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Monday, June 17, 2013

Stan “The Fan” Charles: After Biogenesis, Should MLB Players Still Have The Right To Arbitration?

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posted 3 days ago by Repoz to business, history, steroids | 39 comment(s)

Dumb Dora/Donald doesn’t pretend to be enough of an ____________ .

If an already-signed player who hits an average of 20 home runs and 80 RBIs per year makes, say, $5 million per season, then surely a second player who is averaging 24 home runs and 86 RBIs deserves $6 million per year. It made perfect sense in those honest days, before the introduction of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs to the game.

But teams made deals based on the supposed integrity of the accumulated statistics ...

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1. Los Angeles El Hombre of Anaheim

posted on January 24, 2013 at 01:20 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Man, that's a lot of zeros.

2. Belfry Bob posted on January 24, 2013 at 02:30 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

...and this is really a good deal for Time Warner? (Speaking as someone who hasn't watched an ad on a baseball game broadcast in 6-7 years...)

3. Tripon posted on January 24, 2013 at 02:48 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Time Warner wants market share. This is a surefire way to get market share.

4. BeanoCook posted on January 24, 2013 at 03:16 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

MLB will pass the NFL in revenue in about 2-4 years. I wonder how this will be spun.

5. franklloyd posted on January 24, 2013 at 04:23 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Gee, it's about time MLB revenues exceed NFL revenues...they only play TEN TIMES as many games!

6. BeanoCook posted on January 25, 2013 at 06:58 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

#5 answers the question. Baseball is a superior business model, that's not in doubt.

7. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:47 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

...and this is really a good deal for Time Warner? (Speaking as someone who hasn't watched an ad on a baseball game broadcast in 6-7 years...)

I think you represent an exception in that department. I almost never watch ads on non-live programming anymore, but I don't want to watch baseball or whatever on delay, so that ends up being viewed live--ads and all.

8. puck posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:18 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

A few people I know DVR their NFL games. They start watching a bit late and fast fwd through ads and supposedly even some of the downtime between plays until they catch up some time in the 4th quarter. It's probably still a tiny majority, but I was surprised I knew even a few people who do that.

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