I don’t think this is true.
He’s not upset with non-fans for not coming.
He’s upset with fans for not coming.
I’d love to hear an explanation of how fans aren’t customers.
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Owners can WIN a lot of money. Even with no championship.
Players can WIN more playing time, more money in arbitration, more money in endorsements, more money in free agent contracts.
There are tons of things at stake within a season that have nothing to do with a championship. You make the mistake of assuming the end…
There is another thing for teams to win: profits.
That’s not an impression I have. That’s reality.
You are hereby not allowed to complain about your customers/clients ever. That’s how we’re doing this right?
I would like the playoffs to be similar to the regular season. Fewer days off so that total team construction matters. So that success in the regular season and success in the postseason are the based on the same things.
Our current system is akin to the NBA deciding the playoffs would just be a 3-on-3 tournament after…
I like baseball.
And there is basically zero drama with the wild cards. (Outside of a couple fanbases, no one cares.) So, what did we gain?
It’s refreshing to see a take this dumb that isn’t reliant on politics, race, gender, etc. to make it “work”.
I don’t interact with trolls. I troll them.
Well, yeah. Good point. I would love this just as much if the headline were ‘Matheny loses 72nd game’.
I’m sure all the Braves and Twins players are trying their hardest, too. That doesn’t mean the organization as a whole was really trying to win this year.
But clearly you’re “right” about this. Despite the fact the owner (aka the guy with the most control over what happens) has literally said “we don’t try to win every…
Or, it was primarily a way to make money.
It has more to do with Cardinals fans than the team itself.
Their owner has basically said they aren’t necessarily trying to win every year. That a good run every 10-ish years is good enough. So...the criticism isn’t too far off.