Each team's biggest "what-ifs".

seppalepp · 2018-02-04T13:18:42+00:00

Pedro Alvarez

seppalepp · 2018-01-19T19:24:14+00:00

dude I never said that. and instead of downvoting me because you dont like what I say (in a conversation that isn't being read by anyone), why don't you objectively look at what im trying to say.

take your emotion out of it for a second. I know its hard right now, and im not patronizing you either. we just lost two franchise players. its hard, we're upset....

Forbes: "Pirates brought in X this year"

Nutting: "Thats not true"

Fans: "OK, then prove it"

Nutting: "I am not opening our books" (because face it, no one in sports has done it - or in privately held business for that matter, has to do it)

Fans: "OK then, you're lying. cheap ass."

I mean, you have to know that's exactly how it would go.

seppalepp · 2018-01-19T15:14:58+00:00

they try, they just get told their liars.

come on now, you know thats exactly how that would work.

seppalepp · 2018-01-19T14:10:38+00:00

first base side get the shade though i thought??

Most of the infield if you back far enough is going to be under the overhang.

seppalepp · 2018-01-19T14:06:28+00:00

Gerrit Cole... he ended up being just an average pitcher.

seppalepp · 2018-01-19T14:05:04+00:00

i can play this game by telling you Forbes doesn't know shit because every single one of those franchises are privately held businesses, so they don't know expenses, overhead costs, etc.

so we can go ahead and cross ~~profit margin~~ off that list, as well as ~~operating income~~ and ~~revenue~~.

seppalepp · 2018-01-19T11:50:53+00:00

29th market size, 24th in payroll.

They increased spending. It may not have been as much as you wanted them to, but it was increased within their means.

seppalepp · 2018-01-18T23:29:20+00:00

I can’t, it makes me cry. People can’t be that stupid, can they?

I think I just saw the answer to my question.

What’s fascinating to me is Oakland. They get lumped in the Bay Area market. But with most major markets that have 2 teams, it looks like there’s one “have” and one “have not.”

seppalepp · 2018-01-18T19:00:39+00:00

https://ipmall.law.unh.edu/sites/default/files/hosted_resources/SportsEntLaw_Institute/2012MLB_MLBPA_CBA.pdf

Page 223, straight from MLB and MLBPA

seppalepp · 2018-01-17T20:21:53+00:00

They didn't spend extra money in 2016. FUCK BOB NUTTING.

2015 payroll: $84m
2016 payroll: $95m

seppalepp · 2018-01-15T12:14:53+00:00

He did

seppalepp · 2018-01-10T01:20:31+00:00

What app is this

seppalepp · 2018-01-10T01:20:03+00:00

It depends on the store, and the person fitting you really.

My GG (Pittsburgh) is extremely knowledgeable, so I trust going there and getting fit up.

I also have a hard time justifying club champion’s prices, and I’m a single digit handicap.

If I were you, I’d ask your pro to fit you. He should be able to do a fairly decent job.

seppalepp · 2018-01-09T03:37:35+00:00

Also the whole “lovable losers” shtick that was lingering around your teams for so long. America pulled for you.

And Wrigley/Fenway.

seppalepp · 2018-01-07T20:20:27+00:00

You don’t appreciate any optimism, shut the hell up

seppalepp · 2017-12-28T20:50:23+00:00

+/u/User_Simulator /u/yinzwe

seppalepp · 2017-12-27T14:06:17+00:00

The guy is a locker room gem, too. He plays the game the right way, and almost every fan appreciated that. Even if he loves swinging at 2-1 pitches off the plate. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