Rob Bradford
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He says, I admire what the Dodger organization has done on both sides of the house.
They've done a phenomenal job on the revenue side and they've made great baseball decisions.
Getting those two together is harder than you think.
And everything they've done is completely within the rules and a large market like the Dodgers does drive your business.
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He then says, yes, I do get concerned.
We try to listen to our fans.
We hear in a lot of markets.
We look at the resources they have compared to the resources that are available in our market.
Talking about the small market sentiment.
We don't feel like it's quite a fair shake.
There's a lot here.
You know, if you're basically asking me, what is the legitimacy of the argument that the Dodgers are ruining baseball?
One, the number of conversations that we have, we collectively, fans, media, when the Dodgers do something just like we used to when the Yankees do something is good for baseball.
Baseball is a sport that does well with villains.
In this, and I skipped over it, the commissioner said baseball is a very random sport.
It is a very random sport.
you get into the playoffs you have a chance to win and i think the idea that the dodgers are precluding other teams from having a chance to get in the playoffs is wrong what i do think is real that would change in a cap system is that the smallest market teams are never going to sign the truly biggest name free agents you're never going to get shohei otani
going to the Kansas City Royals in a cap system, you might be able to.
But even if you have fans who are deflated in December, Pirates fans going...