See You Later Mr. Selig, Your Replacement Is Here
by WiHaloFan on Dec 10, 2009 4:03 PM PST
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It was recently reported that baseball commissioner Bud Selig will resign after his contract expires at the end of 2012. I formally announce my application for his job. Selig made around $18,000,000 in salary as commissioner, I will do the job for the cut-rate salary of just $1,000,000 (see, I'm already saving baseball some cash!).
The primary focus of my commissionership would be to increase the popularity of baseball in general. Over the last few years, football and basketball have either moved ahead or significantly challenged baseball as the favorite sport of American sports fans. Besides hiring "bat-shit crazy" Stirrups to be the Vice President of Marketing, I'd propose the following:
- During the next collective bargaining negotiations , I will insist on a clause to be included into each player contract stating for each $10 earned in salary, the player is required to participate in 1 second of community service (this equals approximately a half hour per million dollars earned). What I mean by community service isn't picking up trash along the freeway, but rather conducting baseball clinics for kids, visits to children hospitals, autograph sessions for charity, etc. The minimum community service time will be one hour. The players are the product and I feel baseball has done a poor job of marketing their most important asset. Meeting a player in person would create a bond for young fans that would carry over into the rest of their lives. Everyone remembers getting an autograph or meeting a player from their favorite team and the impact it had on them. If every player made a least a few of these bonds, baseball in general will benefit greatly.
- Not only would the players be responsible for doing community service, but also the front office and management. How about a minute for every win? Wouldn't it be cool to get a stadium tour from Arte Moreno? How about Tony Reagins visiting your kid's fifth-grade class? Mike Scioscia conducting a clinic for the Anaheim Boys and Girls Club?
- Every team will be required to host one family per game. Provide a family with free tickets, hot dogs, sodas and souvenir.
Some other changes I'd make:
- The use of instant replay. Both managers would be allowed to challenge one play per game, except balls and strike calls. Much like the NFL coaches challenges, managers can have the umpiring crew review a call for accuracy. One problem with this scenario would be where to place the players/runners if the call is overturned. For example, men on second and third and the batter hits a line drive down the line. Umpire calls the ball foul, but upon review, the call is overturned. What happens then?
- Revenue Sharing. Once again, much like the NFL, a fund should be set up from television revenue. Unlike the NFL, each MLB team negotiates their own television contracts, but why should one team receive the entire contract amount when there are two teams playing on any given day? Instead of taxing payroll, have each team be required to submit a portion of their television revenue into a "fund". Then that fund would be split among each of the teams (by league). I realize that many teams receive huge amounts of money from their television deals and a lot of a team's value is derived from their television revenue, but the plan could be eased into over many years. Plus, with the increased popularity of baseball from the above changes, owners could expect increased revenue.
Okay, I admit some of these proposals may be questionable, but as commissioner I'd be willing to listen to the fans and their suggestions. What suggestions would you make if the commissioner would actually listen?
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Retain & Incentivize Umpires based upon their performance
We all have watched games where Umps blow calls. Sometimes we attribute the results of the game to a critical blown call.
Whether or not an umpire keeps his job should, in part, be based upon his job performance. For those that arn’t up to it anymore, they’re out-a-here. For those that receive no negative reviews, they get to keep their job and a favorable performance bonus.
Perhaps each team’s manager could vote up or down to each ump after each game or series.
What other type of umpire review do you think would be helpful and doable?
Help me Sam Waterston! You're my only hope!
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
The NFL and NBA aren't a threat
The NFL only gets so much popularity because there are only 19 games including the Super Bowl and 20 if you count the Pro Bowl. This means you get maybe 8-10 chances to see your NFL team at home depending on if they make the playoffs or not. Furthermore, there’s only one game per team, per week. Hence the increased hype, cost of tickets, and “popularity”.
If the NFL had a longer season and played more often, it would have much less hype.
An NBA team plays maybe 3-4 times a week. While it’s still popular, there are plenty of people like myself and others that I know who really don’t care about the NBA. Heck, many some NBA fans I know don’t pay much attention until the playoffs, which are several weeks long anyway.
