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twinsfan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (10/30/2024 11:37:14 AM)
Yankees fans ripped the ball out of Mookie's glove and the Yankees "win" the game. Sad really.

twinsfan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (12/12/2024 6:51:49 PM)
Dick Allen and Dave Parker now HOFers. About time.

David Levine -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (2/21/2025 6:43:24 PM)
quote: Major League Baseball and ESPN have “mutually agreed” to end their national television deal after the upcoming 2025 season. Rob Manfred wrote the league has “not been pleased with the minimal coverage that MLB has received on ESPN’s platforms over the past several years outside of the actual live game coverage.” MLB and ESPN had a deal in place that would have run through 2028. The broadcaster informed the league of its decision to opt out on Thursday morning. MLB responded by saying they also would opt out. The network was due to pay the league an estimated $550 million each of the next three years, which it deemed way above the current market value, according to people briefed on the network’s thinking. https://baseball.realgm.com/wiretap/59415/MLB-ESPN-Mutually-Agree-To-End-$550M-Per-Year-Media-Rights-Deal By contrast, the NBA is set to make over $7 billion a year from their new TV rights partners -- ESPN, NBC, Amazon -- starting with the 2025-2026 season. NFL is over $11 billion a year in TV money. Another data point is that the Dodgers are estimated to get over $300 million a year for local TV rights. quote: Yes, the Dodgers are exploiting the system through a formula of signing bonuses and deferred payments, using money generated from a 25-year, $8.35 billion local-television deal and their league-leading attendance every year since 2013. No other team operates from such a financial foundation. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6076507/2025/01/21/los-angeles-dodgers-system-advantage/

Bill Johanesen -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (3/21/2025 2:18:08 PM)
Plus the Dodgers could make money from Ohtani's contract. This is from the LA Times in 2023; there are other articles that discuss other ways. Like Ohtani, MLB’s only two-way star, his contract is unique as an unprecedented business opportunity for the Dodgers, according to industry and financial experts. He easily could net the club $50 million annually in additional marketing and advertising revenues. He already is making himself a reported $50 million in endorsements, contributing to his apparent indifference to maximizing his Dodgers salary. Most of all, he is giving the Dodgers and their owners the ultimate financial gifts: 1) the ability to save money in the short term by deferring $680 million of his salary until the contract is complete; and 2) the potential to profit off the income that money will generate in the meantime, a dynamic that could transform an already big-spending franchise into MLB’s biggest financial behemoth. “They’re getting a huge financial windfall for this contract [when compared to the $460-million present value disclosed],” said finance expert Morrie Aaron, founder and president of MCA Financial Group. “They’ll make a lot of money — a lot of money — on this thing.” One rival agent offered up a jaw-dropping estimate. “This may be close to an $800 million to $1 billion gain for the Dodgers over a decade,” the agent said, noting that if the team were to simply take the $680 million in deferrals and invest it — say, with an asset management firm like Guggenheim Partners, which is run by Dodgers owner Mark Walter — then the money could more than double in a decade’s time. “They may be able to make $1 billion extra,” the agent reiterated.

twinsfan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (4/7/2025 10:21:40 AM)
Did you know the Mariners have a switch-pitcher in the minors? https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/mariners-switch-pitching-prospect-jurrangelo-cijntje-pro-debut

Bill Johanesen -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (5/6/2025 3:33:03 PM)
Dodgers have like 7-8 meaningful pitchers on the IL, a few are out for the season. Their high injury rate has gone on too long for it to be coincidental.

Trekgeekscott -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (9/29/2025 9:33:55 AM)
So here we go with the MLB postseason. Normally I root as follows. If My Twins are in, I root for them. Since they suck donkey nuts... My next argument is thus. Anyone facing the Yankees are my favorite team that game. So Go Redsux. After that I would prefer some teams not succeed too, like the Dodgers. But at this point I start rooting for whomever has the longest wait since their last WS win. So , since the Mariners have never even played in one, I will root for them then the Brewers who played in the WS in 1983. Then I will go Cleveland, last won in 1948 or so. Detroit won in 84. Toronto in 93 Phily and the Dodgers most recently. My hopes are for a WS between the Mariners and Brewers or Padres. After that in this order AL Mariners, Cleveland, Detroit, Toronto, Redsox, Yankees NL Brewers, Padres, Reds, Phillies, Cubs Dodgers.

twinsfan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (9/29/2025 12:52:36 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Trekgeekscott So here we go with the MLB postseason. Normally I root as follows. If My Twins are in, I root for them. Since they suck donkey nuts... My next argument is thus. Anyone facing the Yankees are my favorite team that game. So Go Redsux. After that I would prefer some teams not succeed too, like the Dodgers. But at this point I start rooting for whomever has the longest wait since their last WS win. So , since the Mariners have never even played in one, I will root for them then the Brewers who played in the WS in 1983. Then I will go Cleveland, last won in 1948 or so. Detroit won in 84. Toronto in 93 Phily and the Dodgers most recently. My hopes are for a WS between the Mariners and Brewers or Padres. After that in this order AL Mariners, Cleveland, Detroit, Toronto, Redsox, Yankees NL Brewers, Padres, Reds, Phillies, Cubs Dodgers. Man, I think my 5 least favorite teams are in the playoffs: Cubs, Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies and Dodgers.

boydster -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (9/30/2025 7:42:24 PM)
Everyone here in WI is saying win it for Bob U. and I am ok with that. at least I can say I watched a Championship team play

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