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April 4, 2011Some Thoughts on the Indians’ Record-Setting Attendance
April 5, 2011While We’re Waiting serves as the early morning gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email at tips@waitingfornextyear.com.
Great take on the ’94 MLB strike and free agency- “It is even more complex than that. Let’s pretend that the Pirates went out with a goal of just breaking even financially. If they spent an extra $15 million per season on payroll, how much better would that have made the team that hasn’t been over 0.500 since 1992? Cliff Lee’s deal with the Phillies will pay him $24 million per season. What kind of player or players would the Pirates be able to bring in with their $15 million? The Pirates would seemingly argue that it isn’t worth the business risk to try spending the extra $15 million just for the sake of spending.” [Craig/Still WFNY]
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152 NBA players polled. The biggest flopper in the game? Andy Varejao. [Sports Illustrated]
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Scott will take this topic on later, but for now read Mark Cuban’s thoughts on sports media- “I’m going to make this short and sweet. In the year 2011, I’m not sure I have a need for beat writers from ESPN.com, Yahoo, or any website for that matter to ever be in our locker room before or after a game. I think we have finally reached a point where not only can we communicate any and all factual information from our players and team directly to our fans and customers as effectively as any big sports website, but I think we have also reached a point where our interests are no longer aligned. I think those websites have become the equivalent of paparazzi rather than reporters.” [Cuban/Blog Maverick]
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Cousineau putting out quality pieces left and right- “The next time Sizemore takes the field will be his first appearance in uniform since May 16, 2010. He’ll have a new elbow, a new knee, and a new swing. We should hope against hope for a prompt and successful return, both of the bat and the footspeed, but we shouldn’t mistake what that would portend. Sizemore’s under club control through 2012, by team option, and then, a few months past his 30th birthday, he’ll leave. Indians management has pitched us on the promise of its upcoming talent. The last three years have seen this club transform itself from an organization augmented by player development to an organization almost solely dependent on player development. The problem with development is that, by definition, it takes time.” [The DiaTribe]
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Peyton Hillis advanced in the Madden ’12 cover tournament over Ray Rice and Matt Ryan. He goes up against Jamaal Charles this time, and is considered an ‘underdog’ from here out. To me, he is exactly what John Madden would want in a RB. Go vote for Hillis. [ESPN SportsNation]
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Really enjoyed Craig’s article. We can complain about the Dolans all we want, but we’ll never see anything change until MLB gets a salary cap, and I would suffer through another strike to see it.
It’s a joke that Andy’s number one on this thing. By past reputation, certainly. As in from 2006-2008. Now, he doesn’t flop hardly at all, tries to block some more shots and stays on his feet. Paul Pierce at 14 is a joke, should be in at least top five. He acts like he got shot on every single foul committed on him.
I actually think Cuban is on to something. Now, do I want it to change… not at all. I love reading all… well most… of thing that come out. I dont think the players or teams would say anything if no one would be there asking. But, espn and others like that are definitely paparazzi now instead of journalists.
Is it necessarily a bad thing if the sports media isn’t out for the same objective as the teams? The sports media should be trying to report the truth. The teams have a vested interest in protecting their brand and putting their best foot forward. It seems like the two should be encouraged to keep each other in check.
“The biggest flopper in the game? Andy Varejao.”
I don’t watch much Scola, but Ginobili and Fisher are easily the two biggest sniper victims in the NBA. Once the league added the verticality rule, Varejao changed his game a bit and challenges a lot more shots than he used to.
I agree with Ginobli wholeheartedly. At least when AV did hit the deck there was some contact. Manu will hit the floor by completely faking the contact.
I don’t trust any list of biggest floppers that doesn’t have Bosh on it.
@3- I dont think media and sports teams should have the same agenda, but overall sports media was been about “who gets the story first” and leads to too many inaccurate “reports” to count. Thats where I think Cuban was coming from.. maybe not tho.
How about we DON’T vote for Hillis so he doesn’t get cursed and rupture 7 tendons in his knee and ankle?