Let's categorize this one under depressing for most small and mid market baseball teams.
A-Rod is paid more than the entire Florida Marlins roster.
This is unbelievable. A-Rod will make $28M this season, the 33 player Florida Marlins? $21.8M. The average salary in the bigs just passed $3M, yet the Marlins do not have a single player that makes the AVERAGE.
Revenue sharing and a hard cap is what has made the NFL the dominant American sports league. Greater revenue sharing and a minimum salary floor is what's necessary to fix MLB.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
6 months of heartache
Gentlemen,
The season is upon us. Let me hear your predictions for the 2008 MLB season. I'll go first...guess who wins it all??
NL:
East: Mets (Santana wins 20, Wright and Reyes lead the way)
Central: Cubs (Zambrano wins 20, Wood is a dominant closer and Fukudome becomes my new favorite player)
West: Dodgers (Pitching and Torre)
Wild Card: D-Backs (Haren and Webb)
**Redlegs: 86-76 good for a 2nd place finish 3 games behind the Cubs and 1 game behind the D-Backs (Bruce and Votto lead the way, Dunn hits 45 bombs and is almost traded midseason and Johnny Cueto finishes 2nd in ROY voting going 14-7 with sub 4 ERA)
Cy Young: Santana
Hitting Title: Holliday
HR: Howard
MVP: David Wright
ROY: Kosuke Fukudome
AL:
East: Red Sox (spit on the gloves, slap the hands)
Central: Tigers (Miggy does it all)
West: Seattle (Best pitching in weak division)
Wild Card: Indians (finally the Yanks don't make the postseason)
Cy Young: CC Sabathia
Hitting Title: Miguel Cabrera
HR Title: David Ortiz
MVP: Miguel Cabrera
ROY: Jacob Ellsbury
NL: Cubs over Dodgers, Mets over D-Backs, Cubs over Mets in 7
AL: Red Sox over Indians, Tigers over Seattle, Tigers over Red Sox in 6
World Series: THE 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Cubbies win it all over the Tigers in 7. World Series MVP: Kerry Wood with 3 saves and a win.
Thoughts? Go Cubs.
The season is upon us. Let me hear your predictions for the 2008 MLB season. I'll go first...guess who wins it all??
NL:
East: Mets (Santana wins 20, Wright and Reyes lead the way)
Central: Cubs (Zambrano wins 20, Wood is a dominant closer and Fukudome becomes my new favorite player)
West: Dodgers (Pitching and Torre)
Wild Card: D-Backs (Haren and Webb)
**Redlegs: 86-76 good for a 2nd place finish 3 games behind the Cubs and 1 game behind the D-Backs (Bruce and Votto lead the way, Dunn hits 45 bombs and is almost traded midseason and Johnny Cueto finishes 2nd in ROY voting going 14-7 with sub 4 ERA)
Cy Young: Santana
Hitting Title: Holliday
HR: Howard
MVP: David Wright
ROY: Kosuke Fukudome
AL:
East: Red Sox (spit on the gloves, slap the hands)
Central: Tigers (Miggy does it all)
West: Seattle (Best pitching in weak division)
Wild Card: Indians (finally the Yanks don't make the postseason)
Cy Young: CC Sabathia
Hitting Title: Miguel Cabrera
HR Title: David Ortiz
MVP: Miguel Cabrera
ROY: Jacob Ellsbury
NL: Cubs over Dodgers, Mets over D-Backs, Cubs over Mets in 7
AL: Red Sox over Indians, Tigers over Seattle, Tigers over Red Sox in 6
World Series: THE 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Cubbies win it all over the Tigers in 7. World Series MVP: Kerry Wood with 3 saves and a win.
Thoughts? Go Cubs.
Friday, March 28, 2008
A Diamond in the Rough
The Washington Post has a fantastic look at the New Nationals Park here. It has fantastic panaromas, videos and HD pictures. Can't wait to spend the summer at this new gem.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Fantasy Baseball
Gentlemen,
The Milwaukee River is slowly thawing and once again it appears time for me to suggest that Flip do a bunch of work and set up fantasy baseball.
Though I may be much maligned for this, I suggest that we use a league where you only have to update your lineup once a week. While the everyday adjustments may prove who is the best manager, I think it just causes people to lose interest after a couple months (namely me...which accounts for my meteoric rise, and equally meteoric plummet last year). As usual, I suggest that Flip figure out a way to solve this problem. Either way, I'm in.
And Dave, if you can do some weekly in depth analysis (charts, graphs, sabermetic calculations) and post them on a weekly basis, that would be great. Frankly, I just don't have enough stuff to check when open up Firefox.
Oh, and I also suggest that we organize some sort of "Winter Meetings" in Pinehurst, where, in Don Corleone fashion, Moe must accept any trade proffered on his son's wedding day.
The Milwaukee River is slowly thawing and once again it appears time for me to suggest that Flip do a bunch of work and set up fantasy baseball.
Though I may be much maligned for this, I suggest that we use a league where you only have to update your lineup once a week. While the everyday adjustments may prove who is the best manager, I think it just causes people to lose interest after a couple months (namely me...which accounts for my meteoric rise, and equally meteoric plummet last year). As usual, I suggest that Flip figure out a way to solve this problem. Either way, I'm in.
And Dave, if you can do some weekly in depth analysis (charts, graphs, sabermetic calculations) and post them on a weekly basis, that would be great. Frankly, I just don't have enough stuff to check when open up Firefox.
Oh, and I also suggest that we organize some sort of "Winter Meetings" in Pinehurst, where, in Don Corleone fashion, Moe must accept any trade proffered on his son's wedding day.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Bigamy
Unfortunately for Tribe fans everywhere, William and Mary's all Jewish Whitewash wasn't able to topple George Mason, but the situation raised an interesting question between Michael and myself.
If W&M won, they would have been about a 14 seed, and would have had a good chance of playing Xavier in the first round. I asked Hanley who he would be rooting for, mainly in jest, and his answer shocked me... he said Xavier without hesitation. When I looked at him like he had just committed adultery, he hesitated, but still said Xavier, so that raises a question.
In a world without divisions, would you root for your alma mater or the school you have rooted for your whole life?
Personally, I think anyone who answers their childhood team should have their diploma revoked, but then again not everyone went to a psycho-athletic, extreme school spirit school like Wabash. I am not saying you can't root for both teams, but if they play, I think you always have to root for your alma mater.
If W&M won, they would have been about a 14 seed, and would have had a good chance of playing Xavier in the first round. I asked Hanley who he would be rooting for, mainly in jest, and his answer shocked me... he said Xavier without hesitation. When I looked at him like he had just committed adultery, he hesitated, but still said Xavier, so that raises a question.
In a world without divisions, would you root for your alma mater or the school you have rooted for your whole life?
Personally, I think anyone who answers their childhood team should have their diploma revoked, but then again not everyone went to a psycho-athletic, extreme school spirit school like Wabash. I am not saying you can't root for both teams, but if they play, I think you always have to root for your alma mater.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
I Have a Confession...
I really enjoy the Duke Blue Devils this year. I love their offensive approach- the way they are virtually interchangible on offense, the way they penetrate and kick for teammates, and the green light they have from Coach K to shoot 3's at any point in a possession.
I will be rooting for them this March.
There. I said it.
I will be rooting for them this March.
There. I said it.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Farewell to Favre...
Seriously...
There were people crying in the streets this morning. I saw at least three of them.
There were people crying in the streets this morning. I saw at least three of them.
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