"Eric Gurney" <egurney@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>I still don't see why Dolan should deficit spend to get a chance at a
>winner. If it were my money I certainly wouldn't.
> I still maintain that the owners should have locked out during the last
> labor dispute and put a hard cap in place, that's the only way small
> market teams will have a chance over the long term.
>
Using that kind of thinking, my hobby - golf - would have to produce
more in gambling and tournament winnings than I spend on balls,
beer, fees, clubs, et c., and I can't write any of it off.
The Tribe should be a hobby for the multi millionaire owners.
Their investment is making tons of money simply by
the appreciation of all MLB clubs.
They refuse to invest in a commodity
whose final value is predetermined at sale time.
That's the problem with this guy as owner of the Tribe.
I see the logic in not re-signing CC.
Possible injury, ineffective in the playoffs, E.G.
Kinda like not buying an expensive new driver.
I don't see the logic in not trying to build a
contender each and every year. Kinda like owning
a nice set of clubs, and being too cheap to play.
As far as breaking the Player's Union, good luck.
It's been tried before, and it didn't work.
Nor will it work now. The owners will cave in.
The law would probably back the union (collusion...).
As far as small market teams not having a chance:
#1, I do not see the Tribe as a small market team.
They own the TV station STO, stadium naming rights,
and Cleveland/Akron/Canton is not that small a population.
There is potential for huge incomes.
#2, The small market Cardinals contend year in and year out.
Same with the Braves and Twins.
Management needs to be accountable, and being accountable
is not whining about being a "Small" market team, and having
your big offseason moves be Jamey Carroll and Kobayu****.
None of the blathering from management has mentioned their failures.
Gutierrez, Peralta, Marte, 2nd Base, Garko, Betancourt,
Perez, Delucci, Borowski, Sowers, et al.
That's a lot of non-production, and being small market has nothing to do
with it.
They see themselves as having performed swimmingly, as they continue
to rearrange deck chairs on the Titanic, and whine about being small
market.
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