Bally sucks, but I bent over and took it by ordering FUBO to watch the '23 WS Champs. Already made the mistake once by not ordering Bally last year.

The MLB blackout rules are very arbitrary but basically funnel you into seats at a ballpark. The notion baseball will die without giving away broadcasts for free is false. If anything with the pitch clock they've done a decent job of limiting game length and made the trip to the ballpark more palatable instead of like a cricket test match. You know…scheduled for five days and six hours for four innings!??

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_cricket

The terms of the bankruptcy induced agreement are rumored to include a roughly 15% haircut for the Rangers and that and the future broadcast rights hampered their free agency efforts. The fans that enjoyed a World Series win after 51 seasons in Texas carping about price should wave their mediocrity flags proudly…

My work vpn has been clutch for me this season.

greg.w.h said:

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The terms of the bankruptcy induced agreement are rumored to include a roughly 15% haircut for the Rangers and that and the future broadcast rights hampered their free agency efforts. The fans that enjoyed a World Series win after 51 seasons in Texas carping about price should wave their mediocrity flags proudly…

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There is zero chance a 15% haircut was the reason we were hampered in FA. We were hampered because they didn't find what they were looking for at the price they wanted to pay, so they used that as an excuse. And rightfully so.

Monty was the big get. He wanted $25M for 6-7 years. The Rangers weren't signing him for a 6-7 year deal. The Rangers spent more than $25M on FA P and are now against the CBT. The CBT, IMO, was the cap and we're at it.

Robertson: $10M
Mahle went $5.5/$16.5 for the 2 years. CBT was $11M
Lorenzen went $5.5M for 1 yr
Yates: $4.5M

And if you think they are down 15% in revenue, you probably haven't been out to GLF. That place is packed wall-to-wall with merch flying off the counters faster than they can stock it.

They're averaging 8K more fans already in 2024 than they were in all of 2022. That 32K avg attendance in 2024 will likely go up as summer comes along.

"Hey poor. Hey poor. We don't have to be poor, anymore." /Front 242 reference.