Posts under ‘Quick Thoughts’

Via waxpaperbeercup, I found an article on Hardball Times regarding the falling value of baseball teams.  According to Ethan Stock, franchise values have peaked and are poised to take a long fall.
The logic makes sense to me, and stock cites seven reasons:

Weak Real Estate Market.
Municipalities and State Governments More Reluctant tIo Build New Stadiums.
Media of [...]

Spring had been advancing so easily that it was easy to forget what kind of tease March is. And then today comes along.
We had been getting comfortable with the 50-degree weather, the longer days and so forth, but today we’ve seen rain turn to sleet turn into snow. We had some flurries quickly erupt into [...]

Brazil, Russia, India and China. They’re not quite Third World countries, but they’re not totally developed either. They have huge landmasses, large (skilled) labor forces, tons of natural resources and great culture.
But what has been holding these countries back from being Superpowers surpassing (or at the very least) equaling the United States’ influence and power? [...]

Poor Billy Gillespie. Today, he saw his two-year run as head coach of the Kentucky men’s basketball team end with an unceremonious firing, made worse by the athletic director crucifying him in a press conference.
This wasn’t your typical “we wish Billy well in what he does…”  This was about as harsh as you can get:
“There [...]

The Cubs are bargaining for up to 50 night games per year, to which waxpaperbeercup responds, “you give the Cubs an inch and they’ll take a mile.” Very true, given that the last negotiation with the city for more night games involved the Cubs building some things they have yet to make good on.
I had [...]