Baseball is on everyday for 6-7 months. Even the worst teams can pull around 10,000+ per game. Tickets are usually cheaper than any other sport and every game is televised in some fashion. You can always find and enjoy your baseball team whenever you want to. That is was baseball is and always will be “The National Pastime”.
The biggest fix that MLB needs is salary reform in the form of a cap, floor, and a better, more honest revenue sharing system. This would increase parity, draw more fans to struggling teams, and end this debate.
"Well make more fuckin' money. This is America. You don't make money, then you're a fuckin' douchebag." - Mr French "The Departed"
"You gotta have nuts." - Torii Hunter
I support you WiHaloFan, but
maybe it would not be wise to use cartoon strip placards if called to testify before congress.
The 2009 Pregame Picks Winner and Iron Man of Halos Heaven.com
Cheeseheads for Commish!
You would be the second consecutive Wisconsinite to be Baseball Commissioner! It must be the beer!
Sorry, I'm a born and raised Californian
Exiled to this land of ranch dressing.
But I appreciate the enthusiasm!
Life could be worse than to be exiled to Santa Barabara.
Had I owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, I could have saved America.
I accept my appointment, with honor.
My salary requirement is merely $1 for every fan I put into a seat throughout Major League Baseball over and above the mean level of attendance throughout the preceding 3 seasons, adjusted for GDP.
My first order of business shall be to tell FOX Sports that they can shove it up their ass. Covering The National Pastime is a privilege and the priority of scheduling shall be the integrity of the game.
Second order of business: in April we shall observe National Jazz Appreciation Month, and all parks will commence their games with a Mardi Gras celebration in the stands as a jazz version of The Star Spangled Banner is played live. Players are encouraged to toss t-shirts into the stands to all women who might be willing to expose themselves. (WARNING: any fans objecting will be relegated to that part of each stadium set aside for National Irritable Bowel Syndrome Month!)
Had I owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, I could have saved America.
The "bat shit cazy" marketing guru has spoken.
I think your expectations have been greeted and exceeded…
Would the area set aside for "Irritable Bowel Syndrome Month"..
Be adjacent to the “STD sufferers of SoCal” area? I only ask because I have friends who are doyer fans.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
April is the official "National Irritable Bowel Syndrome Month"
When is the official STD month? Maybe I can accomodate.
Had I owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, I could have saved America.
Believe it or not.
STD awareness month is in April. I just googled it (that sounds pretty raunchy in and of itself). Who’d have thunk it, an entire month dedicated to regretting ones beer goggle moments, and spring break in Cabo.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
I wonder Hallmark makes cards for that
Like they do for Breast Cancer Awareness Month:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I’m sorry about that burning sensation
I gave to you.
"Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"
by Quad Fin Rider on Dec 10, 2009 7:21 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
That is amazing.
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
That seals the deal.
Officially every stadium must reserve the last three rows of the top level seating, as far beyond the foul pole as possible, for those fans supporting STD Awareness Month. And each attendee shall be handed a special ribbing to pin on their lapels. Tiny little Dodger blue ribbons. With the Dodgers logo. As official sponsor.
Had I owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, I could have saved America.
I thought it wasn't STD anymore...
because its too mean to say someone has a disease.
Now it’s STI, or sexually transmitted infection.
Peanuts...Get your Overpriced Peanuts!
by Angel Hawker on Dec 10, 2009 9:05 PM PST up reply actions
try that again...
Then shouldn’t it be IRC? “Intimate Relationship Challenged”?
Had I owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, I could have saved America.
. . . . and June is National Tavern Month!
At least that is what Buddy Blattner and Don Wells told Angel fans in the 60’s.
Move the Sausage Race from Miller Park to Angel Stadium
And make me the new "Frankie Furter" and you got my vote!
Is there like um… an "After" photo of Bud Selig to the one you posted? In other words, did Bud eat that booger or wipe it under his seat?
"Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"
stuck it behind his ear???
