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I wonder if next year we will be able to buy a $40 pass to attended as many games as you want. That's the only way I would invest any money into this team. $40 for the possibility of seeing 81 games.

Speaking as a long time Hockey fan....ties are the worst. You just don't feel right after watching a long game with no resolution.

They should play the bottom of the 9th even when the home team is winning so I don't get cheated out of my full 9!

Thanks for the list...eyeballing it I see 3 players who played any part of this century that stayed with their small market team: Gordan - KC Mauer & Perkins - Min I think the scorched earth strategy will be pretty much the only available for second tier teams.

Been thinking a lot about why I don't enjoy baseball as much as I used to, and what might be driving the causal fan away. Sure length of the game, too many HR's Walks and K's, financial inequities are part of it. But I think another part is small market teams like the O's, Royals, Pirates, A's, Rays and others can't have long term starts anymore. I think in todays game you would never see: -Cal Ripken play his whole career with Baltimore -Willie Stargell play decades with Pittsburgh -George Brett play his whole career with KC These players would have to be moved to restock in order to compete. And this is hurting the causal fan. How many casual fans went to games just to see these guys play? You knew they would be in the All-Star game representing your franchise. You knew they would get some national recognition. Manny Machado probably would have played his whole career in Baltimore if he came up in 1985. Would have been a perennial All Star, and maybe would have received some HOF talk towards the end of his career. Casual fans would buy his jersey and come to the OPACY to see him play a few times a year. Trey Mancini is a great story. Fighting back from cancer, having a good season. Shining on the national stage during the HR derby. But we all know he is not long for Baltimore. Yes, trading him is the right move to rebuild the team. It might work. But the casual fan who just now is becoming a Mancini fan, has one more reason not to come to an O's game next year once he is moved. Is there any chance these small markets teams will have a 15+ year star, face of the franchise, possible HOFer moving forward?

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Why did he wear #44?

Hey look at the bright side. We may have identified 3 guys who could be part of a winning team, just need 22 more!

I kinda view my Oriole fandom like the grass in my yard. Very active during the spring growing season, but lay dormant during the hot days of summer. First part of the winter happy I don't have to think about it, but late winter looking forward to getting back at it again.

Weight wins based on total dollars spent. Go to a point system. When the Yankees win a game they get one point in the standings, when the O's win we get 10 points. The higher your overall team expense, the less points you get for a win. You want to hide expenses? Then you pay more tax dollars.

Yep, that's why I've become a Premiere League fan. Would be great if the O's played in 3 or 4 tournaments a year against teams with similar payrolls. That would keep me interested.

They should allow the MLB club to take a pass on seasons where they are not trying to win. Maybe just field a team when you think you are ready to compete.

Means, Mullins, Mancini, Mountcastle, Hays and Santander can stay........The rest can go as far as I'm concerned.

I have a strict 10 under rule.....they fall more than 10 under .500 I stop watching until they can get back to 7 under.

If all MLB stadiums have to be at 50% capacity it kind of evens the playing field a bit. O's won't notice the difference while the Yanks and Sox will both have far fewer fans than normal.

Hey what about Gummo?

I think 2025 is a realistic WS target year.

I agree with that. Especially pitchers. I believe there are only so many pitches in these arms and a good two years of MLB quality pitches are being wasted in the minors for many.

But cutting Davis today does not result in 162 game full crowd season in 2021.

I agree. For the most part professional sports are young man/women's game. I think too many good 21 and 22 year olds are using up their best athletic years in the minors.

It depends on how much the owners are concerned about attendance 10-20 years from now. The average age of a baseball fan is in the 50's. I have a 19 year old son, and none of his friends really care at all about baseball. I'm not sure that anything will save the game long term. We might just have a couple of thousand fans for each team in the future, with games being aired on small apps, that fans pay 5 or 6 hundred dollars a season to access.

Ok, and I was being sarcastic.....hardly a pipe dream to think we could win 2 of 3 against the A's.....We swept the Nats and Phils, a couple of hot bats and the O's could be in the final 8 or 4.

No way a .500 team could take 3 of 5 from the Yankees...probably never happens during the regular season.

I get little enjoyment out of talking draft picks and rebuilding. I understand it needs to be done, but I watch the games and enjoy wins much more than losses. I hope they win every game they play, make the playoffs and win the WS, regardless of how this season is perceived.

Yea I get up at 5, so after they gave up the lead in the 8th I went to bed....but it was fun to watch the highlights this morning!