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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    They should simply extend the MLB.tv package for an addtional month at its $20-25/mo price. I'd gladly pay that to see the playoffs WHEN I wanted to watch the playoffs (which would often be the next day).
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    That's my thinking as well. Better to temper expectations and let people be pleasantly surprised than the opposite.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Absolutely, with that caveat that if Sano's bat is ready but his glove isn't, working him into MLB at the less-demanding LF position with spot starts at 3B isn't a terrible idea. If he starts to show competency at 3B, then move him there and do whatever with Plouffe. Trevor is a nice player to have around but he can't hinder the progress of a guy like Sano.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    This excites me about as much as Full House coming back to television.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    Plouffe wasn't projected to look like this guy by the time he was in his prime: http://www.incrediblehulk.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Capture.jpg
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Errors in minor league/fall/winter games are virtually meaningless. I wouldn't put any stock in it until someone writes up an eyeball evaluation on Buxton.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Still, the GM can't control player health. You can pursue players you believe to be workhorses but as illustrated by guys like Ricky Nolasco, a player is only healthy until he isn't.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    This is why I don't have cable TV at all. I recently moved to T-Mobile because it saves me $60/mo on my phone bill. I don't have cable. I pay interest on one thing... My house (and I overpay on that monthly). We recently paid for a $20k renovation in cash. I look at the price of cable and the enjoyment level I would get for that $70/mo just doesn't make sense. I get most of what I need by spending $24/mo on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. I would gladly pay an additional $8/mo for HBO Go should it ever be offered separate from cable TV.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    I look back at the 2006 and 2010 Twins squads and just shake my head. So much talent, so much potential, thwarted by crap luck. Sure, the Twins could have picked up more pieces mid-season and maybe that would have pushed them over the top but had their core just stayed healthy, we probably would have witnessed at least one ALCS berth. Losing Liriano and Morneau, two of the Twins best four players in those respective seasons, still stings a bit.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    But I didn't say that. I said that going from 70 wins to the playoffs in a single season involves a healthy dose of dumb luck... and it does. Teams need more than just a couple of free agents to improve 20 games in a single season. They need prospect development, player health, and sustained free agent performance to make that kind of jump in the standings. Sure, some of those things can be controlled to an extent... But to hit on all three in a single season involves a fair amount of dumb luck.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh, for sure. There are upsides and downsides to each strategy. My personal preference is that you set a goal of 80-ish wins through internal development. At that point, you evaluate projected performance, potential minor league additions, and then consider "going for it" and start adding pieces at the expense of your long-term development (ie. trading away pieces of the farm for MLB impact players). It's reasonable to try to go from 80 wins to 90 wins in a season. Teams do it all the time. I don't think it's reasonable to try to go from 70 wins a season to 90 wins in a single season. That involves an abundance of dumb luck. I'm not a fan of relying on dumb luck as a strategy.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, that's a pretty simplistic way of looking at it. My issue wasn't with the premise of the trade itself, it was that the Royals forced the issue prematurely. I'd say that the trade proves you can't force the issue if your players aren't ready. The Royals took two years to go from 90 losses to the playoffs. That's great for them but it's not entirely uncommon, either. My primary issue with this trade is that it's really hard to go from 90 losses to the playoffs in a single year and forcing the issue is often going to lead to wasted resources in the short-term. Maybe it's good for the fanbase. Maybe it brought the Royals additional revenue in the short-term. There are plenty of ways to approach this situation and really, it all boils down to opinion and personal strategy preferences.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, yeah. I say it to their face before goose-stepping away but yeah, the actual comment is made directly to them.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    Without exception, I refer to my colleagues as Der Fuhrer. I assume that this is okay.