Jump to content

casimir

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    10,173

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    52

 Content Type 

Everything posted by casimir

  1. casimir
    Still shots without context of the part of the discussion should come with a ton of salt. That said, Manfred does have a very punchable face.
  2. casimir
    I would think both sides needed a break from each other, especially with how things fell apart earlier this week.
  3. casimir
    If I were to apply the minimum baseball salary (what is it, $550K?) to the minimum wage at a union workplace where $22/hour is the floor, the top wage earning at the union shop (if you want to use $36M as your ceiling) is $1,440/hour. It's tough to wrap my head around that. Yes, supply and demand and all of that so a professional sports union is not comparable to the UAW or something like that. Here is something else that I struggle with. Changing/inserting different contract language/clauses in between a proposal and a vote. What the hell happened there?
  4. casimir
    OK, I guess I do remember hearing the all star game was the first game played after the strike. So a week to get ready, but they already had been playing for 3 months. Not the same situation as we are in now as these guys haven't even been in spring training.
  5. casimir
    Completely agree with the gambling revenue.
  6. casimir
    Detroit Pistons (15-47) vs Toronto Raptors (34-27)
  7. casimir
    I’d like to know what pitch counts were back then. There certainly wasn’t the reliever merry go round like there is today.
  8. casimir
    Ok, so just the in between innings stuff has been reduced by 18 half innings * 20 seconds per = 6 minutes at the very least. I still maintain that the during inning “action” is where the bang for the buck is.
  9. casimir
    Yes, too many lives have been ruined and/or needlessly suffered already. Best thing possible is for Putin to be put down.
  10. casimir
    Yes, ends of close basketball games have gotten ridiculous. Hockey is the sport for end of close games.
  11. casimir
    A question for some of you old goats that remember the 1981 strike. I see on baseball reference that the Tigers played June 11 and then not again until August 10. How did the restart work? Did teams have minicamps after the CBA was agreed to? I scanned the first few box scores after the restart, and it looked like SPs were throwing 5 or 6 innings (except for the one game where Schatzeder couldn’t get out of the the first without giving up a six pack). Morris pitched against Steib. It seems like they always faced each other when I was a kid.
  12. casimir
    What amount of time was reduced during commercials? And clearly they didn’t do the same for the playoff games, especially the World Series. I guess good for them for doing that much. There’s not one magic aha that is going to reduce time and improve game flow. Pitch clocks, keeping batters in the box, deadening the ball and keeping it in play. Does the IF really need to throw the ball around after an out? I think somewheres in here it was mentioned that umps could try enforcing the rules and just start calling balls and strikes if guys aren’t ready. But would MLB back them for doing so?
  13. casimir
    We call that the plus screwdriver in my house. That and the minus screwdriver.
  14. casimir
    Sure, that's fine. Its MLB. I'll believe it when I see it. If speeding up the game does lead to more revenue windfalls than appeasing gamblers, then that's the direction they will steer the ship. Their #1 priority is (acquiring as much cash from the) fans (as possible).
  15. casimir
    Are they really trying to do that, or are they just trying to put up the appearance of it?
  16. casimir
    How does one lose that what one doesn't have?
  17. casimir
    April in the T, Morans. Toledo Mud Hens Toledo Walleye University of Toledo basketball (Final Four, I'm calling my shot right here, right now) Who's with me?
  18. casimir
    I agree with you from a fan's perspective that the most important issue is the flow of the game. They could increase their hardcore base of fans and pick up new casual fans by knocking games down to 2 1/2 hours. Somebody posted a tweet from Joc Pederson a few pages ago and he was lamenting 7 inning games. Hey, get your ass into the batter's box and get ready to hit! I wonder, however, with MLB seemingly noticing the revenue opportunity with gambling relatively recently, has it put the game flow issue on the back burner? They tried a pitch clock in the minors (definitely AAA) a few seasons ago, and we're still waiting on that to bubble up to the majors. Heck, I don't even know if they used it in AAA last season.
  19. casimir
    Maybe I am misunderstanding the point, but are you suggesting that is the crux of the issue at hand? Or is this aspect of the CBA the most important to you>
  20. casimir
  21. casimir
    I think I read something about a notice going out to previous/current subscribers. I don't know exactly how the subscriptions work, I don't know if its season to season and you have to actively renew or if it renews passively.
  22. casimir
    I thought that was a turducken?
  23. casimir
    I keep forgetting about this aspect. Speaking of, I wonder if Vegas has a line on the date of opening day and how many regular seasons teams will play this season?
  24. casimir
    Is there a parallel between average age and average salary? If teams are going younger because it makes more financial sense and because the production is relatively the same (and/or the younger player could appreciate in value while the older player typically depreciates in value), then where is the complaint in lower average salaries?
  25. casimir
    Hard to believe that this will help with recovering revenue in '21. I saw some stuff last night about folks cancelling MLB.TV until blackout rights are removed, although it seems to be that this lockout is the last straw for these people.
×
×
  • Create New...