Now stuck in Colorado Springs
by stuck in Romania on Dec 10, 2009 7:43 PM PST up reply actions
Just like Violet Beauregarde.
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
ESPN says Mets offered JBay
4yrs between $60-65M.
Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!
by LAASurfin on Dec 10, 2009 5:18 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Allow me to ramble
- Allow the trading of future draft picks
- Stop having managers wear uniforms
- Have revenue sharing tied to teams ability to provide a good fan experience, teams like Pittsburgh or Oakland don’t get rewarded.
- Put pitchers on a faster clock and actually enforce it. Any deliberate stalling by a team results in a fine.
- Move WBC to after the season.
- Start playoffs earlier with only 1 travel day per round.
- Any team that does not sell out more than 25% of their games must create a program to donate a signifant amount of tickets to under privileged families.
- Limit pitching changes to 2 per inning.
- Have a slotted draft salaries that include all international players.
- Restrict Scott Boras from sitting behind home plate so I don’t have to stare at him.
- Hell, restrict Scott Boras from breathing.
You got my vote WiHaloFan
In Arte I Trust.
Can we just ban Scott Boras?
That would be cool with me.
But that fine must be 40% of the pitchers salary.
posted from a yellow submarine.
by Figgi4life on Dec 10, 2009 6:01 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
"Stop having managers wear uniforms"
Let’s get back to three piece suits, preferably with a watch-chain.
# Halo Heaven Fantasy Champ 2008 #
How many fat, balding middle-aged guys
with marinara sauce stains on their shirts do normally see at a typical Halos game?
"Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"
by Quad Fin Rider on Dec 10, 2009 7:11 PM PST up reply actions
Yes please
Old fat guys in tight pants must go.
In Arte I Trust.
by SalmonStream on Dec 10, 2009 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
I'm just glad Charlie Weis
is not a baseball coach. Ewwwww.
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Or Mark Mangino!
I am fan various years ago.
by Fred Fredrix on Dec 10, 2009 7:51 PM PST up reply actions
Have you been to a game in Oakland?
The last one I went to was a good experience, except having to look at Mt Davis and that is not the team’s fault.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
I had a terrible experience there
Seats behind first base line but the seats faced the wrong direction, there was 40 yards of foul territory, the walk from the BART to stadium was sketchy at best, facilities were run down and the stadium was 1/4 filled.
In Arte I Trust.
by SalmonStream on Dec 10, 2009 6:36 PM PST up reply actions
1/4 filled is pretty good for that stadium.
And we had one Interesting Experience at a game in the rain, when a chunk of the stadium fell on the people next to us. We all got moved up to the restaurant at suite level.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
The WBC already IS scheduled after the season.
Glass half empty, half full, that kind of thing.
But I like the idea of getting managers out of the team unis. Give them jumpsuits. Cover them in sponsor patches. Think NASCAR. As VP of Marketing, I could work with that!!
And, hey, stop picking on Pittsburgh!. (see the sig, man…)
Had I owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, I could have saved America.
No it is before the season
So none of the pitchers want to participate.
In Arte I Trust.
by SalmonStream on Dec 10, 2009 6:35 PM PST up reply actions
Right over your head dude.
Nick would be proud.
by halofan4life on Dec 11, 2009 12:04 AM PST up reply actions
Is there a story behind the signature?
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Well, yes, but I suppose that was also a subtle request for perhaps a fanpost or shot explaining the story itself, or even just a comment
:-D
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
It's an epic saga,
full of hedonistic rituals, mushroom fueled orgies on desert mountaintops, cannon fusilades through the sheets whilst chasing barbarians through Tiera Del Fuego, and gold. Lots of gold.
But it comes with enough f-bombs to lock me down for years to come around here, so I must keep it locked deep within.
Had I owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, I could have saved America.
I think after that teaser, we should all petition the Rev
to give Stirrups an amnesty for this story!
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
The Rev's pardon would be welcome, but insufficient.
