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What an incredible year. I loved every second of it.
What an incredible year. I loved every second of it.
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Congrats to the Red Sox. Clearly the best team in MLB 2007, from start to finish. Very impressive.
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Congratulations to the BoSox.
They were the big winners with Colorado and Fox being the BIG losers.
The networks usually need 5 or more games to make money... and that assumes average or better ratings.
I don't think they got either
On to the hot stove league.Keep on Civin'
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Congrats to the Red Sox & their fans.
-Arrian, who must now purchase his wife some sort of "2007 Red Sox: WS Champion" gear for Christmas. Sigh.
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Congrats to Boston.
They were clearly the better team, although I'm proud of what the Rockies were able to do. Hopefully they can come back and compete next year, although I wonder how long the team can be kept together with this kind of success and the 26th highest payroll...
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The team will probably generate more money next year thanks to their successes this year, and they will spend it to keep their players. Hopefully they won't pull a "Marlins"Originally posted by Jon Shafer
Congrats to Boston. They were clearly the better team, although I'm proud of what the Rockies were able to do. Hopefully they can come back and compete next year, although I wonder how long the team can be kept together with this kind of success and the 26th highest payroll...
Jon
Keep on Civin'
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The Sox really owe a lot to the Farm System for this year. With big money busts like Drew and Gagne, and the underperformance of other big money names, the Sox were helped by home-grown talents under the $500,000 mark (Papelbon, Lester, Buckholtz, Youk, Pedroia, Ellsbury) who stepped up and were the real stars of this team."I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
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Well, the team ownership is keeping about 50% of ticket revenues already, whereas most teams are about 25%, so I can't say I have a lot of faith in them.Originally posted by Ming
The team will probably generate more money next year thanks to their successes this year, and they will spend it to keep their players. Hopefully they won't pull a "Marlins"
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Don't buy too soon - you might be able to get her an A-Rod jersey.Originally posted by Arrian
Congrats to the Red Sox & their fans.
-Arrian, who must now purchase his wife some sort of "2007 Red Sox: WS Champion" gear for Christmas. Sigh.
(Though I hope not - I'd much rather keep Mikey)
I've got my Eastern Div champs gear and AL champs gear already, and WS champs gear on the way.
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Especially toward the end, there was indeed a good mix of the established stars and the young guns. I would say that the "real stars" include Manny, Ortiz, Beckett, Lowell, and other vets too, though.Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
The Sox really owe a lot to the Farm System for this year. With big money busts like Drew and Gagne, and the underperformance of other big money names, the Sox were helped by home-grown talents under the $500,000 mark (Papelbon, Lester, Buckholtz, Youk, Pedroia, Ellsbury) who stepped up and were the real stars of this team.
I like the youth movement in Boston and the Bronx. Hopefully those guys - the ones you mentioned on the one hand and the Yankee young guns on the other - will duke it out for years to come.
One more thing, concerning the rookie of the year...
Dustin Pedroia: the player people think David Eckstein is.
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2007 WS Champions gear, man. Unless ARod signs with the Sox AND has a time machine...Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
Don't buy too soon - you might be able to get her an A-Rod jersey. (Though I hope not - I'd much rather keep Mikey)
That's what I call investing yourself in your team...I've got my Eastern Div champs gear and AL champs gear already, and WS champs gear on the way.
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Originally posted by Jon Shafer
Well, the team ownership is keeping about 50% of ticket revenues already, whereas most teams are about 25%, so I can't say I have a lot of faith in them.
Jon
50%... greed is an evil thing. Maybe they will learn the 25% of a larger total is better than 50% of a smaller total. A continued winning tradition is a great way to earn tons of money.Keep on Civin'
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The Sox are going to have some serious problems (or serious spending to do) around '09 and '10. Most of the above players will be free-agent eligible by then, and get a lot fatter contracts. Tek will be done, Wake and Schill will be long done (Wake's back/shoulder problem isn't good news). Absense of Wake will make Dougie irrelevant, but he's old already.Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
The Sox really owe a lot to the Farm System for this year. With big money busts like Drew and Gagne, and the underperformance of other big money names, the Sox were helped by home-grown talents under the $500,000 mark (Papelbon, Lester, Buckholtz, Youk, Pedroia, Ellsbury) who stepped up and were the real stars of this team.
Manny's option years will be out, and it'll be interesting what he has to bring after next year.
Things look great for next year, but after that, I think there will be a lot of spending/rebuilding.
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Got a whole closet full of stuff.Originally posted by Arrian
2007 WS Champions gear, man. Unless ARod signs with the Sox AND has a time machine...
That's what I call investing yourself in your team...
-Arrian
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I think the problem is that it's not... unless you can generate attendance and TV numbers the way the Cubs/Red Sox/Yankees do, you aren't going to double your revenue totals by winning even if you win the WS every year. Look at the Braves for a case in point - they had the best team in baseball for the decade of the 1990s, and they couldn't manage decent numbers... it has so much to do with the fans and their home city.Originally posted by Ming
50%... greed is an evil thing. Maybe they will learn the 25% of a larger total is better than 50% of a smaller total. A continued winning tradition is a great way to earn tons of money.
I don't think the Rockies could double no matter how good they were. Thus, you have to hope the owners care about the team's performance as well as their incomes...
Maybe you can sell the Rockies to Mark Cuban, if he's not buying the cubs...
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