Double The Liquor Order

[Jolly]

Geaux Tigers!

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/37870156/mcws-2023-lsu-fans-mardi-gras-omaha

[Mik]

That's great. One of my favorite NYC memories was going to Phoebe's, a Bengals bar in the Bowery, for a game. Surreal and great fun to see all that orange and black in Manhattan, and to hear all the chants.

[Jolly]

LSU's #1 pitcher is so good, the announcers at last night's game said you could have flown him from Omaha to Boston, and he could have pitched in the Yankees-Red Sox game. Every time he got two strikes on a batter last night, the crowd got to their feet and screamed "L-S-U!"

It was like a home game in The Box.

LSU beat Tennessee, 6-3. If the wind had been blowing and the park was the size of most college ball parks, it might have been more. Dugas hit a 412-foot shot that was caught at the fence. Jobert did have a good night, hitting a double, a triple and a dinger.

[Mik]

The Reds need to sign him.

[Jolly]

@Mik said in Double The Liquor Order:

The Reds need to sign him.

He's probably going #1 overall...Which probably means the Pirates.

[Jolly]

Which dovetails into another thread...

Baseball needs to lose their exalted anti-trust status and join the rest of the sporting world, where somebody other than the major markets can be competitive.

[Mik]

Or at least impose a salary cap and revenue sharing like the NFL, which has become pretty adept at parity.

[LuFins Dad]

@Jolly said in Double The Liquor Order:

@Mik said in Double The Liquor Order:

The Reds need to sign him.

He's probably going #1 overall...Which probably means the Pirates.

Don’t worry, they’ll trade him for a AA team.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Double The Liquor Order:

Or at least impose a salary cap and revenue sharing like the NFL, which has become pretty adept at parity.

Problem with that is the player’s union. It’s too strong and run by the 5% of players making 7 figures. The only way to bust that is to take the 20% making $50K a year and offer them $100K to $200K per year to play for a competitive league.

I think it stands a far better chance than the XFL-USFL.

[Jolly]