tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post1677568488240151258..comments2024-03-16T08:21:16.037-04:00Comments on The DiaTribe: Attending to a Lazy SundayPaul Cousineauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490622970961409253noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-34210890934926200002010-03-15T15:36:58.828-04:002010-03-15T15:36:58.828-04:00That is too much to read and I mean that as a comp...That is too much to read and I mean that as a compliment.<br />If you're an Indians fan, you might like my predictions for the AL Central I posted today.KyleShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943018143361016205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-65969342558922437462010-03-14T22:40:29.498-04:002010-03-14T22:40:29.498-04:00It's about the money, Lebowski. It's alwa...It's about the money, Lebowski. It's always about the money.Cadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16847079945192652489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-23428758574895386432010-03-14T20:41:47.668-04:002010-03-14T20:41:47.668-04:00I'm right there with you guys.
When I saw t...I'm right there with you guys. <br /><br />When I saw the Verducci article, I was trying to think of any angle by which it made an ounce of sense. That which I came up with is flimsy at best as a reason and further proof that these teams are attempting to come up with anything to counteract an obviously flawed system...anything that is, except correcting the actual problem.<br /><br />I'll hold firm that the idea that I put forth at the beginning of the year would at least represent a start.<br /><br />Alas...Paul Cousineauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490622970961409253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-51054399075528694982010-03-14T15:31:55.034-04:002010-03-14T15:31:55.034-04:00Notice the make-up of that panel? Interestingly do...Notice the make-up of that panel? Interestingly dominated by higher spending teams, with the exclusion of Cleveland and Minnesota.<br /><br />What a dumb idea, this floating re-alignment. (Yours is much better, Paul.) Take the 2004 Indians as an example. The team wasn't supposed to play well and ended up finishing just short of .500 and were in contention late in the season. If that team had opted for AL East status that year they would have been out of it in June with a .450 winning percentage. How does that help the Indians? More fans? For 12 games (already play 6 at home against Yanks and Sox now), which will help us draw an extra 120,000 fans (out of 2,000,000 regularly)? Or how about lower expectations for subsequent seasons as the team plays worse during the previous season than they would have in the AL Central? And what happens when the Indians are better and no one wants to trade back? We are stuck in the AL East? Yuck.<br /><br />Like I said, stupid.Eliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515173441876386256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-8484418271073517272010-03-14T14:24:15.689-04:002010-03-14T14:24:15.689-04:00Ok then, say the Indians in 2012 don't feel th...Ok then, say the Indians in 2012 don't feel the can contend and opt to go to the AL East. Are the fans going to be interested in going to the games then? Why would they then? Right now one of the most common statements from Acta has been "we play in the most balanced division" so the way to fix it is move to the least likely place to contend and create fan interest?<br /><br />Then say in 2013, if the Indians decide, "OK, lets go for it" and none of the other teams with the option of moving actually agree to move. What then? Or we're denied the right to move for that season.<br /><br />It sounds like a bunch of BS to me. It sounds more like a way to create a false hope for teams who make questionable decisions instead of rewarding the teams who outlast year to year regression and the natural selection of injury. How many years in a row have the Royals, Pirates, Nationals, Padres, etc made moves with their rosters that make you just scratch your head and flat out feel sorry for them. <br /><br />So the way around that is to allow teams to move away from the Yanks and Sox in hopes to compete, and move under the Yanks and Sox in hopes to make more money. <br /><br />Not to sound like a Cleveland.com poster, but you want to make teams more competitive? Fix revenue sharing, change the free agent structure, and tell owners and GM's to quit sucking at nearly every baseball decision made. I know a lot of factors play into these decisions, but Jason Kendall getting a 2 year contract when the Royals have failed to trade for and/or draft and develop at least 1 catcher is what I mean. Trading Ramon Ramirez and Leo Nunez and then signing Kyle Farnsworth is what I mean. Giving GM Dayton Moore and contract extension based on his tenure as GM is what I mean. Hiring Jim Bowden is exactly what I mean. He was terrible in Cincinnati, what would make you think he wass going to turn around the failed Expos?GoTribe028https://www.blogger.com/profile/17755727459375119008noreply@blogger.com