Ajay

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@BNightengale We don’t care what Dodgers employees think. They are paid to spew the company talking points. On a separate note, some of us have been furious about baseball economics for over 35 years. This issue goes way deeper than what the Dodgers have done the last 4-5 years.

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@_asstard @TheDA53 Enjoy whatever data you prefer. I understand how you are thinking about this issue. But for many of us, the issue is really about what it feels like to be a fan in smaller cities compared to what you experience in other sports.

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@_asstard @TheDA53 Yes, we know certain large city teams spend and don’t succeed. The Mets stink this year. But again, year after year, they always have more choices and options every off-season compared to the rest of us., and this feels infuriating. This is what win-loss data doesn’t capture

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@_asstard @TheDA53 That is my point. People on both sides of the issue can cherry pick whatever numbers they wish to present. But for many of us, it is more about the frustration of having fewer options / choices compared to what we experience in other sports. That difference is staggering

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@_asstard @TheDA53 I looked it up . . . According to ChatGPT, the Yankees have been in the playoffs 31 times in the last 38 years. They had no losing seasons in that timeframe.

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@_asstard @TheDA53 I looked it up . . . Only 4 losing seasons for the Dogers in the past 38 years (according to ChatGPT). This would be during the approximate timeframe when MLB moved more to cable TV and economic disparity became a reality.

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@_asstard @TheDA53 Your data is cherry-picked. If you like data, so many other stats posted on Twitter also support the salary cap. Example: How many times have Yankees and Dodgers had a losing record? How many times have Yankees missed the postseason? Etc. etc. Data selection is biased.

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@_asstard @TheDA53 I think you can’t wrap your head around the fact that we want the same choices & options that big city teams get because all the other sports have that and we like the experience and feeling so much better. Any data you choose to give won’t change that fairness matters to us

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@TheDA53 As a paying customer, I can assure you nobody cares about these kind of stats. Fans care more about whether they feel treated fairly and valued. MLB fails its small markets miserably. No other sport has anything this ridiculous.

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@TheDA53 The more stats you try to present us, the more you show you don’t get it and that you don’t listen. It’s not about the numbers. We know the Mets spend a ton and stink. It doesn’t matter. We just want the same choice & options that big city teams have. Every other sport has this

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@PHXFansAZ In all fairness, it seems like the Dodgers ownership supports the salary cap and has correctly acknowledged that it would be good for MLB. I personally have been very frustrated with MLB economics for over 35 years. For me, the Dodgers dominance is only a recent development.

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@JesseRogersESPN Didn’t the Padres have cashflow problems and needed more investor help? And if every team did that, not every team would win and draw bigger crowds because somebody has to lose games also. The returns would not be there everyone

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@BNightengale I am fine with a long-term lockout. So sick of being the only sport without a salary cap and a level playing field.

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@JLucroy20 Much respect to you for this. Very admirable. 👍

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@BizballMaury More revenue sharing is already a huge part of the plan, but we need much more than that to ensure a greater feeling of equality. With no cap, large city teams still have an advantage and this causes bitterness, especially when no other professional sport has this problem

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@SanPedroAce @psaundersdp @denverpost What are they players going to do? Start their own league? Go to Japan where they will earn less? Work regular jobs? The longer they strike, the more money they lose and their peak earning years are wasted. Owners can survive a ling work stoppage easily

[Ajay @Ajay_W]

@SanPedroAce @psaundersdp @denverpost MLBPA has no leverage. Unless there is another baseball league that has willing to offer these players a better package, they will have no alternatives. The owners just need to stay firm and not budge. These players know they are not going to earn big money doing regular jobs.