on a good Cossack look any day now.