Ok, you are way over analyzing this. First off, I know the pirates will not win this season. Our payroll is minimum and our starters are far too young. I'm not looking for the pirates to do a quick fix either. What bringing in a possible future hall of fame caliber player, even if he isn't productive for the whole season, will spike attendance numbers for the first month or two of the season. The pirates will ultimately get back to their losing ways and attendance will fall into it's usual pattern. Those first two months of increased attendance because of one named player makes all the difference in the world! To say it doesn't is non-sense.
Bringing in a player like sosa, bonds or griffey would be like bringing the circus to town. Everyone will get excited for the first few shows and carnies will be rolling in dough and bathing in cotton candy. But then they get to look closely and see the lion tamer is smoking on the job with a lion missing its teeth. I just want the players for a few months, give NyMo or McCutch their extra month of at bats at AAA then bring them up in June and get right back where we would've been in the first place. Having either one of those 2 guys start the season in AAA will not hinder their development, and paying a fading star $3-5 Mil won't kill our payroll and in my opinion could do wonders for short term revenue. We would have the same projected starting outfield that we have right now, except with a few extra dollars in the organizations pocket to use in the future. Bonds, Sosa, Griffey or whoever would fade into Pirates obscurity as their AARP cards are mailed to them, but only after they tack on a little more to their career stats.
If you've read up lately with the pirates front office. You would have seen that we are not in any financial crisis right now. In fact, we may be one of the few clubs this recession is not going to badly hurt. We are not looking to cut payroll, and we are not openly discussing cutting ties with higher paid players such as Jack Wilson, Adam LaRoche or Freddy Sanchez. We have a solid foundation, and we are developing in the latin areas of the world incredibly well as of late. We have the available funds to throw 3-5 million dollars at an aging star. Why do you think we were so exploratory with pedro martinez? Because we can afford to. How about instead of flirting with a future HOF'er with a crippled arm who we would see only 20 times on the field throughout the course of the season, we sign another future HOF'er with a crippled knee but will be on the field for 80-100 games instead and for the same price? I don't know, it just seems like common sense to me.
Again, I don't want any older veteran star to be a fix for the winning or losing atmosphere of the club right now; this season. I'm thinking about the future of the club and the money these players would be able to get out of the stands for one year. Attendance at Pirate games has been decreasing steadily since the ball park opened. If the pirates could get the attendance back up to the numbers of its innaugural season, just by signing one player for 3-5 million?! I think it'd be worth it. It doesn't hurt us in the long-term, and if they're not very productive, just imagine the kind of tutors they could be to the Pirates young ball club? Better yet, imagine if they were productive...I could see that as money very well spent.
We obviously disagree on this point, so lets agree to disagree. We can both spout out different reasonings and statistics to back us up. We're both equally educated on the facets of the game of baseball and its organizational spending tendencies. So I say we all buy that game offord was talking about for 360(which is what I'll be buying it for) and see who comes out on top.
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Dangit I was just going to post my baseball rankings! I will wait until Monday so I don't push you down too far.
Oh, and I already bought the game.
Your post is a well-thought out, well-intentioned, beautifully crafted, piece of sh*t.
There is absolutely no reason to waste the little extra money we have. How about instead of signing washed up starts, they trade for Brian Roberts and use the money to pay his salary? OR, save the money so they can keep the Jason Bay's of the next generation.
Plus, why sign Sosa when Ty Wiggington is still out there. Think about it.
Dude, don't worry about pushing it down further. That is why i added the recent comments.
Kern...allow me to apologize. I did not realize you were only meaning your proposal as nothing more than something to help get the fans interested.
As much as I disagree with you that it would even help with the casual fan, I can at least see your logic.
I got angry because I thought you were implying that we should scrap McCutchen in favor of someone like Griffey. I was ready to drive down to Bridgeville and kick your ass.
What you are proposing is really no different than what the Pirates already do. Bobble heads and fireworks. That puts the butts in the seats...
That game looks cool, but I do not own a video game system.
Offord..."well-thought out, well-intentioned, beautifully crafted, piece of sh*t."
I thought I was supposed to be the rude jerk?
haha, very nice offord, very nice...Do, you know how much the services of brian roberts would go for? He's currently looking for an extension from the O's for about 10 million per. 3 million on a HOF'er is the equivalent to a 4 year 40 million dollar contract for a speedier glorified freddy sanchez? Ya, that makes sense. Oh ya, and by the way the Ty Wiggington experiment already failed in pittsburgh. And, you need to get off of Sosa, I would prefer Griffey or Bonds.
How's the game?
No, ever since Offord started dating Leigh, he's become a balsy little gnome. He needs to keep her around. By the By; what did the gnome theory or whatever you used before mean?
And...you have to give it to offord, that was hilariously written. Great lead up to the punch line. He almost had me thinking he was complimenting my literature...dammit the little 0-fford gave me his big "O" face.
Yes, Bonds would be fantastic. He cannot play the outfield anymore, so our pitchers who had a terrible defense behind them already,will now have to worry about a ball being hit to a geriatric, roid-head, with no knees left...
You don't remember the gnome thing? Damn, I will have to find it. It was from South Park. The gnomes plan was:
Step 1: Gather Underpants.
Step 2: (long silent pause)
Step 3: Profit!
Well if we got rid of Wilson's contract, added what we have in reserve, that's over 10 mil. Give that to Roberts, move Sanchez to SS, develop Fatty Alvarez, and hey, maybe you have something there.
And I was obviously kidding about Ty Wiggington.
Just ordered the game today, I'll let you know in a week or so.
Oh man...the underpants gnomes...classic.
I really need a new, fairly decent baseball game. I've been stuck playing MVP BASEBALL 2005 for the last 3 years because i can't get into any of the other ones. I've pretty much beaten it every which way and then doggy style as well.
if the new EA baseball game is anything like NHL 09, then it will be wicked. NHL has a feature where you and 6 friends can play as one entire team online or you can play in an online league where each person makes up one team. pretty cool stuff.
i have all 3 next gen systems, except my xbox has cancer. trav and i play madden against each other online, which is always a cool feature, since we live so far away that you can't exactly stop by with a six-pack.
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