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Rebuild .. forward to the future!

https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2020/03/06/the-saturday-survey-72/
THE SATURDAY SURVEY.
Totally Tigers

The Saturday Survey offers another way for readers to weigh in on a relevant topic. So here is a poll to gauge the pulse of our baseball-lovin? peeps.

As always, we welcome your comments, so please vote and then submit your reasons ( 4 sentences max!) for how you voted in the usual comment box. Don?t forget to come back later and view the results!

As the Tigers head into the 2020 year, which facet of their game do you have the most concern about?

Starting pitching.

Bullpen.

Defensive capabilities.

Offensive capabilities.

Not sure.

Other.
 
https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2020/03/09/cash-cow/
CASH COW.
Totally Tigers

Baseball, especially its owners, is making money hand over fist. Revenue has never been greater.

But if attendance has been going down now for the 12th year, how is this happening? There is a 14% decline since 2007, with each year lower save one.

If costs are rising, as well as the number of terrible teams, how can this possibly be the result?

It?s because MLB is making tons of cash from other things.

A couple years ago, MLB sold one-third of its BAM technology, with each owner pocketing over $50 million apiece. They also own a number of other hi-tech tools like PitchCAST, which they will also spin off for a large profit down the road.

Then there is MLB Radio and TV, along with all 30 teams websites. They own it all, control everything about the info and messages and reap the profits.

Outside of technology, they have been buying up companies like Rawlings. Is it a coincidence that shortly thereafter, baseballs started flying out of stadiums as HRs increased and the manufacturing of them changed to make them carry further?

And now, they are turning team uniforms into walking billboards with the addition of the Nike Swoosh displayed prominently on the chest. That little maneuver got them a 10-year deal conservatively estimated at over $1 billion.

Oh, and did I mention the soon-to-be-official agreement between MLB and legalized gambling?

And if that?s not enough, Rob Manfred has just proposed a new playoff format in which even more teams will compete in the off-season, deserving or not. It?s a way to sell more tickets, more food, more merchandise, more tv rights and more advertising ? by selling more hope.

More...
 
kalinecountry said:
https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2020/03/09/cash-cow/
CASH COW.
Totally Tigers

Baseball, especially its owners, is making money hand over fist. Revenue has never been greater.

But if attendance has been going down now for the 12th year, how is this happening? There is a 14% decline since 2007, with each year lower save one.

If costs are rising, as well as the number of terrible teams, how can this possibly be the result?

It?s because MLB is making tons of cash from other things.

A couple years ago, MLB sold one-third of its BAM technology, with each owner pocketing over $50 million apiece. They also own a number of other hi-tech tools like PitchCAST, which they will also spin off for a large profit down the road.

Then there is MLB Radio and TV, along with all 30 teams websites. They own it all, control everything about the info and messages and reap the profits.

Outside of technology, they have been buying up companies like Rawlings. Is it a coincidence that shortly thereafter, baseballs started flying out of stadiums as HRs increased and the manufacturing of them changed to make them carry further?

And now, they are turning team uniforms into walking billboards with the addition of the Nike Swoosh displayed prominently on the chest. That little maneuver got them a 10-year deal conservatively estimated at over $1 billion.

Oh, and did I mention the soon-to-be-official agreement between MLB and legalized gambling?

And if that?s not enough, Rob Manfred has just proposed a new playoff format in which even more teams will compete in the off-season, deserving or not. It?s a way to sell more tickets, more food, more merchandise, more tv rights and more advertising ? by selling more hope.

More...
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It's professional baseball and it's a business. When you are in business the goal is to make money.
 
tomdalton22 said:
It's professional baseball and it's a business. When you are in business the goal is to make money.
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Yes, but unfortunately the Tigers and Red Wings owner doesn't give a fuck about winning only making money which all owners doing. If he did he would have let go so many incompetent front office personnel who can't draft years ago, and hired better coaches in the minor leagues to develop positional players. Instead he has a group of "good old boys club" fuck ups who go along with what he says.
The only couple of players I can think of Paredes and last years # 1 pick Riley Greene, have good obp and lower K percentages than the rest.
Paredes was brougnt over in a trade and the kid has good patience at the plate. Most everyone else chases shit out of the strike zone.
 
In real life ..the actual 'Rebuild .. Forward to the future' ...Detroit Tiger baseball games have apparently been delayed.

Apparently ..MLB is reportedly going to be suspended until further notice.

Spring Training games likely to be suspended beginning with tomorrow's games ..and the regular season may be delayed indefinitely. Could we see no regular season games in April, ..May, ..June, ..or longer?

Nobody knows at this point in time.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/03/mlb-suspends-spring-training-games-coronavirus.html

https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/03/12/mlb-delays-season-coronavirus-outbreak

https://985thesportshub.com/2020/03...nder-of-spring-training-delay-season-opening/

https://www.chatsports.com/new-york...of-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-15874170

https://www.foxsports.com/detroit/s...ing-games-delay-regular-season-openers-031220

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...ted-suspend-spring-training-games/5033737002/
 
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