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Hand Knit posted:Apparently the Jays fired Mike Wilner. No reason was given. I never found him particularly great at calling games, though I have fond memories of the mid-late 2000s and him yelling at terrible post-game callers. Rogers doing Rogers things. I didn't particularly care for him calling games one way or the other but he was an unabashed gigantic Jays fan who was smart and mostly thoughtful and he seems crushed.
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Y'know with all this vaccine news I think there's a decent chance we'll have a regular season next year. I would very much like to go to local MiLB games again.
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quote:The Philadelphia Phillies let go 80 employees on Wednesday, reducing their front office workforce by 20%, reports Marcus Hayes of the Philadelphia Inquirer. A number of Major League teams have diminished their staffs since the pandemic prompted revenue losses all across the sporting landscape, but the Phillies brought their own particular panache to the unfortunate business of layoffs. Hayes reports that employees were alerted of the latest cuts by email the day before Thanksgiving. gently caress the Phillies
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Well can you really blame them? They lost TWO BILLION DOLLARS this year https://twitter.com/jaseidler/status/1332731605442584585?s=21 There’s a correction now in the article bawfuls fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Nov 28, 2020 |
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Nov 28, 2020 19:36
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43035 seats in CB Field that would surely have been filled to capacity by full price ticket holders in all 81 home games, plus every person would have bought 3 hot dogs and 4 beers. ...only gets you to $300 million or so. bees x1000 fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Nov 28, 2020 |
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Nov 28, 2020 19:46
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“We lost $2 billion due to COVID.” “Wow that sounds terrible! Can we see your books?” “. . . No.”
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Nov 28, 2020 19:55
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Ready for Dodgers legend Realmuto.
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Bregor posted:“We lost $2 billion due to COVID.” Chalmers: Two- two billion dollars lost?! At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your franchise!? Phillies: Yes. Chalmers: ...May I see it? Phillies: ...No.
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blossommirage posted:Ready for Dodgers legend Realmuto.
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The Dodgers fired a bunch of people too. So did a lot of teams Also that article was revised. Presumably the $2 Billion figure is supposed to be for the entire league not just Philly. The Pussy Boss fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Nov 28, 2020 |
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Nov 28, 2020 21:29
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The update claims $8.3B in “combined debt” for the league this year
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FlamingLiberal posted:gently caress the Phillies As a Phillies fan I agree.
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There is no possible way they lost 2 billion dollars unless they lost a physical briefcase with 2 billion dollars of cash in it
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bawfuls posted:The update claims $8.3B in “combined debt” for the league this year lmao suck my nuts mlb, that is a colossal figure to throw out there without a shred of evidence.
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Nodoze posted:There is no possible way they lost 2 billion dollars unless they lost a physical briefcase with 2 billion dollars of cash in it In fairness, wouldn't put it past the Phillies
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Don't like this post!!!!!
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bawfuls posted:The update claims $8.3B in “combined debt” for the league this year Love to hear the guys who have a legal monopoly lost $8B in 3 months.
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Nov 29, 2020 01:38
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The Mets just sold for a record $2.4 billion, nobody is losing money
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They’re prob talking about lost revenue?
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Did they lose most of that from RSN contracts that had 102 fewer games and reduced national broadcasts? I forget how the tv money was structured.
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Hand Knit posted:Apparently the Jays fired Mike Wilner. No reason was given. I never found him particularly great at calling games, though I have fond memories of the mid-late 2000s and him yelling at terrible post-game callers. As someone that actually listened to thousand plus radio calls of jays games, Wilner only ended up doing the calling by fluke. After the amazing Jerry Howarth had to retire due to medical reasons, Wilner was promoted from his serviceable job hosting the post game show. Honestly, he sucked as a broadcaster. I feel bad for him losing his job, and wish he could have kept his spot on the post game, but we really, desperately needed a pro broadcaster again.
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blossommirage posted:Don't like this post!!!!!
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https://twitter.com/ken_rosenthal/status/1333267311655067648?s=21
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Cool. I'm happy to see him in a Royals uniform again. Hopefully we get 2017 or 2019 Mike Minor.
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So... the teams no longer are team affiliated AA teams but are now like a Cape Cod League? I guess my Thunder hat no joins my Clippers hat.
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Oh that reminds, me. This happened a while ago this offseason but the Twins ended their affiliation with their AAA team in Rochester New York and picked up the St. Paul Saints to be their new AAA affiliate. I'm actually pretty psyched by this news, I love going to Saints games and now I'll get to see actual almost MLB level players too. Plus if I go early enough in the season I can see all the MLB ready big prospects
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shyduck posted:https://twitter.com/bensbiz/status/1333430244112523271 It's better than what the alternative would have been after the Yankees left........ I actually like the Somerset move since there is now a Yankees AA team 10 mins from my front door!
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IcePhoenix posted:Oh that reminds, me. This happened a while ago this offseason but the Twins ended their affiliation with their AAA team in Rochester New York and picked up the St. Paul Saints to be their new AAA affiliate. How does that work? Do they just move the previous Rochester players to St. Paul? What happens with the St. Paul players?
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mcmagic posted:It's better than what the alternative would have been after the Yankees left........ I actually like the Somerset move since there is now a Yankees AA team 10 mins from my front door! davecrazy posted:Are the Blueclaws staying with the Phillies? shyduck fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Nov 30, 2020 |
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IcePhoenix posted:Oh that reminds, me. This happened a while ago this offseason but the Twins ended their affiliation with their AAA team in Rochester New York and picked up the St. Paul Saints to be their new AAA affiliate. As a Rochestarian I was very sad about this, but then we became the Nationals AAA team, so someday maybe I'll get to go see games again once going to a ballpark isn't possibly fatal.
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Joey Freshwater posted:How does that work? Do they just move the previous Rochester players to St. Paul? What happens with the St. Paul players? St. Paul was in the independent American Association, and I don't think they typically sign players to multi-year deals, so they're probably just done
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It irrationally bothers me that the Yankees now have a Patriots affiliate.
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more falafel please posted:St. Paul was in the independent American Association, and I don't think they typically sign players to multi-year deals, so they're probably just done That's kinda sad. I still fondly recall we did a corporate outing to see a SP Saints game and we all got blasted at the game and surrounding breweries.
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IcePhoenix posted:Oh that reminds, me. This happened a while ago this offseason but the Twins ended their affiliation with their AAA team in Rochester New York and picked up the St. Paul Saints to be their new AAA affiliate. WTF how did I not hear about this at all? Saints games are fun as Hell already - this is super cool.
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STAC Goat posted:It irrationally bothers me that the Yankees now have a Patriots affiliate. This is a real issue.
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Salvor_Hardin posted:That's kinda sad. I still fondly recall we did a corporate outing to see a SP Saints game and we all got blasted at the game and surrounding breweries. Yeah, indy league games are great. I'm close enough to both the Gary SouthShore RailCats and the Chicago Dogs, who have a rivalry about whether it's ok to put ketchup on hot dogs.
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I hope we can do another Chicagoon outting to a Dogs game next year. That was a lot of fun and they put on a good show.
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shyduck posted:https://twitter.com/bensbiz/status/1333430244112523271 I dunno about this Draft League business. If I were a prospect and expected to be drafted high, and make a $500k + signing bonus, I wouldn't be too thrilled about playing in some exhibition league before the draft. The press release says players will get visibility and "educational programming" but I don't see anything about them getting paid...
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