DD slinks his way out of FAs

[Far from home]

repeating this inaccuracy isn't going to change the fact the owner said otherwise when MASN came to be. In September 2006 he was asked

Q. Does that job get somewhat more manageable with the MASN dollars?

A. In answer to your question, now that we have an RSN and we can move forward with it…that is going get us on a more even plane with Boston and New York, and that was the purpose.

http://www.pressboxonline.com/story.cfm?id=738

for some unknown reason the fans in these parts have amnesia when it comes to the actual resources this team has. The ability to spend more is there, the will never has been nor will it be there until new ownership.

MASN doesn't make the same amount as NESN or YES, and they don't have ESPN funneling them money with ESPN Boston, or ESPN NY, like the major markets do.

Thank you for chiming in, it lets me know that I truly have a middle position.

[Far from home]

Two points if I may:

1. Youk is not a switch hitter; and

2. I know where the O's can get a full time DH with sixteen year career stats of .318/.379/.553.

Yeah:
1. my bad, I don't know why I thought he was a switch hitter - still the O's need righty power, too.
2. a guy who hasn't played in MLB in 2 years and is physically hard broke.

[weird-O]

I know Joe likes to get people's goat on here, but what did he say that was inaccurate? I said almost the same thing a few months ago

he said the O's only made the playoffs because of the addition of the 2nd WC. that isn't true. even if the rules hadn't changed, the O's and Rangers would have played a 1 game showdown to determine the WC team.

[can you hear me now!]

MASN doesn't make the same amount as NESN or YES, and they don't have ESPN funneling them money with ESPN Boston, or ESPN NY, like the major markets do.

Thank you for chiming in, it lets me know that I truly have a middle position.

ESPN funneling money to MLB teams? How so (outside of the Sunday night Baseball contract? The ESPN sites in NY, LA, Dallas, Chicago, NY and Bos contribute nothing in term of $$$ to any franchise in those cities. Why do you insist on making things up?

angelos owns the broadcast rights for one team and a large majority of the rights to another. Is their another team in MLB with that kind of advantage?

The biggest spender in the TV rights business is Fox Sports...see LA and Dallas....that's why people were getting all excited about the rumors that Fox was going to buy MASN....

[Far from home]

ESPN funneling money to MLB teams? How so (outside of the Sunday night Baseball contract? The ESPN sites in NY, LA, Dallas, Chicago, NY and Bos contribute nothing in term of $$$ to any franchise in those cities. Why do you insist on making things up?

angelos owns the broadcast rights for one team and a large majority of the rights to another. Is their another team in MLB with that kind of advantage?

The biggest spender in the TV rights business is Fox Sports...see LA and Dallas....that's why people were getting all excited about the rumors that Fox was going to buy MASN....

Insist on making things up? Please, tell me where I've done that?

I really can't see where they wouldn't contribute anything - since their ratings are 50 percent higher on Yanks-Red Sox games.
Just because officially MLB gets the same for everyone, that doesn't mean there aren't favorable deals given out on individual coverage and contracts in each area, or that there aren't other ways that they don't scratch each others backs.