tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post4224066694216931847..comments2024-03-16T08:21:16.037-04:00Comments on The DiaTribe: Tipping Our Pitches on a Lazy SundayPaul Cousineauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490622970961409253noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-47524044371242157602014-01-21T10:41:49.210-05:002014-01-21T10:41:49.210-05:00I really do not understand baseball. The need for ...I really do not understand baseball. The need for a salary cap is not as crucial as sharing equally in all revenues. Those larger markets cant exists if there wasn’t a ball team playing in a smaller market. Baseball is like Verizon, it has outlets in 30 cities, and the product is Baseball not the city. So if there are teams making 340 million a year in local TV and other teams making 40 million a year, that money is there because they play major league baseball and should be shared equally like they do in football. That’s why the Browns are worth a billion dollars when sold, and Dolan would be lucky if the Indians would be worth 400,000. Only conclusion I can draw is that the teams in the smaller markets must be making profits for them to keep quiet. The smaller markets are run to be efficient and hope for a window to open when they can compete every so often But it is the fans in those cities that are forced to watch as the players they watch grow up with the team leave to greener pastures, I believe it will be the fans who will force those teams in the smaller markets level the playing field and restructure the way the money is distributed throughout baseball. hawk1228https://www.blogger.com/profile/13049874801994101215noreply@blogger.com