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  1. nicksaviking
    I guess we'll see. My thought is they'll pack the stadium for the first few years and then there will be a dramatic drop off. NFL fans travel, but those teams play once a week, usually on weekends, and their games are an event. They also can go up to eight years between visits to an opposing team. And most of the fan bases that travel are the northern city teams who love to find a reason to vacation November through March. They'll get fans who are going to Vegas because their favorite team is playing there. Hey, the Vikings play in Vegas, let's make a weekend of it. After the novelty wears off, I think the A's are going to have to rely on tourists who were already going to Vegas anyway and are dedicated enough baseball fans that they'll go regardless of who's playing. And it won't help that outside of Seattle, the rest of their division plays in southern CA and Texas. The perception is that those fans don't travel like northern city fans do. Though last I recall you were in Austin, so you'd know better than I about that.
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    The Twins are going to rue not using this lost season to let the young hitters get reps against same-handed pitching. Max Kepler is the lone exception to the team's don't-let-lefties-hit-against-lefties rule because he was given the chance to take his lumps against them early in his career.
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    And the Pohlad's are the longest severing ownership group in the mid and small markets. They should have been the ones spearheading broadcasting and financial equity within the league decades ago. Instead they took a backseat and were followers during the collusion era, the steroid era and it's ensuing fallout, the contraction situation, the increasing revenue disparity and then the declining popularity in both their product and cable/satellite subscriptions which impacted the mid and small markets substantially more than the large markets. With their tenure, they should have been THE leaders keeping the sport up to date and relevant. I've been saying all along that we very easily could get even worse owners, but the Pohlad's are a passive, gravy-train group who did nothing to help the sport or this club.
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    Too bad the Pohlad's don't know anyone in the investment banking sector..........
  5. nicksaviking
    Great article! And it definitely defied expectations: the good guys lost! Can't wait to read more of these. Man, that season was quite similar to this one. High expectations but the team flatlined in chasing the Wild Card spot after a slump in September. I'm thinking the unexpected get-away-day lineup construction adds a whiff of 2024 as well. One other thing to add; looking at the box score, Morneau drew a walk in the 9th and was standing on 1B as the tying run, he was then pinch run for by the fleet footed.....Michael Cuddyer. What?!? Most have wanted to keep Luis Rivas fresh for Monday's game.
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    I'd agree that they didn't think the risk was high. My argument is that they should have known it was higher than they thought. Or if not losing Comcast, a disaster just as bad. Nothing good has come from this Bally deal. But then I guess my question would be: If the Twins had a crystal ball and did know that they'd lose Comcast, are we sure they STILL wouldn't have taken the more lucrative Bally deal?
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    But they already did exactly that and lost with FUBU, YouTube TV and Hulu TV. And this game of chicken happened AFTER the bankruptcy and AFTER they failed to make payments to the Twins in 2023. Yet the Twins went back. They might not have KNOWN, but they had to be aware it was a possibility as this company had been knifing them in the back for years.
  8. nicksaviking
    I still can't believe that the MLB actually thinks people are going to book summer trips to Las Vegas to watch baseball games. This league is so short sighted. And it's the smallest TV market too, so it's not like that's going to save the day. See you in Montreal in 2035 Athletiques.
  9. nicksaviking
    Also, the Pohlad's ARE the investment banking sector.
  10. nicksaviking
    I agree, they probably weren't alone. But the TV apocalypse is another reason why they should have replaced Dave St. Peter long, long ago. He had already failed at three broadcasting deals, he shouldn't have been in charge for the fourth.
  11. nicksaviking
    People on this site were talking about how this current model of a streaming service for this one specific product wouldn't work from day one.
  12. nicksaviking
    True the bankruptcy filing happened a month after the Correa signing, but the signs of Balley's demise had been there since 2020 when all the streamers dropped them. Anyone who thought a Bally direct streaming service was going to be just as profitable didn't understand streaming.
  13. nicksaviking
    Good article. I'm happy he's here, but it doesn't make sense. It just goes to show that either ownership never had a long range plan or they were foolish not to anticipate the less favorable revenue situation that was clearly approaching. I mean this would be like if any of us knew we were going to stop receiving our monthly bonus but bought plane tickets to fly the family to Disney World anyway. What, so now there's no more money and we won't buy the tickets to get into the theme parks? We're just going to sit in Orlando and do nothing all week? Thanks dad.
  14. nicksaviking
    Right, that's the matchup I'm hoping for, but don't like to say it out loud.
  15. nicksaviking
    This one I hope. I hate this playoffs so bad!
  16. nicksaviking
    Don’t sweat it, they can’t read!
  17. nicksaviking
    I might have been the only person in the country who cheered against the Cubs and Red Sox when they won. You got the couch ready for me Doc? I’m ready to discuss what’s wrong with me.
  18. nicksaviking
    I’m resentful of any team that hasn’t won a World Series since 1991, and does before the Twins do so again. And yes, I acknowledge and accept my pettiness.
  19. nicksaviking
    I hate every minute of this series, so I wish they had ghost runners and five inning games just to get this crap over with.
  20. nicksaviking
    Hmmm, those ads are the worst but I hadn’t thought about the voice. So thanks for that I guess?
  21. nicksaviking
    I think they might in the 10th. But I don’t think they do in a seven game series.
  22. nicksaviking
    Edit, Cleveland tied it up as I’m typing?! I’m still hate-watching baseball I guess.
  23. nicksaviking
    Thought I would too. Now our company left, Cleveland is about to lose and have zero interest in the NL teams. Is Breaking Bad new tonight?
  24. nicksaviking
    For sure. RB is either Chandler, a super late round pick or a free agent. I think Hubbard could be a steal.
  25. nicksaviking
    I think Trevor Larnach is going to be given strong consideration to be traded. He's already in arbitration, like mentioned the OF defense is a bit of a concern, and he's left handed. Coming off of his best season, I wouldn't be surprised if they look to sell high.
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