O/T, Prince Fielder to Tigers for 9 year deal

[chaddurbin]

well at least get some uniformity. right now the balance is tipped to the AL in terms of offense. i actually like pitchers hitting as it adds another layer of strategy...but MLBPA will never allow the loss of DH in the AL, so might as well bring it to the NL also.

[oldjudge]

Great news. I'm sure the donut shops in Detroit are ecstatic.

[dherm360]

He is terrible defensively, he better hit 50 HRs and drive in 140 for 24 mil. Also if you look at his splits .326 at home and .272 on the road, hopefully Detroit will be as friendly to him as Miller Park was this past year

[Fred]

But what does all this mean for the Brew crew? No more Prince and it appears Braun may be serving a 50 game suspension to start the season. What happens when Braun doesn't have Prince to protect him in the lineup?

[dherm360]

Originally Posted by Fred

But what does all this mean for the Brew crew? No more Prince and it appears Braun may be serving a 50 game suspension to start the season. What happens when Braun doesn't have Prince to protect him in the lineup?

I think Braun is getting off, Aramis Ramirez will hit behind him or vice versa and Corey Hart is sandwhiched in there. The Brewers if Gamel finally gets it will be a better team than last year

[Fred]

If Bruan wins his appeal (I believe) it will be the first time a suspension like this has been over turned. I honestly hope he's clean. The sad part is that if the suspension is lifted, the cloud of suspicsion will still remain over him.

[chaddurbin]

Originally Posted by Fred

If Bruan wins his appeal (I believe) it will be the first time a suspension like this has been over turned. I honestly hope he's clean. The sad part is that if the suspension is lifted, the cloud of suspicsion will still remain over him.

braun getting off would set a bad precedence for baseball. roger clemens will misremembered he took the same cold meds as braun then...

[iwantitiwinit]

Tigers next club to go bankrupt. It amazes me that every individual and every corporation or corporate like entitiy continues to leverage their future. This will turn out badly for everyone. In my opinion of course.

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by iwantitiwinit

Tigers next club to go bankrupt. It amazes me that every individual and every corporation or corporate like entitiy continues to leverage their future. This will turn out badly for everyone. In my opinion of course.

Please, how many teams are bankrupt? Yankees?, Red Sox?, I don't think so. Name the teams that are bankrupt. I don't think you realize how much money the Ilitch family has. Owner of Little Caesars pizza, Wife owns Casino in Detroit, family owns the Fox Theater and many more entertainment sites. And he owns the Red Wings. Come On! This is not a small market team no matter what you think.

Joe

[iwantitiwinit]

Originally Posted by jcmtiger

Please, how many teams are bankrupt? Yankees?, Red Sox?, I don't think so. Name the teams that are bankrupt. I don't think you realize how much money the Ilitch family has. Owner of Little Caesars pizza, Wife owns Casino in Detroit, family owns the Fox Theater and many more entertainment sites. And he owns the Red Wings. Come On! This is not a small market team no matter what you think.

Joe

Curious where you think I said or implied that the Tigers are a small market team.

What I am saying is that player salary outlay is too high. Ticket prices cannot continue to escalate to offset these costs, fans cannot afford it, the Mets are a clear example of this. It will also be clear to many observers that the Yankees will see a large decline in season ticket sales this year. I work for a large investment bank, we have had over 2 dozen season tickets to the Yankees for years, this year we are reducing that to 6 seats total and they are much less expensive seats. I know others in the industry are doing the same and the financial industry holds a lot (many more than you would think) of those seats. Entertainment spending is being reduced much much more than it was during the crisis of 2008.

In my opinion the finances of MLB are in trouble and we are going to see many many teams stressed.

[packs]

I think it would be a mistake to assume ticket prices are how teams make their money. TV deals and merchandising will always bring in more money than ticket sales IF you're a team people want to see play baseball.

I still think the Tigers are going to stink 4/5 days. Their pitching is terrible besides Verlander and everyone knows you can't slug your way to a World Series title. Just look at what happened to the Tigers the last time they were in the Series. Kenny Rogers was their second best pitcher and Todd Jones was their closer. You can't win that way.

Not to mention how awful Verlander is in the post-season.

[tjb1952tjb]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Great news. I'm sure the donut shops in Detroit are ecstatic.

Thanks...........I needed a laugh!!!