Baseball. Great finish to the 2011 MLB season.

[sean_miller]

5% net revenue is pretty bad if those numbers are accurate. There must be some big losers in there too. That margin is too small - something seems wrong.

Originally Posted by Gresh24

Using the numbers from that Forbes list:

NBA teams made $3,652,000,000 in revenue.  And (even after factoring in all the losses by all teams) a net income of over $182,000,000.

I'd say the NBA makes money...

[Andrew24]

As a sox fan, I have no comments whatsoever. At least we made history with our collapse.

[LankyLefty]

Originally Posted by sean_miller

5% net revenue is pretty bad if those numbers are accurate. There must be some big losers in there too. That margin is too small - something seems wrong.

Something is wrong, the top 10 or so teams make a lot of money, the bottam 10 or so teams lose a lot of money, the middle gets by and the players take nearly 60% of revenue.

The MLB system puts the other two major leagues to shame. MLB manages to keep a better competitive balance with fully guaranteed contracts and no cap. MLB also has far fewer real team killing contracts then the NBA or NFL.

That of course is not the entire story, but perhaps that is for another thread. I was just trying to point out how amazing it is that as the NFL and NBA both spent their off seasons squabbling over such things as caps and guaranteed contracts MLB uses neither and yet continues to provide some of the most amazing action in sports.

[drglew]

Braves fan here....sad day.  Although kudos to the Cardinals, the Braves September was kind of like watching Dustin Johnson's major meltdown at Pebble.  Yes, others played well, but if he just took care of business and was even mediocre to the finish, then how well the others played would have been moot.  Even a piddly .400 September record would have clinched the wildcard for the Braves, but instead it was .333 (9-18).

[DaSportsGuy]

Impressive performance from the Rays SP Matt Moore last night. 2nd career start and he throws 7 scoreless innings in Game 1 of their ALDS against a very good Ranger offense.

[FowlPlay]

All I want for a super early Christmas present this year is for the Yankees, Rays, and the Phillies to all be eliminated. Or at least 2 of the 3.

[darkhunter139]

Originally Posted by FowlPlay

All I want for a super early Christmas present this year is for the Yankees, Rays, and the Phillies to all be eliminated. Or at least 2 of the 3.

World series is going to be Yankee's Phillies with the Phillies winning!

[FowlPlay]

Nah. Rangers/Brewers World Series. Rangers win.

[Bo the Golfer]

This was supposed to be the old mentality for us....wait until next year I guess (is it too early to bring that back?)

Originally Posted by Newbie

Sometimes it's really tough to be a Red Sox fan....

[jamo]

This was supposed to be the old mentality for us....wait until next year I guess (is it too early to bring that back?)

The five year World Series grace period extends through 2012, though I think history's worst collapse may negate that.

[newtogolf]

More likely the numbers are adjusted for tax purposes.  Those numbers likely don't include franchise licensing, venue licensing, concession revenue, etc.

Originally Posted by LankyLefty

Something is wrong, the top 10 or so teams make a lot of money, the bottam 10 or so teams lose a lot of money, the middle gets by and the players take nearly 60% of revenue.

[School Yard Pro]

Originally Posted by Andrew24

As a sox fan, I have no comments whatsoever. At least we made history with our collapse.

Interesting read from the Globe's Bob Hohler on the collapse of the Sox, beer, fried chicken & video games.

Btw- Jays fan here

[threejack]

Big Giants fan here, I knew we had our work cut out when Posey lost his leg haha. And then more followed! Look out for next year though, hopefully our players drink their milk this offseason

[jamo]

I'm still in baseball hibernation. It's too painful. I'll never eat fried chicken again.

[DarkPrince]

Watching the brewers lay an absolute turd of a post season was just painful. Someone needs to teach our starters how to throw strikes...jeez. My dad even commented that we should just start a reliever or closer just to get through the first inning without giving up 4 runs...every...single...time lol. Hard to fight back when you're 4 or 5 runs down from the start and you feel like you have to apparently swing at everything *cough*Corey Hart*cough* :P

[Cossackred]

Back to Back home runs right there by Texas in the 7th inning of game 6 was pretty cool.

[DarkPrince]

That was one heck of a finish to game six... down to 2 outs, 2 strikes 2 innings in a row managing to tie it...and then walk off homer for the win? what the freakin heck does texas have to do to win!? lol

[tristanhilton85]

That was a great game... I couldn't believe that Texas failed to put them away in the 9th and 10th... The comeback in the 9th was amazing, but when Texas took the lead again in the 10th I figured no way.  We'll see how game 7 goes.