The tale would also reveal to my eldest son his true birthright as Overlord of the southern half of the continent of Africa. This involves a matter of National Security that the preceding Administration refused to relinquish. the saga does not make sense without it.
I am pretty sure, however, that had I been able to secure that release, I would have been able to hide all those chapters surrounding the Lost Writings of Nostadamus and my youngest son’s destiny.
Had I owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, I could have saved America.
I wholeheartedly agree with #9.
Combined with #1, the draft will definitely be more balanced! If Washington couldn’t afford to pay Strasburg the slotted figure for whatever reason, they should be able to deal that pick or his rights in exchange for prospects or established players.
I would also lose the DH. I love the Angels, but I hate the DH rule. We don’t see the big and fat pitchers (Rick Reuschel as an example in size only, he could swing the bat a bit) as much as we used to; pitchers are athletes, and they should hit. Likewise, instead of hanging around for years, some players will have to retire if they can’t play the field, opening up new opportunities for younger and more athletic players. It also adds strategy back into the AL. Just my personal opinion
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What happens if you have a manager that wants to play, like good ol' Pete Rose??
Does he just strip down?
Now stuck in Colorado Springs
by stuck in Romania on Dec 10, 2009 7:47 PM PST up reply actions
I would put these up to a vote of the faithful...
- Mandatory castration for any free agent accepting a contract with the Yankees or Red Sox (Note:
This would NOT have affected Texiera’s move to NY anyway. Can’t take away what didn’t exist).
- Mandate that anyone suggesting idiotic trades or perpetuating Granderson trade proposals
have an electric spike sent to their computer that renders it useless for 1 year (or more).
- Limit Angel managers to one plate of pasta per week.
- Reinstate baseball as an Olympic sport.
- Require Doug West to have his 2nd and 3rd chins cosmetically removed.
- Require any team in northern climates to add a roof to their stadiums.
- Allow general managers the opportunity to trade Scott Boras to different players.
- Mandate that fans visiting THEIR team at an away field sit in one section (sort of like college
football). I sure hate all the Yankee and Bosox fans at Anaheim
- Doug Eddings? Death penalty? Just suggesting…
- (Stirrups will like this one) Allow the “accidental” throwing of the bat at the pitcher if the
pitcher “accidentally” throws a pitch too far inside. Hello Becky…say hello to my little friend!
That’s all for now folks.
I love the idea of a visitors section
For Boston, NY and Dodgers series the visitors section should be on the train tracks.
In Arte I Trust.
by SalmonStream on Dec 10, 2009 6:43 PM PST up reply actions
I loves me a good defenestration!
Too bad the last major one touched off the Thirty Years War…
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
"Bat guano, bat shit, bad shit!"
My Strat-O-Matic dice baseball play-by-play call for a late-inning lead-changing home run.
I use it often...
I got a fist full of whiskey, the bottle just bit me
That shit makes me bat shit crazy
We got no fear, no doubt, all in, balls out
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby
Let me run the Scouting Bureau.
Revenge!
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Make there be less rest days in the playoffs
So that a team (cough yankees cough) can’t put the same guy (cough C.C. cough) out there 4 times in a 7-game series.
posted from a yellow submarine.
by Figgi4life on Dec 10, 2009 7:20 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Heck I say you make it so you actually use your 5 man strating rotation...
So you actually see who has the best team.
Now stuck in Colorado Springs
by stuck in Romania on Dec 10, 2009 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
best out of 9??? :)
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby
sure why not? if you really want to see who's the best. :P
Now stuck in Colorado Springs
by stuck in Romania on Dec 10, 2009 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
In all seriousness
I would push for radical re-alignment.
Doesn’t it seem a little odd that the East Coast teams don’t do near the amount of travel to play teams within their division. Boston, New York, Toronto, Baltimore are all relatively close. Obviously Tampa being the odd man out. Set up the Leagues to be a bit more friendly to the teams that are in them. Why aren’t the Angels, Padres, Diamondbacks, Oakland, Dodgers, and Seattle in one League. Cost of travel could be minimized.