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Definitely but unless leagues are cautious, I see them being one of the last holdouts and hurting their fanbase for a long time. Cable companies are going to hold on to sports for the reason I listed earlier and they'll try to hold on to them at the league's expense in the long-term. They'll continue shoveling money at the leagues in the short-term but the league will continue to lose that vital 18-34 demographic - the demo that powers sports for an entire generation. In the short-term, we'll continue to see teams and leagues sign contracts that make your head spin in size and dollar amount but I question whether it's going to hurt them in the long-term. By isolating the youngest demographic and locking them out of your product in greater and greater numbers, you're potentially hurting your business for the next 20+ years. I hope that one of the major leagues realizes this sooner rather than later and takes a proactive step toward opening up digital streaming to those willing to pay for it. They'll certainly hurt their bottom line in the short-term but what leagues need now is long-term thinking or they'll put themselves in a bubble that's going to pop more violently the longer they wait.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Cable has been around for what, 40 years now? Previous to 2010, the industry never had a zero growth quarter. Not even in 2008 or 2009 when everything fell to pieces. Since 2010, they've had five negative quarters... Roughly one in three. I don't think anyone here is claiming that cable is going to die next week or even next year. It'll be around for a long time... But ultimately, it will die, just as all outdated technology does in time.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    Sports leagues will do an about face once they realize they're losing the 18-34 demographic. That day is coming. I don't know if it's two years from now or five years from now but it's coming. My nieces no longer watch cable television despite having it in their house since they were born. They watch Netflix and Hulu on their tablets and phones. Cable subscriptions are already in decline. When I was growing up, I had cable and so did all my friends. Now? About half of them have cable. The rest have cut the cord... and we're talking about people in their mid-30s. The trend is more dramatic the younger you skew. Why do you think content providers are paying such outlandish contracts to teams and leagues right now? It's because they realize this is happening and that sports will be the last holdout of the cable tv world due to their time-sensitivity. But, ultimately, just like the RIAA and MPAA discovered in the early 2000s, you can't stop a consumer trend no matter how hard you try and how much money you throw at it. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390443792604577574901875760374
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    At some point in the near future, a large content provider is going to offer direct app-based streaming to circumvent cable companies. My guess is that it will be HBO. And all hell will break loose at that point.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    It's not a dying business model in the short-term but as an entire generation eschews the television for mobile offerings, the model is going to break in the long-term. Cable companies are trying to patchwork app solutions but it still requires a cable connection and television purchase to use. At some point, companies are going to have to offer an entirely app-based solution because people are going to use cable boxes less as we become acclimated to watching things on tablets, phones, and set-top streaming devices. The cable box may not be dead or even dying... Yet. But it will die. The internet of things will see to that.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't have cable. I have no plans to get cable. That means I watch no playoff baseball until the WS unless I go somewhere to watch it. That means I watch very little playoff baseball. Cable companies and content providers are hanging on to a dying business model. The longer they hold on to cable packages, the more they willingly marginalize themselves. Kids growing up now don't want or need cable and will find other ways to occupy their time.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    http://cdnimg.visualizeus.com/thumbs/bb/2b/chipmunk,ewok,funny,hunt,spear-bb2b8ddcb270b6f1da1abe47ce305f29_h.jpg
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Ashbury has it right. You can embed YouTube video by adding this code: [media]Your YouTube URL here[/media]
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    Fair enough... But "is" doesn't really fly with me and I don't think it really flies with you, either. Anyway, I don't think we're really arguing anything here.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    But they don't have to ring true and I think it's a holdover from bygone eras more than something completely engrained in the human psyche. Erin Andrews is lovely. She's also capable. It doesn't have to be one or the other. I'm not so naive that I expect capable people to get the job 100% of the time if they look like they grew up under a bridge. There are plenty of good-looking capable people out there. We should demand more from media, not less. To boil it down simply, let's put it in Scarlett Johansson vs. Megan Fox terms. Scarlett Johansson in Avengers: super-hot, sexy, great character with believable motivations. All around, pretty great. Megan Fox in Transformers: super-hot, sexy, completely vapid and pretty much worthless once you get past the fact that she's ridiculously hot. The Scarlett Johansson character should be the norm. Unfortunately, it's the other way around.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    I still disagree with the methodology but the results are there, that's for sure. Good for the Royals. That fanbase needed a shot in the arm and I'll be rooting for them through the playoffs, as they're the ONLY team other than the Dodgers that I don't despise and are still in the hunt. And I don't despise the Dodgers because Vin Scully. That's it.
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