The Marlins can go? The same Marlins that have won two titles in 14 years of existence while the Rays, Royals, Nats, Twins and the A's haven't won one in that time span? Those Marlins?
I think we are all missing the big picture. THE MARLINS WILL HAVE A $8 MILLION PAYROLL!! Where is all this money going?? They get TV deals and luxury taxes and revenue shares. This is a ****ing disgrace to baseball!!
I thought you meant go as in contract.
Great stuff.
SI.com - Writers - Jon Heyman: Tigers among AL's elite after trade - Wednesday December 5, 2007 12:48PMThe Marlins have few fans, and Loria has almost none among the league office. Baseball's bigwigs dislike Loria and his sidekick president David Samson, who also doubles as his former son-in-law, as reasons No. 1 and 1A why the Marlins have yet to get the new roofed stadium they desperately need. MLB people believe Loria and Samson have unintentionally destroyed several deals by annoying the authorities of Miami and Florida.
But the real reason not to like Loria is that he uses his team as his personal ATM machine. The Marlins rake in close to $30 million in revenue sharing monies annually yet he kept their payroll to about $25 million last year. Which means they are already $5 million ahead before they sell a ticket. Plus, the trade of Willis and Cabrera will line Loria's pockets to the tune of another $20 million saved. Florida's 2008 payroll could go below $20 million now, 10 percent that of the Yankees.
Thanks to the considerable smarts of Loria's baseball people, the team has done the best it can considering the oh-so-limited resources he gives them. But something's not right when the top front-office people all are given contracts through 2015 -- that's right, 2015 -- and none of their players is working on anything longer than a one-year contract.
Wow! Good find Dirty.
Note to self: Go to business school and work for the Marlins.
2003 Hybrid World Champion (115-47 reg season, 11-4 playoffs)
TBL: Anaheim Angels 2006-present (238-244 regular season, 1 division title)
MSL: St Louis Cardinals 2013-present (2734-2936 regular season, 5 division titles, 2 championships)
TSSL: Seattle Mariners 2006-2029, Pittsburgh Pirates 2030-present (209-277, 5 division titles w/SEA, 1 championship w/SEA)
Right, because major league baseball games happen to be decided by a computer game engine. All you OOTP nerds need a bat to the head.
I live like 30 minutes from Louisville, I would love to see us get a professional baseball or football team. Louisville came close to getting the Grizzlies before it was decided they would go to Memphis, but I never really wanted a professional basketball team being that we have the Kentucky Wildcats and Louisville Cardinals who are already larger than life within the state.
I would just hate to see what they would change the name too, they had a contest when the Louisville's AAA team switched affiliates from St. Louis to Cincinnati, and the winning name was the "River Bats".. They've since changed it to just the Bats, but what a ridiculous name.
"They asked me if I wanted the ball in Game 6, and I said yes. I'll always say yes. That's what I did with Jack McKeon. I told him, 'Let me see how I feel tomorrow.' I went out, did a long toss, came in and said, 'I'll pitch, I want it, I want to do it.' And it ended up working out." -Josh Beckett
HollywoodLeo: You and Kingdom always annoy me
"Oh, don't mind me, I'm rebuilding now" then you win at least 80 games
RIP S3SL Minnesota Twins.
RIP HSL Anaheim Angels
Rebuilding the Dodger Blues
Renewed Start back in the land of 10,000 lakes