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Long-time baseball writer (Baseball Prospectus, Sports Illustrated, Baseball America, et al.), publisher of The Joe Sheehan Baseball Newsletter since 2010. It's the pitchers, not the hitters.
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Always the goal.
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Yeah. The late 2010s were definitely more stratified. @robmains.bsky.social did some work here, too, with Gini coefficients. I think we're in for some fantastic races.
I wish MLB did a better job messaging on this. They really don't want to make their own case.
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Bullshit. Only six teams have any chance at all to make the playoffs because baseball is broken.
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www.joesheehan.com/2022/01/base...
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Here's the article, if you're interested!
downonthefarm.substack.com/p/the-future...
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85% of these conversations end up exactly there.
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It’s like people will die if they update their priors.
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More or less. I do think these discussions tend to frame both ownership and fanhood in more moral terms — “small cities good, big cities bad” — than I am comfortable with. That’s part of the Selig legacy.
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Don't threaten me with a good time.
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For me, it just seems ridiculous to advance plans that say, with the best of intentions, "f*** the teams with the largest fan bases that drive a disproportionate share of interest and bring in the most money, and their owners, too." That path just eventually leads to a 16-team Superleague.
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Something something at least it's an ethos. :-)
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I got news for you, brother, "small-mkt owners" will also be fine.
This is where the whole thing loses me, positioning these guys as victims of some kind. They're all the same guys. Markets don't own teams, guys who haven't looked at the right side of a menu in 40 years do.
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...with other people's money.
This is the core dispute. You think Attanasio should get even more money from Hal Steinbrenner and Guggenheim Partners, and by the transitive property, from Yankee fans and Dodger fans. Do you care what Steinbrenner, Guggenheim, Yankee fans and Dodger fans think?
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The Yankees and Dodgers are kicking back close to $100 million a year in local revenue to the takers, and sharing national revenue equally when they bring far more value to the packages, and paying penalties for investing in their product. When is enough enough, Matt?
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Aaron Civale - Anything new?
Jake Irvin - Curve cooking?
Logan Allen (CLE) - Something new?
Landon Knack - No way you're starting
Landen Roupp - More than sinker/slider?
Chandler Champlain - Royals SP prospect
Bryce Elder - Ian Anderson backup?
Yesterday's article:
pitcherlist.com/sp-roundup-s...