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Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:02 pm to 13SaintTiger
I addressed that. It shows the bottom 5 teams who declined. 4 are historically bad teams and 1 just came off a terrible tv contract (Astros)
And that's from April 2015, before the Astros great season which probably boosted their numbers.
And that's from April 2015, before the Astros great season which probably boosted their numbers.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:03 pm to SpartyGator
I can't see dividing the braves, phils, and mets.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:04 pm to TH03
quote:
I addressed that. It shows the bottom 5 teams who declined. 4 are historically bad teams and 1 just came off a terrible tv contract (Astros)
And that's from April 2015, before the Astros great season which probably boosted their numbers.
You can be in denial all you want but that is a unbiased legit article that is pretty much saying TH03's opinion on the matter is dog shite.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:04 pm to TH03
True. I was looking at it from geography a bit like BB03.
Depends on where they put the other expansion. I just used SA as an example
Depends on where they put the other expansion. I just used SA as an example
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:05 pm to Bench McElroy
Expansion would be great.
Then either eliminate or greatly cut back on interleague play.
Ensure the NL doesn't get the DH.
Oh, and get off my lawn!
Then either eliminate or greatly cut back on interleague play.
Ensure the NL doesn't get the DH.
Oh, and get off my lawn!
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:05 pm to Bench McElroy
quote:
expansion
Son freaking dumb.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:06 pm to lsusa
quote:over my dead fricking body
Ensure the NL doesn't get the DH.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:08 pm to SpartyGator
East
Philadelphia Phillies
Washington Nationals
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Mets
North
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Milwaukee Brewers
West
Los Angeles Dodgers
Arizona Diamondbacks
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
South
Atlanta Braves
Miami Marlins
Charlotte/Nashville/San Antonio expansion team
Having trouble coming up with the last NL South team. Something easy to do would be to move the Rockies to the AL West (not a lot of history tying them to the NL), and the Royals to the AL South. But then you'd have to have two expansion teams in the NL South, along with the Braves and Marlins, so that would never work.
Philadelphia Phillies
Washington Nationals
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Mets
North
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Milwaukee Brewers
West
Los Angeles Dodgers
Arizona Diamondbacks
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
South
Atlanta Braves
Miami Marlins
Charlotte/Nashville/San Antonio expansion team
Having trouble coming up with the last NL South team. Something easy to do would be to move the Rockies to the AL West (not a lot of history tying them to the NL), and the Royals to the AL South. But then you'd have to have two expansion teams in the NL South, along with the Braves and Marlins, so that would never work.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:09 pm to 13SaintTiger
quote:ignorance is a bliss
13SaintTiger
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:10 pm to lsusa
quote:
Ensure the NL doesn't get the DH.
This should never happen... They should actually do away with it in the AL IMO.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:12 pm to tduecen
quote:
ignorance is a bliss
Do you deny the link I posted?
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:14 pm to 13SaintTiger
quote:
Based on our report just days ago, there was an average of 148 games aired during the regular season on regional sports networks. Not only has supply dramatically increased over the years, but over 90 percent of regular season games are aired on regional sports networks. This has turned baseball into a regional phenomenon. Baseball dominates prime time television at the cable and broadcast levels on these RSNs. Of the 30 teams in Major League Baseball, eleven—more than one-third of the league—had the highest-rated, most-watched local programming in prime time on both broadcast and cable. And overall, 17 MLB teams—over half the league—rank in the top 3 in local prime time (7p-11p) TV ratings on their respective RSNs. So, the question is, is baseball interest lowering nationally, or growing vastly at the regional level? As The AP story notes:
All of those numbers have made the regional sports networks more valuable to cable and satellite providers. And because each channel makes much of its revenue from fees those providers pay to carry it, the audience demographics don’t affect profits in the way they do for the traditional broadcast networks, which rely more on advertisers who want to reach younger viewers. In other words, baseball’s older viewership is less of a problem for regional sports networks.
quote:LINK
If an industry is “dying” it would show in the ledger. Last season MLB saw gross revenues of over $8 billion, and the expectation is it will reach $10 billion within a year or two. The reason for this goes back to attendance, and television. At the local level, teams are individually seeing lucrative broadcast deals, while the league sees national broadcast revenue from ESPN, TBS, and FOX at $1.5 billion annually. On top of that, MLB’s digital media company MLB Advanced Media expects to see revenues hit $1 billion annually in the very near future (see The Biggest Media Company You’ve Never Heard Of). That means MLB could soon catch the National Football League (it’s possible, but the NFL is attempting to target $25 billion by 2027), who saw approx. $10 billion in gross revenues last season. MLB is still far ahead of the NBA, who saw $5 billion in revenues for 2013, and light years ahead of the NHL who reportedly had record revenues of $3.7 billion.
