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  1. Geech
    Plus he isn't a good player anymore.
  2. Geech
    In this case we're dealing with the baseball labor market, not the consumer leisure market. In the labor market it's the demand that's fixed: owners want 25 major leaguers on each team and really can't deviate from that, although you do have some flow to and from the minors and mexican leagues, etc. Now, if this were a true free labor market, the players would have no choice but to accept the lowest competitive price available. The fixed demand would work against the players, because their options are relatively limited. If they want to play in the bigs, they need to deal with these owners. The players' union adds another wrinkle. I'm not quite sure how all the complexities play out, but the point is that the fixed demand works against the players. The consumer leisure market is a different story altogether. It does affect the baseball labor market, but only indirectly. The amount of business will determine just how much the team owners value talented ballplayers and that value will affect how much they're willing to pay. However even in this situation, the supply still isn't capped because baseball competes with other sports, or even completely different forms of entertainment. Consumers may watch basketball, football or go see a movie instead of watching a baseball game.
  3. Geech
    Your economics are off. It's not the supply that's fixed, it's the demand. Fixing the demand wouldn't increase the cost of the players.
  4. Geech
    That's essentially the lineup I thought of when I first heard about it.
  5. Geech
    I think he's saying that Lee could be hurt and we might have traded Walker for Matos on top of that.
  6. Geech
    He's struggled lately, but he can really be more than that.
  7. Geech
    Yeah, but what would Tejada have to do with Jones or Murton playing first?
  8. Geech
    My mistake, then. No one believed in Pittsburgh.
  9. Geech
    I don't really think teacher salary is the issue here. European nations achieve better results with less money allocated. For that matter, American private schools tend to achieve better results with lower teacher pay.
  10. Geech
    Well, it's not about value, it's about scarcity. A lot of people could be a teacher, fewer could be a doctor, but far fewer than either of those could actually be a big league ballplayer.
  11. Geech
    How are baseball players less replaceable? Every year players retire, and every year new ones come in to take their place. By saying they are not replaceable, there would be zero talent on the fields right now as it all should have dissipated decades ago. Are you kidding here? How many active major-leaguers are there? How many people in this country are there? Maybe one in a million people will actually become a big league ballplayer. I don't know how many people could do your job, but I'll bet it's a lot more than that. The difference is due to scarcity.
  12. Geech
    No one but Jake actually thought Pittsburgh had a chance, though.
  13. Geech
    I remember that also. I wish I had a link for the other one, because I'm quite sure I read it somewhere.
  14. Geech
    I recall reading that Hendry wanted Alou to stay but didn't keep him because of the uncertainty surrounding Sosa's contract.
  15. Geech
    Yes, Williamson was up in the pen. Dempster had even been up in the pen at one point, but I think he stopped throwing after Ohman came in.
  16. Geech
    Ahahahahahaha
  17. Geech
    Probably Abreu.
  18. Geech
    Jones is solid if he's playing center, perhaps, but he's our rightfielder. His production is atrocious for a rightfielder.
  19. Geech
    I don't think so. Maddux strikes me as the sort of guy who knows what he's worth and wants to paid such. That's not to say he's greedy, just that he wants to be paid fairly. Right now his current salary is pretty close to what pitchers of his ability are getting paid, so I don't see him taking that much of a paycut just to stick around.
  20. Geech
    I hope Todd gets the start again. His bat is too hot to sit right now.
  21. Geech
    It helps when not many of them get on base to begin with. but barrett's game calling is so atrocious Listening on the radio. Has Mad dog been shaking Barrett off all night? I'm pretty sure the comment was tongue-in-cheek.
  22. Geech
    Except for "Tad" and "Jack", I've really enjoyed listening to him. I don't know that I've ever heard him before. what are you new? Well, I don't live anywhere near LA, and I've never had MLB.TV before. Even if he does nationally televised games, I rarely get to see games on TV anyway.
  23. Geech
    Except for "Tad" and "Jack", I've really enjoyed listening to him. I don't know that I've ever heard him before.
  24. Geech
    I don't really think line-outs and warning-track flyouts count as "pitching to conditions."
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