Manfred "Baltimore is a Viable Baseball Market" Plus MASN issues

[Frobby]

11 minutes ago, Philip said:

Baseball was alternating between leagues, going from team to team, and it was our turn and everyone expected it but suddenly it went to San Diego( I think) which was a consecutive NL team and which had already hosted the All-Star game. Yes it was ours and yes Manfred got pissy and took it away.

It couldn’t have been “our turn.”    There are 30 teams in MLB and we last hosted in 1993.    Our turn doesn’t arrive until 2023.

In the AL, Tampa, Toronto and Oakland have not hosted an all star game since the last time we hosted.  

[Chavez Ravine]

4 hours ago, MurphDogg said:

That statement is like when a GM gives the manager a vote of confidence two weeks before he gets fired.

[$Greatness$]

Manfred's a meatball. Don't like nothing bout 'em.

[waroriole]

6 hours ago, atomic said:

Are any sports commissioners Ever liked by anyone?

Adam Silver is pretty well liked. 

[NCRaven]

Thank you for lowering expectations for posters.  Every little bit helps.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, NCRaven said:

Thank you for lowering expectations for posters.  Every little bit helps.

You are correct, I expect even less out of posters after reading his post.

[DrungoHazewood]

17 hours ago, atomic said:

Are any sports commissioners Ever liked by anyone?

Some baseball commissioners were liked by either the players or the owners, but rarely both.  And fans tend to not like them either way, but that's not universal.  

For example, Kennesaw Mountain Landis was probably liked by the fans for cleaning up the sport and his zero-tolerance policy towards gambling.  But many of the owners disliked his heavy-handed approach to any number of things.  I'm not entirely sure what the players thought, although he was very friendly to minor leaguers rights so they probably liked him.

The owners like Bowie Kuhn.  The players thought he was the devil, and I don't know that the fans were particularly fond of him.

Giamatti has this mythical quality in some circles, but he and Vincent were unliked by owners because they dared have some independence and sometimes took the sides of the players or fans.  Vincent was highly unpopular with the owners, and was outed in a coup that resulted in Bud taking over.

17 hours ago, SteveA said:

I thought Pete Rozelle was pretty popular.

And Bart Giamatti, for the few months he was commissioner.

If Giamatti had lived another 4-5 years he would have probably suffered a similar fate to Fay Vincent.  But instead he gets the James Dean/Shoeless Joe view from history: all peak, no decline.  And in Giamatti's case the peak was all of six months.  He was basically the William Henry Harrison of commissioners.

[Camden_yardbird]

Stars aren't marketable

Attendance is down

Small market teams facing real possibility of moving because markets cant support them

1/3 of the league doesnt even try due to major competitive imbalance

Major cheating scandal

Decreased youth participation in your sport

Manfred checks in with owners pocketing massive money..."Things couldn't be going better."

[luismatos4prez]

****HOT TAKE ALERT****

Mancini should retire! MLB should disband! Camden Yards should be torn down! Trade Rutschmann for prospects now before he gets expensive!

[milbest77]

 

13 minutes ago, Hit4TheCycle said:

Time to relocate the team to Vegas or Nashville. With the Nationals well on their way of winning MULTIPLE World Series all of our fans will become Nationals fans since they spend $$$ and put a REAL product on the field and compete.    Plain and simple.

Sarcasm? The Nats will be lucky to finish over .500 next season. One of the oldest rosters in MLB and they just lost their best player. 

[interloper]

These types of posts followed by immediate confirmation of "Newbie". It never fails!

[NCRaven]

Hey, I welcome Newbies.  Wish them the best.  Just hope that they contribute meaningful commentary and opinions.  Even if I disagree with them.  What he posted was, instead, a useless rant.

[Enjoy Terror]

This Week in OH Threads:

The Orioles could win the World Series if they simply sign Strasburg, Cole, and Rendon.

The Orioles are being driven out of baseball by the Nationals; relocation inevitable!

Stay tuned for more!

 

[Moose Milligan]

8 minutes ago, NCRaven said:

Hey, I welcome Newbies.  Wish them the best.  Just hope that they contribute meaningful commentary and opinions.  Even if I disagree with them.  What he posted was, instead, a useless rant.

Plain and simple.

[backwardsk]

Thought this was going to be a climate change thread.