Emerald city vs Motor city Game Thread 8-6

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Well, many would say that the competitive balance created by salary caps and revenue sharing has made those leagues more popular/successful and hence increased their revenue. And then that has led to larger salary contracts for their players. I tend go agree with that view.

lol is that why Rob Refsnyder made about the same as Rashid Shahid?? And Taylor Ward is making more than Ernest Jones?

Well, you conveniently left out that MLB has greater revenue potential due to the fact they play 162 games in very large venues as opposed to 17 or 81 (NBA/NHL in smaller venues). I would venture to guess that MLB could generate greater revenues if every city that has a team felt that they had a fair shake in signing free agent talent then I think their attendance/viewership goes way up while the major market teams only experience a minor drop-off.

I am sure if you forward this post to all the players they will agree to a cap on day one of the lockout...

[D-train]

The difference between the NFL and MLB are scabs. The NFL struck but the games continued with none union players. MLB players strike and the season is over

Remember when Largent played in the Scab game and just went OFF. Also they had scabs in Spring training one year but they settled before it went any further....

I don't remember a spring training with a labor dispute. Id like to investigate that more. Really we need to differentiate between strikes and lockouts. Seems like the last few baseball issues have been lockouts. Currently it's the MLB that wants to change the status quo so it's about shutting things down. It be MLB eliminating the season.

LOL you investigate it, I will google it.

Major League Baseball used replacement players (commonly called "scabs") during Spring Training in 1995 because the 1994–95 players' strike bled into the new year. Owners brought in minor leaguers, retired pros, and amateurs as a threat to regular players, but the strike ended before regular-season games started with replacements

[D-train]

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2022/2/ ... -look-back

[Seattle or Bust]

Seems really silly to run ahead 2-1 in a count against a guy with a 2.90...

But then again, this team has thrown away innings all year with stupid decisions so what's new?