*Official* 2012 Major League Baseball Thread

[Erzengel]

The 2011 Season has come and gone with the St. Louis Cardinals coming out of nowhere to win their 11th World Series title.

Post here to discuss free agents, trades, intrigue, and now with more new managers.

Who will buy the Los Angeles Dodgers?

How much radio/talk show time are we going to spend on Pujols inevitably going back to St. Louis?

Will Theo Epstein actually be able to break 2 curses in 8 years?

Who will coach the St. Louis Cardinals? The Chicago Cubs?

Will less people show up at Tampa Bay?

Will the Texas Rangers go back, to back, to back, World Series appearances?

Who will be silly enough to dump a s' load of money for Yu Darvish?

 

[Immortalfire]

Wrong forum, Erzzie.

Moving..

 

[Erzengel]

Ha. I had too many tabs open as usual.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

Who will buy the Los Angeles Dodgers?

Not Mark Cuban

How much radio/talk show time are we going to spend on Pujols inevitably going back to St. Louis?

Too much time

Will Theo Epstein actually be able to break 2 curses in 8 years?

It may take 8 years, but yes he will.

Who will coach the St. Louis Cardinals? The Chicago Cubs?

Cards I'll guess Oquendo, Cubs- Sandberg

Will less people show up at Tampa Bay?

Yes

Will the Texas Rangers go back, to back, to back, World Series appearances?

Only if they sign Prince or Pujols

Who will be silly enough to dump a s' load of money for Yu Darvish?

Yonkees

 

[Spidey-Bat]

The asterisks in the title really annoy me. Get rid of them.

 

[Erzengel]

Add more? Sure.

 

[Franklin Richards]

Epstein called Sandberg and told him he wasn't up for the job.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

A lot of Cub loyalists are going to be poo poo on this move, but getting an unproven manager on a team that isn't going to do anything next year may not be the best option. My thought is he goes after Francona.

 

[steintym]

I don't think Cubs fans will really mind unless they go with another unproven type - Another AAA Manager, bench coach, etc.

If they go that route, then yes, there will be a lot of questions about why not go with Sandberg.

 

[TMC1982]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/31/us-baseball-television-idUSTRE79U6ZO20111031

MLB's current deals with ESPN, Fox and TBS expire after the 2013 season, and sources said all three networks are likely to be involved in the next round of negotiations, which are expected to begin this off-season. These people said NBC Universal and CBS are also interested in joining the talks.

The dramatic climax to this season's World Series between the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals, coupled with the intense demand among networks for programing viewers watch live, should give MLB strong negotiating leverage in the next round of talks.

Ratings for this year's World Series, broadcast on Fox, were hardly blockbuster but still averaged 16.6 million viewers, up about 19 percent from last year, driven by a Game Six extra-inning comeback victory for the Cardinals that stoked interest in the team's Game 7 victory last week.
Analysts expect the price of a new deal to increase by 10 percent or more from the league's current contracts, which are estimated to be worth around $900 million annually.

The interest in baseball in not due to the World Series alone, however, as advertisers exhibited a strong appetite for commercial time throughout baseball's lengthy 182-game regular season and two rounds of league playoff series.

About NBC's fears in regards to the baseball postseason potentially interfering with Sunday Night Football, they could easily work it around by having games move over to the NBC Sports Network (currently Versus) just like TBS uses TNT as a backup for their baseball coverage. Also, Major League Baseball can easily work around the schedule for the World Series. In recent years, the World Series has started on I think a Tuesday or Wednesday rather than on the weekends.

NBC really has nothing to lose in regards to their prime time schedule. It's not like back in 1997, when they covered the World Series and the then West Coast President complained that the World Series was messing up their then highly rated "Must See TV" line-up. I think I read somewhere that they're still struggling in the 18-49 demographic this season. Networks need to to understand that major sporting events could have a positive effect by providing a major promotional tool for said shows.

I actually wouldn't be surprised if CBS (CBS doesn't really have a whole lot of major or note worthy sports programming from around the end of March-beginning of April, like right after the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament and the Masters until September,when college football, the US Open tennis tournament, and the NFL starts) did something with Turner. TBS produced two specials (one for the All-Star Break and another for the late season pennant drive) this year that aired on the CBS Sports Spectacular. The last time that CBS had baseball back in the early '90s, they wound up losing about $500 million after paying $1 billion for exclusive broadcasting rights (over ABC and NBC).

 

[John McGuirk]

Tigers will destroy all.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

...in the family

Tigers will destroy all in the family

 

[steintym]

Boy the way Glen Miller played,
Songs that made the hit parade,
Guys like us we had it made,
Those were the days ...

 

[Spidey-Bat]

If these are legit, the Marlins not only have the worst uniform in baseball, but one of the worst in decades

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/bi...ami-Marlins-new-uniforms-mayb?urn=mlb-wp26449

 

[Showtime]

Although those aren't that far off from what you are going to see, those are not the actual uniforms. I've seen them, they are bad, but those somehow look worse. For starters the caps are off. There are two caps, one is all over black and one is all over orange. The Blue Jays did a much better job. Actually, most all of the changes will be announced in November. Major changes are Blue Jays and Marlins, but the Padres and Orioles are changing it up a bit as well along with a number of other teams.

 

[enterthemadness]

My soul just died. Thanks...>_<

 

[Darthphere]

If these are legit, the Marlins not only have the worst uniform in baseball, but one of the worst in decades

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/bi...ami-Marlins-new-uniforms-mayb?urn=mlb-wp26449

 

[enterthemadness]

I'm mad too Darth...

 

[Darthphere]

I couldn't care less about your feelings.

 

[enterthemadness]

I couldn't care less about your feelings.

Join the club...pretty big one...

 

[Duke]

If these are legit, the Marlins not only have the worst uniform in baseball, but one of the worst in decades

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/bi...ami-Marlins-new-uniforms-mayb?urn=mlb-wp26449

Ugly colors & probably will be the laughing stock of MLB.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

On the plus side, no one will see their home uniforms in person.

 

[steintym]

The uniforms wouldn't be that bad if they got rid of that dumb rainbow effect on the lettering. Still not that great, but that definitely kills it.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Phillies sign Jim Thome to 1 year deal.

Just what they needed...a DH?

Either that or Howard will be out a lot longer than previously stated.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

On the plus side, no one will see their home uniforms in person.

last I heard, their season tickets for the new park in Little Havana were selling like Cuban hot cakes.