November 15, 20178 yr Author that's what shafted means... Not in my world. I would love to be shafted every night but my wife is usually "too tired."
November 16, 20178 yr Winning is not necessarily a function of payroll. If they build the team the right way like the cubs, astros, yankees, etc, they will have a very good, young, consistent winning, cost controlled team, and that is really all fans want. This team can trade away everyone, if it leads to a winning team fans will come out. But this franchise WILL lose more games, because the talent is not there, and the Phillies and Braves and Mets will most likely be better in the next 2 years. So the only way to increase attendance is to make it more affordable for fans to come to the games. Reducing ticket prices, concessions prices and parking prices may increase attendance some, but losing (which there will be lots of) will not lure them any more than now....they already are the "forgotten" franchise by the local media. How are they going to increase revenues when they have a losing product on the field ? I'm already worried.....
November 16, 20178 yr More proof of incompetence. According to the herald article, they believe attendance will rise because Jeter is more popular than Loria. This is why someone from Miami needed to buy this team. They better draft really well because Jeter could cure cancer and Miami won't give a shit unless he can field a consistently competitive team. 1 :DudeComeOn-min: :DudeComeOn-min: Man these guys are just out of touch.....they really believe that's how naïve the fanbase is ? That Jeter is all it will take ? Geeeesh how do they get all that money and be such morons ?
November 16, 20178 yr More proof of incompetence. According to the herald article, they believe attendance will rise because Jeter is more popular than Loria. This is why someone from Miami needed to buy this team. They better draft really well because Jeter could cure cancer and Miami won't give a shit unless he can field a consistently competitive team. 1 :DudeComeOn-min: :DudeComeOn-min: Man these guys are just out of touch.....they really believe that's how naïve the fanbase is ? That Jeter is all it will take ? Geeeesh how do they get all that money and be such morons ?
November 16, 20178 yr Why? That's similar to what most MLB teams are getting in their deals. This is not a similar market to anyone else.....except maybe Tampa Bay.
November 16, 20178 yr How the hell do the Mariners get $76 million? They have strong numbers and they have a large market....closest teams are the A's and Giants and they are 800 miles away. I had a very good friend that lived in Bucoda, WA about 70 miles south of SeaTac, and he and just about everyone else listened to the games via radio or watched on TV. He said the couple of restaurants in town, and the local bar were almost empty on nights the Mariners played
November 16, 20178 yr Is there any notion of increasing revenue by increasing the Marlins presence in the Caribbean ? Do they already broadcast to PR and the Dominican ? Will they have a chance do you think to broadcast to Cuba in the next 4 or 5 years ? To me, this is a way they could increase that money from radio & TV rights.
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