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Speaking of Selig, I saw a clip of an interview with him last night and I only could think one thing: THIS is the guy who runs MLB???

Posted by Shaun (aka bigshaunu) Nov 16 '12, 09:05

No wonder the league is such a joke. He looked like he rolled out of bed 10 minutes ago.

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Baseball Revenue -- 1995 --- $1.4B --- 2012 -- $7B. - Will Hunting Nov 16, 09:13 8
- Also you need to adjust that for inflation to have any real value. -- nm - Shaun Nov 16, 09:15 1
  - Using the inflation annual rates online, I got that 1.4b would be 2.1b in today's dollars, so in 17 years, revenue's gone up 3.5 times. - Will Hunting Nov 16, 09:18
- The game is fine. The league is a joke. -- nm - Shaun Nov 16, 09:14 5
  - How so? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 16, 09:15 4
    - MLB has a period of time called the "Steroid Era". Plus no salary cap basically eliminates 80% of the teams from actually competing. -- nm - Shaun Nov 16, 09:17 3
      - Fans..didn't mind the steroid era. And in the last decade, like 80% of the teams have hit the playoffs. - Will Hunting Nov 16, 09:22 1
        
        Yup. As much as I dislike Bud and some of the things he's done to the game, it's not rationally arguable that he hasn't - musubi Nov 16, 09:29
      - communist! -- nm - CQ Nov 16, 09:18
I have a hard time coming up with things he's done to improve the game. - Krusty Nov 16, 09:11 7
- He's helmed the league while they created the MLB network and MLB Advanced Media, both of which are pretty fantastic. - musubi Nov 16, 09:31 4
  - MLB was the last of the 4 major sports to have their own network in the US. - the wrong elemen, bad guy Nov 16, 09:39 1
    - The MLB network is part of most basic cable packages, none of the other three are. That alone makes is better for giving the league exposure. - musubi Nov 16, 09:42
  - MLB Advanced Media is the gold standard for fans. Why other leagues can't follow this example is beyond me. -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 09:32 1
    - Yup. Between GameDay, PitchFX and the soon-to-come FieldFX, it's amazing what they've made available to the fans. - musubi Nov 16, 09:35
- Well, at least they're not the NHL. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 16, 09:16 1
  - Good point. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 09:19

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Speaking of Selig, I saw a clip of an interview with him last night and I only could think one thing: *THIS* is the guy who runs MLB???

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Speaking of Selig, I saw a clip of an interview with him last night and I only could think one thing: THIS is the guy who runs MLB???