@CancunBurner@CrumpledJumper It’s really bad, but the study was also made by a “family research council” and they provided all those names. Luckily Gen-Z men think those guys are some of the least inspiring or influential people given the options.
@JeffStanek1 For me the coolest part of it was the genuine differences in roster construction between the two-leagues. NL teams wanted contact hitters, good defenders, and pitchers who got through PA’s quickly. AL teams wanted HR’s and power pitchers.
@roselleavenue@JoshuaKennedyHH I’m not trying to compare them in regular person terms, what I’m trying to do is explain why the MLBPA would never allow that.
Top MLB Free Agents have recently gotten deals upwards of $60M AAV.
In this abomination of a “proposal” top Free Agents would earn $40.4M AAV across a length capped deal.
The players are not the ones trying to restrict 50% of MLB’s earnings potential. That is the owners.
MLB's latest proposal mimics other sports with strict contract limits.
Free agents would be limited to five-year, $202 million contracts. (That is 15% of the proposed cap number and would rise.)
Juan Soto's deal with the New York Mets was for 3x the years and 3.8x the dollars.
@JoshuaKennedyHH@roselleavenue Expecting people in any career path to not aim for the best possible salary for themself using historical precedents, and particularly when it’s a 50% decrease from previous historical precedents, seems asinine to me.
@JoshuaKennedyHH@roselleavenue Thank you for your work. The point I’m trying to make is: what if your district and union had an agreed rate of $33/hr for teachers with 15+ years, and then when it came to renegotiate, the district wanted only $22/hr people with those qualifications. It would be a non-starter.
@RefuseToLosePod This is fully my fan perspective, but watching these players like Julio and Woo struggle when I have been following the trajectory of the careers I really only feel empathy. And when they do succeed, I feel most happy for the person. The success it brings my team is a bonus.
@chadmumm@Skratch You said “random objects” and the first three items are things I regularly have in pockets, including a Labubu keychain my friend gave me.
@TheCougarithm@PuckSports@usopengolf@ChambersBayGolf@USGA It’s either Oakmont or SH for me. The criticism of it being “unplayable” in 2004 and 2018 seems like it goes against what the USGA wants. A score of around even-par should be the expectation for a U.S. Open. 2004 had a winning score of -4, and 2018 had a winning score of +1.
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