Mondo Trasho
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In 30 years when we see the first genetically engineered athletes, the current hand wringing about PEDs will seem quaint.
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It's only a tank job in the sense that they've chosen to do things the wrong way for many years (with a few good moves here and there) and as a result things have finally bottomed out. I don't think they're intentionally trying to lose, it's just this is the path they must go on to get to where they need to be. It could have been a lot less painful if done 10, 15 or 20 years ago, but we're here now.
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The NBA is probably the least competitive league of the big four (I don't know anything about hockey so I can't speak for it, but of the other three for sure). The max and super max contract rules have arguably exacerbated the problem. Yes, small market clubs can retain their players, but so can the big market clubs, and unlike the smaller markets they can also attract talent from other teams while doing so.
The franchise tag "works" in the sense that teams keep their player, for a time. But a large part of why it works is that it's a very large one year contract in a sport that doesn't have guaranteed money. I'm not sure it's been a good thing for the NFL, nor am I sure it would translate over to baseball.
I think baseball should open things up more. Change the foreign player rules maybe, allow teams to trade draft picks. Let franchises be more creative in how they build their teams.
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I'm not a talent evaluator, so I'm not sure who I wanted the O's to pick. To me, it's about more than any one draft or any one player. There needs to be a culture of consistency in finding and developing talent. In the draft, free agent signings, undrafted players, international talent, etc. Any one player can flame out, get hurt, whatever. But if we're doing the right things consistently, there will be more than enough to make up for it.
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1 minute ago, DrungoHazewood said:
Not in MLB, not any more. In the 50s through early 70s a lot of teams moved and it was chaotic. In the past 45 years the Expos/Nats are the only team that has moved.
Hence, why I wrote "probably very low". Yes, it hasn't happened in the MLB for quite some time (outside of the Expos to DC) but it's happened in other sports.
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I think the likelihood of the team moving to Las Vegas or anywhere else is low. Probably very low. But not zero. Lots of teams move, lots of teams who appear very likely to move, don't (I'm old enough to remember when the Sacramento Kings moving to Virginia Beach was viewed as "very likely"). The future is hard to predict sometimes.
I wish Mr. Angelos good health of course, but no one lives forever, and as others have stated it's not a given that the sons will own the team, whether that's due to MLB interference, tax issues, or just disinterest in doing so. The MASN case, the continued competition with the Nationals for the hearts and minds of area fans, and dwindling attendance are all issues to keep in mind down the road. Even if they don't result in the team moving, they could still impact the team's ability to compete.
I don't see anything wrong with 105.7 having a lawyer appear on a talk show saying he heard of or knows of an offer to move the team to Vegas. Maybe someone did offer to buy the team but Angelos turned it down. Who knows.
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Even though I was born and raised in Northern Va, both my parents are from the Baltimore area and were O's fans. My mom actually got kicked out of the 1983 parade for jumping on stage and trying to convince Tippy Martinez to give her his hat. So I pretty much grew up rooting for the O's.
Some of my fondest memories are firing up the old SNES and playing Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball and playing the World Series as the Orioles back when I was a kid. Then my brother and I world go outside and play home run derby. Great times.
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5 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:
I still say there are a lot of folks that would be happy getting say 80 million and just walking away. Not much you can buy for 92 million that you can't for 80.
Especially if you're getting it all up front. The difference can be made up with some kind of managed investment account with any number of well known firms fairly easily.
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4 minutes ago, JazzyJake said:
I don’t follow the NBA, but for the NFL, I think the answer is yes. Now, there are other variables, at least partly attributable to management. For example the Mets are a large market team who always suck because of bad signings/contracts; the NE Patriots manage the salary cap expertly and are perpetually good. And good players will always prefer to play with storied teams, but the cap mitigates their ability to always do so.
NFL free agents are more quick to sign with teams (like the Lions) because teams can only sign one, maybe two premier free agents; after that the cap prevents more signings. If an NFL free agent holds out, they usually get screwed because the available money runs out. No Red Sox or Yankees with unlimited purses. And no Mark Teixiera games of using a poorer team as contract leverage.
The NFL does have a couple perpetually bad franchises, but that is due to awful management. In general, most NFL teams make the playoffs every few years at least - the salary cap allows that.
Your assumption is that the salary cap is responsible. But, we also have to account for sample size. An NFL team only needs to win 10 or 11 (sometimes less, sometimes more) out of 16 games to qualify for single elimination playoffs. A baseball team has to win 90 or so out of 162.
It's a small sample, but consider the past 10 champions in either sport. 8 MLB franchises have a won a WS, 9 different NFL franchises have won the Super Bowl. The numbers are almost identical.
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19 minutes ago, JazzyJake said:
Until MLB implements a meaningful salary cap there will be the haves and the have-nots situation we have now where the smaller market teams serve as player development for the large market teams. The O’s are a AAAA franchise. Bye Manny!
Is there evidence that salary capped leagues like the NFL or NBA have had more championship level parity than the MLB?
Because from what I've seen, the evidence seems to run the other way.
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Some random thoughts.
Remember Ryan Kohlmeier? He was supposed to be the closer of the future back in 2001. Or at least that's what I read in the Seagram's baseball preview pamphlet I got from my dad after one of his trips to the ABC store.
Back in 2007 I actually thought the O's best chance was to sign Johan Santana, to give them a 1-2-3 punch of Bedard, Guthrie, and Santana.
Speaking of 2001, I remember hearing that offseason that the O's were rumored to be interested in Tino Martinez and Brett Boone. Glad they didn't sign them. If the rumors were even true in the first place.
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1 hour ago, Tx Oriole said:
Oh crap. I wish these players wouldn't use PED's.
I wish MLB wouldn't have any rules on their use.
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I have an Orange Melvin Mora shirt. That'll have to do.
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Tracking Ex Oriole Thread
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Yeah, I don't know that we win that game even if Britton had pitched. Still a bad decision not to bring him in, but I'm not sure they win the game either way. That's why I'm not all that upset about it.