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I know it's small market whininess, but I also know every word in that article is true, just like I know that the people in position to change the system could really give a shit about fans of the Brewers, Royals, Reds, etc...

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i feel that small market teams are like everyone NOT a current or former governor

who also fought against the predator.

"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin

by sowingwildoats on Nov 8, 2009 2:07 AM CST reply actions  

Also, have bonuses paid by MLB to reward good players/performances

All-Star? Have a bonus. Rookie of the Month? Have a bonus. Win the World Series? Spend your bonus at Disneyland. 200 hits in a season? Congrats, have some money.

Imagine the intrigue attached to the bonuses for finishing 10th in Cy Young voting. I think the rampant speculation about who was bribing who for votes would be fun.

Sign Corky Miller

by TheJay on Nov 8, 2009 10:42 AM CST up reply actions  

I don't know how this would work in practicality, though

If you’re at $85 late in the offseason do you sign Turnbow to a $15 million deal?

I think the only realistic way to fix it is 100% sharing of TV revenues.

E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).

by Jordan M on Nov 8, 2009 12:16 PM CST up reply actions  

The NFLPA has a performance pay fund that it distributes to players that they believe outplayed their contract.

It’s certainly not huge money compared to the big contracts, but it has been known to kick a guy making the league minumum up a couple of hundred thousand.

What begins in fear usually ends in folly.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Nov 8, 2009 4:15 PM CST up reply actions  

I see no reason to think that a salary floor wouldn't work.

Everyone at the same salary probably wouldn’t work, but a cap at $150 million and a floor at $80 million would do a lot to spread out the talent and really examine the ability of the various front offices to put together the best team they could with similar resources. It would also prevent one team (let’s use a fictional name, like, say, the Schmankees) from signing the top three free agents in any given year (like they did last year) and essentially buy a championship that does not reflect they quality of their talent evaluators.

Hey, it’s not going to happen and I know that’s true. But periodically someone needs to write articles like this to point out to MLB that the folks in the midwest know they’re getting screwed.

What begins in fear usually ends in folly.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Nov 8, 2009 4:20 PM CST up reply actions  

Best quote of the article
As a fan, who wants to enter a season thinking, "If everything goes right and nobody blows an elbow, we could finish .500?’’

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/paul_daugherty/11/03/small.market/index.html#ixzz0WJwliqOZ
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I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."

~Jeff Sackmann

by Charlie Marlow on Nov 8, 2009 7:17 PM CST reply actions  

Odd

when i copy/pasted that quote, it automagically inserted the bottom part. Huh.

I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."

~Jeff Sackmann

by Charlie Marlow on Nov 8, 2009 7:17 PM CST up reply actions  

A free NFL jacket and golf tee?

sweet!

Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".

by tcyoung on Nov 8, 2009 10:42 PM CST up reply actions  

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