MLB 2024 Discussion Thread (Current Champions: Texas Rangers)

[Lilofan]

Detroit is a nice story and beating Houston would be fantastic…..hopefully they can finish tonight

In the last 4 years, we’ve been to Camden Yards as many times as Truist (Atl Braves home Park)…Camden is so nice and so is the Inner Harbour….i hope the Os can figure out how to win in the Postseason as we see the Braves and Dodgers bow out every year.

The Os young team has plenty of stars…if you want to use a Team as a pattern of what not to do, look no further than the Braves. They have locked up to long term contracts every position player save SS and LF. The lineup looked a little stale BEFORE the injuries hit and we expect to trot the same 7 Core out next year. We’ll see what happens….

Good luck tonight

When it comes to reloading , the Mets , Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers will be plucking the young guys from the min MLB wage payroll Orioles, and other lower paying teams etc and giving them offers these guys will not refuse. Money talks .

 

[LSLS]

When it comes to reloading , the Mets , Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers will be plucking the young guys from the min MLB wage payroll Orioles, and other lower paying teams etc and giving them offers these guys will not refuse. Money talks .

Which is one of the reasons why MLB is the only sport that has had a decrease in average attendance over the past 20 years, and the least increase in revenue of all major sports.

 

[Dad 2 M & M]

When it comes to reloading , the Mets , Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers will be plucking the young guys from the min MLB wage payroll Orioles, and other lower paying teams etc and giving them offers these guys will not refuse. Money talks .

Yes

And plucking some of those young guys might help a small market roster in need of turnover

 

[Dad 2 M & M]

Which is one of the reasons why MLB is the only sport that has had a decrease in average attendance over the past 20 years, and the least increase in revenue of all major sports.

MKB is really reaching to gain attendance….a few examples are the Field of Dreams, next year’s Speedway Classic, this past year’s Rickwood , etc….

The past few years you can grab tickets on the secondary market for pennies on the dollar….

 

[Lilofan]

Which is one of the reasons why MLB is the only sport that has had a decrease in average attendance over the past 20 years, and the least increase in revenue of all major sports.

Flip side of EPL ( 1st division UK football ) the big money teams Man U, Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea ) buy and contract the most expensive players in the goal to win titles but all teams in league play to sold out stadiums consistently. The loyalty of fans winning or losing seasons in the UK is next level compared to fans cheering on their teams in the USA

 

[Dad 2 M & M]

Mets stun Brewers on late Alonso homer….on to Philly

 

[Dad 2 M & M]

Flip side of EPL ( 1st division UK football ) the big money teams Man U, Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea ) buy and contract the most expensive players in the goal to win titles but all teams in league play to sold out stadiums consistently. The loyalty of fans winning or losing seasons in the UK is next level compared to fans cheering on their teams in the USA

NCAA Football fans are the same, in the SEC for sure. There rarely a cheap ticket to see Bama, Georgia, Tennessee on their campus’…..shockingly, those Kick Off Classics to begin the season often have a cheaper $$$$ than a home game against one of the directional teams

 

[Lilofan]

NCAA Football fans are the same, in the SEC for sure. There rarely a cheap ticket to see Bama, Georgia, Tennessee on their campus’…..shockingly, those Kick Off Classics to begin the season often have a cheaper $$$$ than a home game against one of the directional teams

I've been following Rutgers and they sold out their stadium when they beat Washington but the stadium was almost empty when they crushed Howard at home earlier in the season.