Alan Feldstein

Austin MLB organizer (since 2009). Oppose expansion. #AustinMLB is my tag.

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For clarity: #AustinMLB was created for my projects Austin MLB: High & Inside and Austin MLB: Low & Outside. It is not affiliated with the Austin Baseball Commission, and it does not support MLB expansion to Austin.

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@jakemalasek Tropicana Field gets 16,544 people per game. #AustinMLB

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@MLB García Jr. is producing into empty seats at Nationals Park. Meanwhile, Montreal wants a team — but MLB needs markets that show real, sustained enthusiasm before relocation is viable. #AustinMLB

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@MLBRandomStats Complete games shouldn’t be museum pieces. When starters go deep, rosters get leaner, benches get bigger, and the sport has more strategy. MLB was better when pitchers were expected to finish what they started. #AustinMLB

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@BenVerlander The Tigers being 4.5 games out says more about the system than the team. In a true pennant race, they’re 11th and 13 games behind the Rays. The current format keeps mediocre clubs in the mix, which hides how weak the league actually is. #AustinMLB

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@eyyankees Wells being stuck at 10 RBI isn’t about one player — it’s a league‑wide hitting shortage. MLB has too many teams and not enough major‑league hitters. The distribution of offensive talent is stretched thin, and Wells is one of the symptoms. #AustinMLB

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@BryanHoch The Yankees’ lack of a depth starter isn’t a quirk of their roster. It’s a league‑wide talent shortage, made visible every time a team is forced into a bullpen game because no major‑league‑caliber starter exists below the rotation. #AustinMLB

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@FoulTerritoryTV If you’re managing to win, you only carry one starting pitcher. Wheeler and Misiorowski are ruled out by the Sunday‑starter rule, so the NL should roster one starter — Rodríguez or Sale — and no other starters at all. #AustinMLB

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@TalkinBaseball_ @RaysBaseball The key word is "planned". Tampa and Hillsborough missed the June 1 deadline, there’s still no approved deal, and the Trop clock keeps ticking. The Rays may still be talking, but Zalupski’s relocation work has far more momentum than anything in Tampa Bay. #AustinMLB

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@45PedroMartinez @RaysBaseball Pedro’s right about the culture, but the region never matched it. The Rays play real baseball — Tampa Bay just never showed up. #AustinMLB

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MLB broadcasts make every game sound full, but the stadiums aren’t. Quick Pitch uses the truck’s crowd mix, not the real in‑park audio. The roar is engineered because the live product doesn’t create that energy on its own. #AustinMLB

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@FoulTerritoryTV He was ruled safe at second, so the next base is third. At that point he has to either stay on second or try for third. Looping into the outfield grass isn’t a legal option, but abandonment requires obvious disengagement. His chaos didn’t meet that bar. #AustinMLB

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@crawlyscubs @Sut_40 As a fan, moments like this are unforgettable. As commissioner, they’re exactly why the sport needs effective penalties. The product can be intense without letting games turn into chaos. #AustinMLB

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@aubrey_huff Maybe morons are a factor. But there were 40–50 .300 hitters in the mid‑90s because MLB had a deeper talent pool and fewer teams. When a diminished skill base is stretched across 30 rosters, contact quality collapses. That’s one reason averages have fallen. #AustinMLB

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If there aren’t 30 major‑league catchers, we can’t have 30 major‑league teams. #AustinMLB

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@nypostsports @Joelsherman1 The Yankees are tied for 5th‑best in MLB and we still don’t like the product. There’s a reason. They had a .151 hitter last night. Why does such a poor hitter have a major‑league job? MLB has a talent shortage. Contraction to 28 teams helps. #AustinMLB

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@eyyankees The trade Michael Kay is referring to is the 2017 deal: the Yankees got Stanton from Miami for Starlin Castro, Jorge Guzman, and José Devers. That’s the transaction he’s calling an albatross.

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@GrantPaulsen Look at all the empty seats! Nationals Park seats 41,373, and they’re averaging 22,918 — 55% utilization. A .511 team shouldn’t be playing in a half‑full stadium. That’s a market‑enthusiasm problem.

#AustinMLB

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Austin MLB cultivates enthusiasm for Major League Baseball in the Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos metro by bringing Austinites together to watch MLB at local venues and at MLB stadiums.

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Austin MLB presents Low & Outside: Blue Jays at Padres — Saturday 7:40 PM CDT. Pluckers Lakeline carries MLB Extra Innings. https://t.co/qKlYJtCa9o #AustinMLB

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Backspin told me on June 29 they’d be open regular hours on July 4. I arrived ahead of time as the organizer of our Austin MLB Padres–Dodgers meetup, and the business was closed. I requested an apology by voicemail, but they haven’t responded. Yelp review now live. #AustinMLB