tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post5336235554930226163..comments2023-10-17T10:45:07.796-04:00Comments on FJB: If I Was Bud Selig...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-64400139559112087862008-11-17T20:30:00.000-05:002008-11-17T20:30:00.000-05:00A lot of interesting ideas Steven I esp. love the ...A lot of interesting ideas Steven I esp. love the idea of the trading of draft picks. I think this is long overdue. It was implemented so big market teams couldn't "buy" top talented players but now instead, small market teams (this means you Pittsburgh) pass on the most talented players and instead go with the ones that will sign the cheapest and quickest. If a small market team doesn't want to meet a Matt Wieters or Rick Porcello's demands thats their peogative but they should at least have the ability to trade back and get compensation for passing on that talented player. <BR/><BR/>One area where I do disagree some is the not tinkering with draft rules. I may be in the minority but I like the idea of a signing deadline. Now I realize that meant it eliminated the draft and follow process that was a great tool for teams to take some late riskier picks, but overall I feel its for the best. I'm not saying the system is perfect now but I don't think its at the point where they should stop trying to make it a better system.<BR/><BR/>I don't know about you but I'm happy that we don't have to have daily articles about Aaron Crow negotiations. Under the old system the Nats would have had up until a week before the next draft to sign the player. The Crow situation shows how the deadline can help, I mean his bonus demand was $9 million up until 48 hours before the deadline, if their was no deadline it would be $9 million still today. I think thats a good thing. Also two other points you say baseball puts players in a tighter corner than the other sports I don't think thats totally true. I don't know much about hockey but in Basketball and Football once a player is drafted he can't go back to college he has no other options (outside of other leagues Europe or Canda ect). In baseball any player in college can go back until they are out of eligiblity (yes they lose a little leverage every year, and yes I realize that usually a player who goes to a 4 year university cannot go back into the draft for 3 years) or they can go to the independent leagues as well. A high school player that is drafted can go year by year in community college or go to a 3 year university. In MLB unlike the NFL or NBA they draft a player with little garuntee that they will have that player (look at Gerrit Cole) when is the last NBA or NFl player that didn't sign. Also NBA has a hard slotting system he can't negotiate a larger contract. This is why i don't have a problem with the advantages Selig uses to try and help keep bonuses down. When you draft a player in the NFL or NBA usually you expect that player to be helping your team pretty much ASAP, yes there are developmental leagues in the NBA and Practice Squads in the NFL but for all intents and purposes that player (esp. top picks) is a big part of your future. Thats not to say there aren't busted prospects (Akili Smith, Kwame Brown come to mind) but at least their picks are ready to play in the big league (or at least thought to be). In baseball that player has a less likely chance to ever see the big leagues. In my opinion baseball should have some protections to help keep costs down.Steve Shouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995967113869172494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-25890710601228852072008-11-17T15:31:00.000-05:002008-11-17T15:31:00.000-05:00No first/third base coaches? Giving signs and stea...No first/third base coaches? Giving signs and stealing signs are as much a part of the game as home runs and hot dogs. Maybe first base coaches could be done away with, but third base coaches are critical. Players should be able to direct themselves on the basepaths? What if a guy's trying to score from second on a single to left? It's all about maximizing team performance.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623942656223669008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-43734536234404750352008-11-17T15:10:00.000-05:002008-11-17T15:10:00.000-05:00oh oh! And two divisions - two wild cards. (if we ...oh oh! And two divisions - two wild cards. (if we must have WCs let's try to limit the chances of a 87 win team sneaking into the playoffs because their division sucks.)Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738813756060133236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-28409173450469463992008-11-17T15:07:00.000-05:002008-11-17T15:07:00.000-05:00Underwater domes! I can't wait till 2012.You know...Underwater domes! I can't wait till 2012.<BR/><BR/>You know what else I'd do - I'd kill interleague play. It unbalances schedules. It forces teams to play in a method their rosters aren't set up for. It's fun only if like one of 5 teams is coming from the other league. If you absolutely must - two games home and home v rivals. That's all people care about, but I'd prefer none.Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738813756060133236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-84259842715412385482008-11-17T14:14:00.000-05:002008-11-17T14:14:00.000-05:00@Harper--good ideas. The 154 game season actually ...@Harper--good ideas. The 154 game season actually was one thing I'd thought about myself, but figured it was too radical, and frankly I didn't really know the history. But you're right, the season goes way too late. And 154 games was a perfectly good season length. I thought about whether to call for a neutral site WS, but that would really suck actually.<BR/><BR/>Then again global warming should help reduce most of these problems, at least until Fenway, Dodger Stadium, Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, the Trop, and Camden are all underwater.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109288910583404941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-62182446055340387822008-11-17T13:56:00.000-05:002008-11-17T13:56:00.000-05:00This alternate universe sounds great (except for y...This alternate universe sounds great (except for you of course since you have to be Bud Selig)<BR/><BR/>regarding #7 - If we didn't have coaches we wouldn't have had Tommy Lasorda get hit by a bat. That alone keeps me in favor of it. <BR/><BR/>If I were bud, besides working out and getting Lasik, I'd have teams play some weekend day playoff games.<BR/><BR/>I'd also cut the season back to 154 games. The only reason it went to 162 was the 1961 expansion. Once the division came in and interleague play was added that became moot. Late October is not baseball weather and since they aren't going to cut a plyaoff round this is the next best thing.Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738813756060133236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-82120469261353223542008-11-17T07:27:00.000-05:002008-11-17T07:27:00.000-05:00Steven, regarding #5, check out this great, but mo...Steven, regarding #5, check out this great, but most of all, easy to understand guide on how to build a stat database:<BR/>http://statspeak.net/2008/11/building-a-sabermetricians-workbench-part-i.html<BR/><BR/>If you're just looking for the statistics, check out http://baseball-databank.org/<BR/>I don't know whether you can input it into Excel, but it certainly works for MySQL.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01902355704452340677noreply@blogger.com