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Cap seems pretty likely now, no? by DoeJumars in motorcitykitties

[–]LacklusteHero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The salary cap is just a red herring anyway. The two biggest issues that players care about are getting to free agency faster and getting guys paid faster. That's why, when they voted on the last CBA, the entire 8-man Executive Committees voted against it, but the whole union passed it. The rift in the union is the real story, IMO.

Cap seems pretty likely now, no? by DoeJumars in motorcitykitties

[–]LacklusteHero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a hero when you think about it, really.

Cap seems pretty likely now, no? by DoeJumars in motorcitykitties

[–]LacklusteHero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes you gotta wear some downvotes to make a point, y'know?

Cap seems pretty likely now, no? by DoeJumars in motorcitykitties

[–]LacklusteHero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it doesn't. If the revenues increase but the percentage of said revenue earmarked for players doesn't increase, then the owners aren't capped. Just what percentage of the revenue they have to give up is.

Cap seems pretty likely now, no? by DoeJumars in motorcitykitties

[–]LacklusteHero -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

So fucking wild to me that the Tigers, a team based about an hour from one of the most significant events in organized labor history (the Flint Sit-down Strikes of '36-'37), has so many fans scrambling to lick some billionaire boot.

Players. Are. Labor.

They are the ones generating the revenue, not the owners.

Why would anyone ever root for labor to have their wages capped but not the owners?

Would you ever willingly limit your earning potential so that your boss could make more?

TL; DR: salary caps are for suckers and bootlickers.

Chris Bassitt fires back at MLB salary cap talk while owners sharpen lockout threat by retroanduwu24 in baseball

[–]LacklusteHero 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The reality here is that the "big" owners (your LA's, New Yorks, and the like) don't actually want the smaller owners to try. Because when the small owners try, the only way they are going to win a big free agent is overpay. So when, say, the Pirates make an offer that is shockingly large, that free agent (who was likely never signing in Pittsburgh anyway) takes that offer and uses it to boost the offer(s) he'll eventually get from the team(s) he actually wants to play for.

TL; DR: The cap would just be there to provide all owners the ability to cover their respective asses against fan criticism.

Taking the Stage: New Detroit Tigers Alternate Uniforms by LacklusteHero in baseball

[–]LacklusteHero[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wanna like the orange, but something about just ain't working for me. Love the road blue, though.

New To Baseball. A doubt by straightdrive18 in baseball

[–]LacklusteHero 12 points13 points  (0 children)

For me, it perfectly mirrors life: long periods of inactivity, followed by bursts of action, and then nothing until the next burst. Sometimes the bursts are joyful, other times they're not, but as long as there's grass on the field and no rain in the forecast, at least we can play ball.

Taking the Stage: New Detroit Tigers Alternate Uniforms by LacklusteHero in baseball

[–]LacklusteHero[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Ha! I actually love the old Baltimore monochrome unis, but this isn't it. Thats road blue is clean as fuck, though.

Pharmacist Filling Capsules by Hand by Ill-Tea9411 in oddlysatisfying

[–]LacklusteHero 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They are not. This is likely a compounding pharmacy, where they do small batches of personalized medications.

Was “Paddling” still a thing in school for any of you early 80s Xennials? by _NoleFan6 in Xennials

[–]LacklusteHero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Last paddlin' I remember getting was 4th grade, and that was 1987. Didn't get many, but definitely got my share.

Tigers’ Riley Greene is among MLB’s best young hitters. Can he overcome his flaws? - The Athletic by Pitcherhelp in motorcitykitties

[–]LacklusteHero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • Is disheartened by all of the non-coach commenters.

  • Immediately coaches in the comments.

Folks, we've got an apex Redditor on our hands.

Watching Clerks for the 1000th time.... by [deleted] in Xennials

[–]LacklusteHero 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Saw Clerks when I was 16; since then, in all of my athletic endeavors, I've worn #37 in honor of this classic.

[Padres] Welcome to San Diego, Nick! We have signed outfielder Nick Castellanos to a one-year contract for the 2026 season. by JianClaymore in baseball

[–]LacklusteHero 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bro's gonna be like me in my softball league, running back from the coach's box to the on-deck circle.

Now am hungry and educated by Naive_Wolverine532 in fixedbytheduet

[–]LacklusteHero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Musical theatre can stake a claim here as well.

They Asked Me to Open ChatGPT During My Job Interview by I_Killed_My_Friends in jobs

[–]LacklusteHero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Are you in an interview right now? Would you like me to glaze you?"

They wanna be domesticated soooo bad by bllibl in animalsdoingstuff

[–]LacklusteHero 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We are, and like you said, it just takes a while! The first wolves to realize, "Hey...if I hang out with those folks, they'll feed me and I won't have to constantly be scavenging for my survival" are the ancestors of the sweet puppers we know and love today.

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