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  1. SouthSideRyan
    This is my assumption with what happened to the Mariners deal considering the original article had them with an opt out after 2015. No idea how the Rangers deal has apparently doubled before it was even supposed to begin.
  2. SouthSideRyan
    A lot of those numbers in the new article don't match up with what was originally reported (both in contract revenue, and in when teams would be able to negotiate new contracts)
  3. SouthSideRyan
    Whoops, working off the old article.
  4. SouthSideRyan
    It's still within range of normal. There are 3-4 outliers and then there's the field, but yes, poor Tom Ricketts (not to be confused with...you know)
  5. SouthSideRyan
    Not particularly. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/dodgers-send-shock-waves-through-local-tv-landscape/ We're pretty much slightly better than middle of the pack as is. Bear in mind the Dodgers new TV deal doesn't even start until this coming season, yet somehow they found a way to spend money without it. Honestly the only teams that are currently outclassing us are the Dodgers, Angels, Yankees, Mets, Orioles, and Red Sox. But #PoorTomRicketts has created a wonderful narrative that everybody has bought that we don't make enough money to support a top 20 payroll. The Astros and Padres are ahead of us. And the A's are barely behind us. The Astros network declared bankruptcy or something, so they will not be getting anywhere close to the revenue reported in the article. They are clearly behind us. The Padres have a 20% stake in Fox Sports San Diego vs. the Cubs having a 20% stake in CSN. I'll take the Cubs. No idea where you're getting the A's stuff from. I did forget to mention the Blue Jays though, Since Rogers owns the Jays and the network its some Tribune era accounting going on there and they're certainly better off TV deal wise
  6. SouthSideRyan
    The scales really shouldn't be the same on those graphs.
  7. SouthSideRyan
    Not particularly. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/dodgers-send-shock-waves-through-local-tv-landscape/ We're pretty much slightly better than middle of the pack as is. Bear in mind the Dodgers new TV deal doesn't even start until this coming season, yet somehow they found a way to spend money without it. Honestly the only teams that are currently outclassing us are the Dodgers, Angels, Yankees, Mets, Orioles, and Red Sox. But #PoorTomRicketts has created a wonderful narrative that everybody has bought that we don't make enough money to support a top 20 payroll.
  8. SouthSideRyan
    Glenallen you magnificent bastard
  9. SouthSideRyan
    I was late for football practice the entire last week of the season so I could keep watching the Cubs win, and then would be home in time to watch ESPN so i could get periodic updates on the Rockies game. But I was certainly a fan before then. I loved by Boys of Zimmer hoodless sweatshirt when I was 5 years old. Wore that thing everywhere.
  10. SouthSideRyan
    Stuff So...the front office wouldn't prefer to deal with AL teams.
  11. SouthSideRyan
    If this was true, then our front office is [expletive] stupid.
  12. SouthSideRyan
    sure looks like it It's the exact same motif on the blue parts of the uniform. If you only stare at the red parts, sure. The blue is much less noticeable. Plus, it just looks like blue blood splatter. It really doesn't matter what the blue is, that doesn't change the fact that the red looks like blood splatter. Not to mention, the whole thing just looks god awful and stupid. Blue blood spatter? It is Northwestern.
  13. SouthSideRyan
    He's almost certainly telling the truth. Football players are huge jock buffoons, and this probably happens everywhere. There are hordes of players that want this to not become a thing.
  14. SouthSideRyan
    That was the only game I've gone to this year, Andy, and I thought it was that game that made me so distant from college football this season. That game suuuuuuuuuuuuuucked. I spent half the 4th quarter charging my phone and missed absolutely nothing
  15. SouthSideRyan
    Ok, I thought it was weird that I blanked on , but
  16. SouthSideRyan
    The SEC really has you if you find yourself rooting for Bama over OSU
  17. SouthSideRyan
    191
  18. SouthSideRyan
    Because hopefully Theo isn't stupid.
  19. SouthSideRyan
    He was suspended for a drug of abuse.
  20. SouthSideRyan
    Barney for 2 months followed by Baez would be my assumption
  21. SouthSideRyan
    Samardzija must've told them to [expletive] off on a contract extension
  22. SouthSideRyan
    Corey Hart could barely play the OF in 2012, and he's had surgery on both knees in the last year. I wouldn't trust him out there.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    85M would put us at 19th to start this past season. With everyone getting free 20M, it'd almost certainly slot lower than that. Pittsburgh has already been mentioned as going up to 100M, Seattle was just a hair under 85, and has been connected to the big names, KC and Cleveland also seem due for bumps. If Arguello is correct, we're looking at somewhere around 23rd-25th in payroll. For the Chicago Cubs. What a [expletive] nightmare.
  24. SouthSideRyan
    Erm.
  25. SouthSideRyan
    I don't know how to read that as anything but a [expletive] sandwich 85M payroll.
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