General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[Banedon]

Damn this is freaking hard to watch.

 

[Backtobanks]

So apparently MLB is claiming that coronavirus is causing physical damage to the stadiums so that they can file an insurance claim? I don't have access to the article, so I'm going off of the excerpt in the tweet....

 

 

The rich get richer while the poor get poorer. After they possibly collect on the insurance claim, they will increase ticket prices to cover the increase in their insurance premiums. It's a never ending cycle.

They will increase ticket prices if/when demand allows for it, not to cover the cost of something else.

 

COVID has raised the price of quite a few things regardless of demand already. Businesses and corporations use any excuse to raise prices.

[jersey cubs fan]

 

The rich get richer while the poor get poorer. After they possibly collect on the insurance claim, they will increase ticket prices to cover the increase in their insurance premiums. It's a never ending cycle.

They will increase ticket prices if/when demand allows for it, not to cover the cost of something else.

 

COVID has raised the price of quite a few things regardless of demand already. Businesses and corporations use any excuse to raise prices.

If it was regardless of demand then demand would be unable to support arbitrarily higher prices

[Backtobanks]

They will increase ticket prices if/when demand allows for it, not to cover the cost of something else.

 

COVID has raised the price of quite a few things regardless of demand already. Businesses and corporations use any excuse to raise prices.

If it was regardless of demand then demand would be unable to support arbitrarily higher prices

 

If the higher prices are on necessities, then people don't have a choice as to whether they pay the higher prices or not.

[Tim]

 

COVID has raised the price of quite a few things regardless of demand already. Businesses and corporations use any excuse to raise prices.

If it was regardless of demand then demand would be unable to support arbitrarily higher prices

 

If the higher prices are on necessities, then people don't have a choice as to whether they pay the higher prices or not.

Right - price has differing levels of elasticity on different items based on a number of factors.

 

As a "luxury" item, I would suspect that tickets are one of those items that have a demand that is somewhat sensitive to the price and is also sensitive to the overall economic conditions.

[Bertz]

 

Wow

[Ding Dong Johnson]

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[Bertz]

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

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"Of all the nonsense that the most duplicitously conservative sports league in the history of the United States of America has ever pulled, this might be the most ridiculous piece of soft supremacy we’ve ever seen."

 

https://theundefeated.com/features/mlb-elevating-the-status-of-negro-leagues-is-the-problem-not-the-solution/

[javy knows my name]

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"Of all the nonsense that the most duplicitously conservative sports league in the history of the United States of America has ever pulled, this might be the most ridiculous piece of soft supremacy we’ve ever seen."

 

https://theundefeated.com/features/mlb-elevating-the-status-of-negro-leagues-is-the-problem-not-the-solution/

 

Outstanding article, and thank you for posting it

[Clem Fandango]

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[Bertz]

 

I really like this hire when paired with Dombrowski.

[Post Count Padder]

That's cool for Sam. I always liked him as a player and he rose through the ranks quickly after he retired. I met him at Phillies spring training in 2018 when he was an assistant/coordinator for them. He was loading his stuff onto the team bus and I called out to him and he dropped his stuff off and came back and signed for me and chatted for a minute. Nice guy and really hoping he does well.

[javy knows my name]

That's cool for Sam. I always liked him as a player and he rose through the ranks quickly after he retired. I met him at Phillies spring training in 2018 when he was an assistant/coordinator for them. He was loading his stuff onto the team bus and I called out to him and he dropped his stuff off and came back and signed for me and chatted for a minute. Nice guy and really hoping he does well.

 

Glad to hear Fuld was a nice dude. On a tangent, who was the craven autograph hound here back in the day? Was that you? Vance?

[imb]

That's cool for Sam. I always liked him as a player and he rose through the ranks quickly after he retired. I met him at Phillies spring training in 2018 when he was an assistant/coordinator for them. He was loading his stuff onto the team bus and I called out to him and he dropped his stuff off and came back and signed for me and chatted for a minute. Nice guy and really hoping he does well.

 

Glad to hear Fuld was a nice dude. On a tangent, who was the craven autograph hound here back in the day? Was that you? Vance?

 

oh that was def vance

[Derwood]

That's cool for Sam. I always liked him as a player and he rose through the ranks quickly after he retired. I met him at Phillies spring training in 2018 when he was an assistant/coordinator for them. He was loading his stuff onto the team bus and I called out to him and he dropped his stuff off and came back and signed for me and chatted for a minute. Nice guy and really hoping he does well.

 

Glad to hear Fuld was a nice dude. On a tangent, who was the craven autograph hound here back in the day? Was that you? Vance?

 

oh that was def vance

 

Autograph/crazy awkward photo hound

[Clem Fandango]

Remember when Hendry labeled Sam Fuld untouchable because he made a nice catch? That was funny.

[NonProfitCow]

Josh Bell to the Nats for MiLB pitchers.

 

Eddy Yean and Wil Crowe

[OleMissCub]

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

This belongs in the feel good thread.

[Bertz]

 

Sounds like the national emergency clause in the CBA likely won't allow the owners to start the season late unless there are new lockdowns/restrictions. So if the league wants to start on May 1st like they've been floating, they've gotta make it worth it to the players.

[Bertz]

 

If you want to feel better about Javy's (but also Yelich's) chances of rebounding next season

[Bertz]

 

This is good, though I think the best solution I've read came from a few years ago:

 

http://www.captainsblog.info/2019/02/02/solving-baseballs-free-agency-freeze-requires-addressing-a-crisis-of-competition/24919/

[Transmogrified Tiger]

 

If you want to feel better about Javy's (but also Yelich's) chances of rebounding next season

 

I will be happy if/when Javy hits better but for reasons I can't explain I have a visceral 'they should just deal with it' reaction to players needing in-game video to be successful.