uppy:World Number One said:
Yeah but they're both very young , 23 and 24 years old, if Florida is serious about ever winning again they will keep both players...if they trade these guys they may as well sell the franchise....There is no good reason to trade them.
Combine their age and you have Julio Franco:howdy:
octor43 said:
That organization has somehow found a way to win two WS in the past 10 years , so give them some credit....I really believe those two players will remain there, for one they can't leave via free agency yet anyway.
I would prefer they fold with about 6 other teams, but this is baseball in 2006 and we're stuck with this ridiculous economic landscape. ..These poor teams have to do what they can to survive.
FairWarning said:
Another reason why there's too many teams, the Washington situation is a joke, they move to D.C. and the ownership and stadium fall thru, WTF?
Please get a real commisioner....the owners don't want a true impartial leader....I wonder what would have happened to MLB if Bart Giamatti never died.
I didn't know the stadium fell through in Northern Va? Bud "light" has jacked around the fans of Montreal, DC, Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Miami during his "reign".
Bottom line is the MLBPA needs to help pay for the next commish. The MLBPA and the owners need to work together. Far too many of the small markets pocketing the revenue sharing money, thereby screwing the fans.
Bottom line is the MLBPA needs to help pay for the next commish. The MLBPA and the owners need to work together. Far too many of the small markets pocketing the revenue sharing money, thereby screwing the fans.
Baseball's expansion decisions in the past 15 years have been disastrous. SO many cities in the US would LOVE a major league team (New Orleans, Portland, Norfolk etc.) and MLB awards teams to Miami and Tampa Bay. Both decisions were disastrous. Florida demolishes their team after every decent season and has one of the lowest payrolls in the game, and plays in the second ugliest stadium in baseball. Tampa has been a perennial loser, draws no fans, doesn't have any players any non-gamblers have heard of, and plays in the ugliest 'park' in the game.
Colorado hasn't been all that much better. Sure, they were exciting at first and drew a lot of fans, and their ballpark is pretty. But they too have been doormats for most of their history, and most importantly, have done almost as much damage to the statistical integrity of the game with the altitude and inflated run-scoring at Coors as Barry Bonds' inflated head. That baseball didn't anticipate the skewing of numbers at high altitude, (and stupidly thought that making Coors the biggest stadium in the game would even things out, yielding a ridciulous number of singles and duoubles) is more sign of their shortsightedness. You wouldn't put a baseball stadium in the ocean; you can't do it in the high heavens of Denver either.
Only decent selection has been Arizona, a solid, successful stadium with a pretty park and a decent history of success, including a WS win. Baseball should unquesitonably contract -- not historic franchises like the Twins -- but perennial losers with owners who don't give a crap like the D-Rays and Marlins (two WS wins notwithstanding).
Colorado hasn't been all that much better. Sure, they were exciting at first and drew a lot of fans, and their ballpark is pretty. But they too have been doormats for most of their history, and most importantly, have done almost as much damage to the statistical integrity of the game with the altitude and inflated run-scoring at Coors as Barry Bonds' inflated head. That baseball didn't anticipate the skewing of numbers at high altitude, (and stupidly thought that making Coors the biggest stadium in the game would even things out, yielding a ridciulous number of singles and duoubles) is more sign of their shortsightedness. You wouldn't put a baseball stadium in the ocean; you can't do it in the high heavens of Denver either.
Only decent selection has been Arizona, a solid, successful stadium with a pretty park and a decent history of success, including a WS win. Baseball should unquesitonably contract -- not historic franchises like the Twins -- but perennial losers with owners who don't give a crap like the D-Rays and Marlins (two WS wins notwithstanding).
