No one can blame Jerry for this one. Manfred was not his guy.

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Sharing revenues is pre expenses.

The Braves did by far their best year ever. In 2019, they only did $467 million in total revenue. 2020 doesn't count since they got crushed and only got $178 million.

It also should be pointed out that $42 million in revenue was real estate development so it's really $509M. However, yes, the Braves almost certainly paid far less than 54% of baseball revenue on player salaries but that is also the World Series champs who saw revenue jump by more than $90 million because of it.

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There are people who really think Manfred is going against what the owners want to happen right now?

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Non-Covid year would have made it better. 29,000 fans per game. IIRC, there were restrictions until like June in most cities.

Where does the $90 mildough estimate come from?

I don't know if the owners are all on the same page, so it's hard to know what Manfred is being told.

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People need to realize owners need 23 votes to approve a CBA. There's 18 owners who will make money no matter the terms.

I'm not sure the owners are united, just as I don't think the players really unanimously rejected the last offer. But the owners are under a gag order with heavy fines if they speak out publicly on the topic.

The timing of the Jeter resignation is odd, and I won't be surprised if the Marlins' owner was one pushing a hard line position. It only takes eight owners to veto any proposal.

Florida, Pittsburgh, Tampa, Arizona, Baltimore (now that old man Angelos is out of the day to day), Cleveland, and of course Colorado. That's seven right there. Throw in a Houston or a Chicago team, and you have a blockade of anything.

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They were restricted in April and full by the start of May. They did sell 300,000 less tickets than their all time high in 2019 in the regular season but made a huge amount of money in the playoffs.

Revenue in 2021 was up $90 million from 2019.

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On 5@5 one topic was "The J-Hey Kid" going off on Instagram about the MLB lockout tactics, and their cost saving foot dragging in "20.

Haugh generically said JHK did " a terrific job of articulating". Dustin Rhodes was "impressed". Mully chose his words wisely (aware of who he was critiquing) and said "he didn't know if he (bad money) was the guy who should be yellin' at the owners" from his yacht.

Then Haugh seeing Mully had opened the door to critique JHK stepping-on-eggshells agreed Mully made a good point that slipped his mind when he first spoke.

In the hypothetical MLB revenue sharing agreement?

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Yeah, I think they were wrong to lump Heyward in with Scherzer...yes, they both make a ton so neither will be truly hurt by the lockout, but at least Scherzer produces. They mentioned that Heyward will make $24m, or $148k per game, whereas someone like Patrick Wisdom is going to make $500k for the whole year.

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If you were an everyday player - the type of guy who makes the minimum or slightly above for 4-5 years then is out of work - would you want guys with mid-9 figures in career earnings representing your interests in what could be a protracted lockout?

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I rethought Purdue Ricks hypothesis that players would make more money with revenue sharing.

I have a feeling that the owner's claim that the players are getting 54% of all revenue should be put to the test. Call that bluff

It's 54% of baseball revenue. As you pointed out, the Braves have like $41 million in real estate revenue. The players aren't getting 54% of that real estate revenue.

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I'm not sure, but I don't know if all the owners are on the same page. What I do know is that the power controlling MLB had been Reinsdorf/Selig for a long, long time. It was that faction that forced the strike in '94. When Selig decided to step down Reinsdorf wanted Tom Werner to be the next commissioner. Jerry was hard against Manfred but he couldn't find the votes to stop it and lost the power struggle and now Dewitt is probably the most powerful owner.

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"Frank 4 Commish"

Hell yea!

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1st question, Commissioner Constanza. What's your view on The Shift?

My view on the shift is that there wouldn't be any shifts if the batter was smart enough to drop a bunt down once in a while and take the base that is basically being given to him.

We'll call that "The Richard Pryor." You know...a free base.

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I also like neon vest on the right there who clearly needs a 2x4 to hold up his 16" sign

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you're hired.

I'm out if Manfred bans it. I've got basketball and I'll learn to like football. That leaves 2 months in the height of summer. Pretty sure I can find something to do.

Seriously. If a guy like Grandal dropped down a bunt once every 10 games, and faked a bunt or squared around another 2 or 3 times during that stretch, you think the defenders would adjust accordingly? Probably. And for a guy who seems to care so much about his OB% and OPS, bunting like that would play right into his hands.

The shift should take care of itself. No need to have rules for it.

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A W & S caller suggested limiting shifts to 6 a game. Interesting.

I'll say two things...bunting is not nearly as easy as it looks. Even in the heyday of bunting, not that many guys did it succesfully.

And Cub-wise, every month they don't play gets us closer to Heyward's free agency/Cubs eating the last year of the contract/trading him for MadBum or Hosmer.

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It is not interesting. Why can’t Rizzo learn to go the other way?

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They say bunting is hard. NO. Sacrifice bunting is hard. It's easy when the 3rd baseman is playing SS. And let's say some big bopper is uncomfortable doing it. Humiliated by the failure. Listen pal, you're hitting .230. If I guarantee you going 2 for 4 bunting, would you do it?

yeah, I know, you'd rather look for a walk, you fuckin' bum.

pretty sure he tried a few times. I'm not against the shift. It's just not as simple as bunting to get around it.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

sounds simple. If guys started bunting on the regular to beat the shift, the teams will simply pitch them differently.

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It's only complicated by walks and the HR. Because anybody can do it. They just won't.