Away We go!>>> Opening Day ..Tribe vs. Blue Jays.

• OQB

  

  I'm very surprised by Jimenez today.....so far! I'm not holding my breath. Even though he has a you know what going right now, Acta will pull him and put Wild Thing in there.
• dazedconfused

  

  Mulva;1139037 wrote:He isn't throwing 98 today either, but everyone knows he has good stuff. The issue is his control, and he's had it today.

  he's seemed to have the good control at home in his time with the tribe. it's been away from the prog that has been the problem
• lhslep134

  

  Mulva;1139037 wrote:The issue is his control, and he's had it today.

  People were definitely bitching about his velocity.
• OQB

  

  wes_mantooth;1139038 wrote:Maybe I am thinking of it too simply, but it seems to me that if you put a "big name" in this lineup, the attendance probably rises enough to offset the salary anyhow. If it puts 5000 more people in the stands each game, it pays for its self.

  
  Absolutely!! That is what frustrates me to know end, It's freaking ridiculous that you and I know that, but the real millionaires that own this team don't realize that. To make money you have to spend money....but spend money on the right players, not Hafner/Sizemore.
• lhslep134

  

  wes_mantooth;1139038 wrote:. If it puts 5000 more people in the stands each game, it pays for its self.

  That would generate 40,500,000 if the average of those 5000 tickets is $10. Obviously that's not net income, but that should more than cover a $10 mil contract on a hitter, right? I mean wtf.
• BlueDevil11

  

  wes_mantooth;1139038 wrote:Maybe I am thinking of it too simply, but it seems to me that if you put a "big name" in this lineup, the attendance probably rises enough to offset the salary anyhow. If it puts 5000 more people in the stands each game, it pays for its self.

  The problem is that that would require the dolans to spend money up front. Even if they would make money in the end, they are too cheap to make that initial spending. Plus it makes to much sense. I mean who wants a winning team and a team that makes the owners money? Obviously not the Dolans.
• OQB

  

  lhslep134;1139044 wrote:That would generate 40,500,000 if the average of those 5000 tickets is $10. Obviously that's not net income, but that should more than cover a $10 mil contract on a hitter, right? I mean wtf.

  BlueDevil11;1139046 wrote:The problem is that that would require the dolans to spend money up front. Even if they would make money in the end, they are too cheap to make that initial spending. Plus it makes to much sense. I mean who wants a winning team and a team that makes the owners money? Obviously not the Dolans.

  
  exactly....smh!
• wes_mantooth

  

  lhslep134;1139044 wrote:That would generate 40,500,000 if the average of those 5000 tickets is $10. Obviously that's not net income, but that should more than cover a $10 mil contract on a hitter, right? I mean wtf.

  exactly. and how many of those fans buy at least one hot dog or a beer? I am talking about one player here for a team that is struggling with attendance, but has shown that they will come out if they are winning. fuck dolan...he is a retard
• like_that

  

  LMAO at us making hypothetical minuscule calculations to determine what type of players we could sign. Very sad.
• Mulva

  

  5,000 x 10 x 81 is $4,050,000, not $40 mil. But Fausto and Grady alone would have been $12 mil that could have gone toward signing a slugger.
• OQB

  

  jesus christ Santana.....you're a fucking catcher....catch the damn ball.
• Mulva

  

  Also, god dammit.
  
  And this is why control is the concern with Ubaldo.
• wes_mantooth

  

  no hitter gone....win gone.
• OQB

  

  lmao...first hit of the game for the jays and it's tied up.
• OQB

  

  wes_mantooth;1139060 wrote:no hitter gone....win gone.

  rep
• lhslep134

  

  Mulva;1139057 wrote:5,000 x 10 x 81 is $4,050,000, not $40 mil.

  Sh*t I'm still drunk and misread my computers calculator haha.
• dazedconfused

  

  that should probably do it for ubaldo. solid outing
• lhslep134

  

  OQB;1139061 wrote:lmao...first hit of the game for the jays and it's tied up.

  First 2 hits of the game:
  
  2 run homer for us
  2 run single for them
• grodt

  

  Balls. Still a good outing for Ubaldo.
• wes_mantooth

  

  dazedconfused;1139065 wrote:that should probably do it for ubaldo. solid outing

  yeah, I will take 2 runs in 7 innings from him everytime. Sadly, I think that with a line like that...we only have a small chance of winning
• royal_k

  

  Mulva;1139059 wrote:Also, god dammit.
  
  And this is why control is the concern with Ubaldo.

  Yeah, that inning was all command....and he lost it.
• OQB

  

  let's see if we can get anything going....
• OQB

  

  How many more games until Hafner gets hurt?
• royal_k

  

  Lead off man on for the Tribe, with Hafner and our slugging first baseman due up....
• ts1227

  

  OQB;1139072 wrote:let's see if we can get anything going....

  Probably not.
  
  Hope this helps