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24fps

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24fps last won the day on December 6 2017

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  • Birthday 07/10/1951

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    Brooks Robinson, Mark Belanger, Joe Orsulak

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  1. It was self-serving but suddenly I'm in a generous mood for some reason. Best wishes to you on your ride into the sunset, JA.
  2. It looks like he's as big a fanboy as the rest of us. Exciting.
  3. I love social media. Even a thread that started out referencing "ass clowns" can still find plenty of space to drop further. What are the odds that this thread gets locked before the vote results are announced?
  4. Once Rubenstein’s group officially owns the franchise they’re free to spend what they like whenever they want on the team. In large part the franchise’s balance sheet determines the sale price so of course JA will want things like payroll and additional long-term obligations capped during the acquisition process, otherwise he could receive less. Personally I prefer the current situation to the risk of a renegotiation breaking out. This year’s active payroll looks to be around $100 million which is sufficient to not damage the product in the short term.
  5. I agree that Montgomery would have been a perfect fit and the deal he got looked affordable given the O’s current payroll obligations. But put yourself in Rubenstein’s position for a moment: would you agree to buy the team without an explicit understanding as to the obligations the outgoing ownership group could saddle you with? There is zero question in my mind that Elias’ 2024 budget is close to maxed out now and there is a hard - and very short - limit as to the length of any contract he can currently offer, and those terms were arrived at collaboratively a while ago. As to Elias’ risk tolerance, that definitely will be something to watch in the coming years. It is almost certain that he will be operating in a very different environment than he’s been used to up to this point, so he gets the benefit of the doubt from me at least through the next offseason.
  6. I'll bet Scott Boras called on a regular basis beginning the day the sale to Rubenstein and his group was announced.
  7. Why do you think Elias had the authority to offer an extension when he made the decision to send Holliday down?
  8. Impressive resume and list of responsibilities and the O's are lucky to have her on board... but lets get down to the real question - is she one of the sigbots?
  9. FWIW I agree. “Collapse” isn’t inaccurate, but it does imply the cause was lack of structural integrity not a collision.
  10. Tate is a good candidate. Cowser better because there’s a line forming behind him.
  11. I’m thinking “Christmas in March” works too
  12. If the owners cared about appearances then they would have scheduled the vote for Friday at the earliest.
  13. At what point does Rubenstein have full authority to increase Elias’ authority to commit funds? The deal would have to close immediately after MLB approval for Montgomery to still be around i would think.
  14. Who knows until the new ownership has settled in? This is a better question for later in the season at the earliest. I agree with Frobby that 7/150 is too high a bar. Carroll's 8/111 would be a good median figure IMO.
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