Don’t be stupid, “dying sports” don’t earn that kind of revenue.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:15 pm to dukke v
peej when youre right, youre right
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:17 pm to WestCoastAg
quote:
peej when youre right, youre right
I have hated the DH since the AL came up with it in 1973...... They used to have some pitchers that were pretty good hitters....
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:20 pm to 13SaintTiger
I deny the aspect that baseball is dying when it is thriving... your article list the lowest local markets and guess what they all have in common, THE WORST TEAMS IN THE SPORT.... You can do the same with the bottom teams in the NBA, their local rating will be HORRIBLE while the top teams will post above average viewership. The only sport immune is the NFL and that is mainly because of 16 games and the gambling involved in football.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:20 pm to SpartyGator
A lot of this will key around where the A's move if they don't get a new stadium
New idea:
AL East
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles
AL North
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
AL West
Los Angeles Angels
Seattle Mariners
Oakland Athletics
Colorado Rockies
AL South
Kansas City Royals
Texas Rangers
Tampa Bay Rays
Nashville/Charlotte/SA expansion team
NL East
New York Mets
Washington Nationals
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
NL North
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Milwaukee Brewers
NL West
San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
Arizona Diamondbacks
NL South
Houston Astros
Atlanta Braves
Miami Marlins
Nashville/Charlotte/SA expansion team
Things people will complain about:
1) Splitting up the Barves from the rest of the NL East. I think people would get over it. Now that the Barves aren't on TBS anymore, they just don't feel as important. And I really don't think people from Atlanta will care all too much, considering they stop supporting the team halfway through the summer anyway.
2) Moving the Rockies to the AL West. Like I said, no real history with the NL. Wouldn't be that big of a deal.
3) Moving the Astros back to the NL. Considering both leagues will have the DH soon, I think most Astros fans wouldn't care. They'd be pissed about the constant switching the league has made them do, but they'd get over it. Astros/Braves would turn into a nice little rivalry.
4) Why am I doing this by geography? You certainly don't have to, but I just figured that would make things easier.
New idea:
AL East
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles
AL North
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
AL West
Los Angeles Angels
Seattle Mariners
Oakland Athletics
Colorado Rockies
AL South
Kansas City Royals
Texas Rangers
Tampa Bay Rays
Nashville/Charlotte/SA expansion team
NL East
New York Mets
Washington Nationals
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
NL North
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Milwaukee Brewers
NL West
San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
Arizona Diamondbacks
NL South
Houston Astros
Atlanta Braves
Miami Marlins
Nashville/Charlotte/SA expansion team
Things people will complain about:
1) Splitting up the Barves from the rest of the NL East. I think people would get over it. Now that the Barves aren't on TBS anymore, they just don't feel as important. And I really don't think people from Atlanta will care all too much, considering they stop supporting the team halfway through the summer anyway.
2) Moving the Rockies to the AL West. Like I said, no real history with the NL. Wouldn't be that big of a deal.
3) Moving the Astros back to the NL. Considering both leagues will have the DH soon, I think most Astros fans wouldn't care. They'd be pissed about the constant switching the league has made them do, but they'd get over it. Astros/Braves would turn into a nice little rivalry.
4) Why am I doing this by geography? You certainly don't have to, but I just figured that would make things easier.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:21 pm to Bench McElroy
In before the baseball hate.
Oh, too late. Already in the first reply.
Oh, too late. Already in the first reply.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:23 pm to dukke v
quote:disagree 100% it has given players such as David Ortiz, Paul Molitar, Dave Winnfield, Frank Thomas, among others a chance to continue to play and enhance their HoF careers.... Thomas played more games as a DH than he did as a 1B.
hey should actually do away with it in the AL IMO.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 6:28 pm to BayouBengals03
quote:
East
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles
North
Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
West
Los Angeles Angles
Seattle Mariners
Oakland Athletics
Kansas City Royals
South
Houston Astros
Texas Rangers
Tampa Bay Rays
Charlotte/Nashville/San Antonio expansion franchise
So much yes. I hate that most of the Astros divisional road games start at fricking 9 o'clock. Bud Selig can suck so much dick. "Well the Rangers are getting fricked in that division so lets frick another team that doesn't fit geographically in this division."
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