tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post7118174044373639807..comments2023-11-05T06:49:09.637-06:00Comments on Twins Geek: Reality Checking the Geek ChorusJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13907268840665045299noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-10436923648878695402010-08-05T14:06:10.755-05:002010-08-05T14:06:10.755-05:00Totally disagree with your remark that Twins fans ...Totally disagree with your remark that Twins fans shouldn't be telling Pohlad how to spend his money. Sure, it's his investment, and at the end of the day he is the only one who decides where additional money will be spent. But owning a pro sports team is not a basic investment. When you buy a team, it is with the expectation that you are buying it to put money into it to increase the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-34594461639327155302010-07-29T16:07:31.172-05:002010-07-29T16:07:31.172-05:00If you want to make the Nelly-esq argument that &q...If you want to make the Nelly-esq argument that "Hey, it must be the money," that's fine John. But couldn't the team simply send Haren and his contract packing in Decemeber to cut corners then?Jewscotthttp://www.battleyourtailoff.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-63526949120041342872010-07-29T09:35:16.936-05:002010-07-29T09:35:16.936-05:00Heh, nice post. I love your answers to the commen...Heh, nice post. I love your answers to the comments.TheJazzyOnehttp://www.twinsdugout.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-6952363993455218652010-07-29T08:19:09.971-05:002010-07-29T08:19:09.971-05:00This is great--I have been getting a little annoye...This is great--I have been getting a little annoyed with these comments too. You're response to telling the Pohlads to spend more is brilliant.<br /><br />As for concessions--I agree they probably aren't making a whole lot of profit there. The Twins have much greater operating costs at Target Field which they have to cover.<br /><br />This is an interesting article on this topic: http://myjahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663674071797278704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-60845891099667331532010-07-29T03:32:47.624-05:002010-07-29T03:32:47.624-05:00I agree with you :)
However they can raise the mon...I agree with you :)<br />However they can raise the money, a ticket price increase of $3 would probably raise another $10 million.<br />There are obvious limits to this strategy long term, but they can raise a little extra money without major issues. The Television deal with FSN is up in 2 seasons, after 2012. They are getting far,far less money from it then most teams...Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331629877827503452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-6395428535951270802010-07-29T03:30:37.696-05:002010-07-29T03:30:37.696-05:00We talked about payroll around the same time, and ...We talked about payroll around the same time, and basically I came to the same conclusion you did both in regards to projected 2011 payroll and what we should expect the payroll limit to be next season: http://tiny.cc/e40ts<br /><br />It's a frustrating argument to defend, especially coming from a standpoint where you understand that there actually ARE limitations. But yeah, I'd like to Jessehttp://www.twinkietown.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-80051709561294422522010-07-29T00:30:34.882-05:002010-07-29T00:30:34.882-05:00John,
I love you man, and have made fun of you fo...John,<br /><br />I love you man, and have made fun of you for dressing like a herb, so yeah, maybe you can't, but Clooney ain't the best dresser around. He's just good looking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-69015319934523101772010-07-29T00:29:22.345-05:002010-07-29T00:29:22.345-05:00And there is REALLY no way they are going to make ...<i>And there is REALLY no way they are going to make tens of millions of dollars more next year than they made this year. Where are they going to make it?</i><br /><br />I think this is a great point that many people seem to have failed to consider. It's not like the Twins will be earning more next year that what they will earn this year. Sell more tickets? When practically every game sells Bryzhttp://weareoffthemark.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-50840033034085777742010-07-28T23:56:46.429-05:002010-07-28T23:56:46.429-05:00hey, I'm curious about the concession sales co...hey, I'm curious about the concession sales comment. What's the current numbers and what were they projecting? I'm TOTALLY interested in that factor.CapitalBabshttp://www.knuckleballsblog.comnoreply@blogger.com