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Dec 28, 2006 16:47

This is in regards to the Alfonso Soriano deal we were talking about ( Read more... )

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zedsdeadbaby January 2 2007, 10:55:50 UTC
Completely out of context to the other stats, I would take a .400 OBP.

By the way I had a leet moment New Year's Eve... I was at Louisa's brother's mother's, and I explained certain concepts related to roster management. We were talking about the Mariners and their recent stupidity, and I mentioned that the league minimum is $300,000. The mother remarked that it's incredible that teams spend so much money that that is the minimum... and I got very excited and explained how that is amazingly cheap relative to what most teams pay. $300,000 for 25 players would be like $7.5 million or something, so teams are spending, on average, 10 times more than league minimum. I explained how GMs prefer to lose with veterans than with rookies, and how a salary cap would be unnecessary because there's so much waste and smart teams can take advantage.

I was a little drunk and made the points a little sloppily but they seemed to be interested in them. I don't know if I "changed a few minds" but it felt really good to talk about this to a receptive audience. I think if more people understood the economics of baseball, fans would make a wholesale change in what they consider acceptable or unacceptable. It seems so simple to me that I wonder how just about 25 teams screw it up so badly.

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