Global expansion. I think that by the end of the 2012 season (if the world doesn’t explode) their should be one team added to Monterey Mexico and perhaps another team in Australia. Australia although far would be ideal for the lack of a language barrier and maybe they can play a majority of their home games in Hawaii.
RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09
I blog about the Angels at The Diamond Aces
Austrailia... wow...
and throw them in the AL east so they too can get tired traveling
Now stuck in Colorado Springs
by stuck in Romania on Dec 10, 2009 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
I'd suggest a european team
but as far as I know, Australia has an actual baseball league.
RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09
I blog about the Angels at The Diamond Aces
I demand a spot
as he head of public relations.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 10, 2009 8:42 PM PST reply actions
I think that job needs to report to me.
Had I owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, I could have saved America.
Initially it may
I’ll spin it off into my own totalitarian regime in which we lob off the heads of all who speak ill of baseball. I assure you, you’ll want nothing to do with the department. In fact, you may need your own PR department to distance you from our PR department…you won’t like how dirty we’ll have to get our hands in rebuilding baseball’s image.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 11, 2009 1:52 AM PST up reply actions
Can I be his copy editor?
If my position as head of the scouting bureau doesn’t pan out…
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You can report to me too.
Somebody I can sick on CKOD whenever he gets into his “gotta have the last word” mode. Which is frequent.
Had I owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, I could have saved America.
Nonsense
public relations demands getting in the last word!
At least it does in my world.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 11, 2009 1:51 AM PST up reply actions
Actually
if you wanna get technical about it, I’M the one who needs to rest your case for you.
:-D
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 11, 2009 9:32 PM PST up reply actions
I think that job should go to Mel from Fullerton
by BruinHalo on Dec 10, 2009 11:49 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Oh man.
I think that would quite possibly be very counter-productive—he might drive them away in droves after the first 20 minutes of the ramble!
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Personally, I suspect that Mel from Fullerton IS Bud Selig.
Had I owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, I could have saved America.
by Stirrups on Dec 11, 2009 10:14 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hey Now
No need to go berzerk all at once.
1. Only 2 throws over to 1st per baserunner. If you don’t pick him off on the 3rd throw, that is a ball.
2. Work on standardizing the strike zone. The K/W ratio varies way too much by umpire. If you are calling balls or strikes that no one else is, then you need to cut it out or sit down.
3. WBC is pretty good, but just have the final 4 teams play during the all star break (and therefore skip the A/S game every 4 years). You could do a double elimination in about 5 days.
4. Move an NL West team to the AL West (SD would be good) and break the NL into 4 four team divisions. (It should be no problem getting some AL team to balance it out by going to the NL.) This way the 8 teams that are really in the West all play in western divisions. (Either no NL wild card team or a 1 game wild card game versus division winner with worst record). Having slightly different rules in each league makes the game more interesting and insures there is a league for everybody’s tastes.
P.S. Don’t hate on PIT. Best park in the majors. I guarantee you will have a good time there and not be annoyed by having too many people around you.
Math is a bit off...
$10 earned in salary, the player is required to participate in 1 second of community service (this equals approximately a half hour per million dollars earned).
$1M * 1 sec/$10 * 1hr//3600sec = 27.78 hours.
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
That's why you're the CFO
To figure these things out (since I obviously can’t).
So it’s 1 second for every $100 earned?
1 second / $100 earned is 2 and 3/4 hours.
1 second / $500 earned is about where WiHaloFan wants it.
$1M * 1 sec/$500 * 1hr/3600 sec = .56 hours, or just over 1/2 hour.
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
Could Selig uh just leave now
He is a horrible commishner too old school for the game instant replay has to be implemented. I actually like Ron Gardenhire’s idea he had after that crazy A’s twins game last year. Each team gets a flag. The coach can throw the flag on a play that he thinks is the wrong call if he is right he keeps the flag and can review further plays if he is wrong his flag gets revoked for the rest of the game. It seems fair.
Bring back Lackey
by Angelsrthebest101 on Dec 11, 2009 9:41 PM PST reply actions
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