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Keith Richards
Lol at the Tribe.
Andrew Steven
Lol at the Tigers.
JacksTigers
Lol at winning?
Andrew Steven
Lol at short-term.
JacksTigers
Short term? You obviously know nothing about this team. We have perhaps the best hitter in baseball, perhaps the best pitcher in baseball, and one of the best left handed hitters in baseball and none of the three have hit 30 years old yet. We also have one of the best pitching prospects in baseball and one of the best third base prospects. Both are 20. We are a dominant young team and the Indians are an average team, perhaps less than that, with only one top 100 prospect. They could have been good in a couple years but for some reason decided to trade there best young players for a guy who has only been good for half a season.
Xyz275
Talking about financials when he says short term, not the product on the field
JacksTigers
What’s wrong with the financial aspect? Detroit is not a small market. It’s not huge but it’s towards the upper end of the middle. They can afford what they’re spending.
Andrew Steven
Devin Knotts gets it.. Also you forgot “Doug Fister” haha. Anyways it could unravel, this is baseball after all.
baycommuter
That’s an astute comment about the Tigers. Some teams will go into the hole to try to steal a pennant, but nobody else is willing to lose money on a consistent basis.
daveineg
Ilitch is what 82 or 83 and a multi billionaire. As the old saying goes, you can’t take it with you. What does he care if his heirs are short a couple hundred million? He wants a championship before he goes. Can’t blame him but you can blame baseball which allows a guy in his situation to destroy the competitive balance this way with no salary cap.
tonyyanksfan
Why is it “stealing” a pennant to play by the rules of the game? The Indians are just cheap, which is ridiculous considering that Indians fans have proven that they will be very loyal and spend money on the team, just look at that ridiculous games sold out streak the Indians had in the 90s and early 2000s. Since that time, Indians management has decided instead to let its great talent go in free agency, haven’t done much to replace it and their trades haven’t garnered much return, nor have they made a significant free agent signing in a very long time. I can’t even remember the last time they did it, actually. They’re a badly run ball club. The Tigers have built a team with very strong offense and pitching.
caseyo4
Yes, as the Yankees have taught us, it is such a mistake to heavily invest in procuring talent. Cause there is nothing to be gained from regularly making the playoffs and being successful…
notsureifsrs
yes, detroit is a lot like new york
johnsilver
At the risk of drawing the ire of older Yankee fans who might actually remember and newer ones who have no clue…
Iltch was a respectable business man, who built his in a clean way and cannot recall any ways in that he ever got into serious trouble.
I can recall several times Steinbrenner was sued by the USN for “transgressions” in his shipbuilding “empire” for shortcomings and cost cutting towards ships not for commerce, but military contracts and that’s not even to mention the hot water he got into over the Watergate scandal, where he was actually indicted as a co conspirator and carried a felony conviction for years.
There was a slight difference in Pizza man and ship builder there…
tonyyanksfan
And your point is?
gamaize
nothing more than an excuse to take a shot at Steinbrenner.
Man always wanted to win more than anything, many times it cost him.. Yet I know of several stories about him giving away millions to aid schools, help groups in trouble etc etc that were done behind the scenes with little publicity.
There is no doubt the Tigers will have some tough decisions to make in a few years when JV, Cabrera, and others are due for potential big raises and or new contracts. Will be fun to watch.
Tigers will, IMO, top 3million at the gate this year. They made money last season and I wouldn’t be surprised to see them come close in 2012, definitely not the BIG losses that some think.
Evan 5
Cabrera will not be getting a raise until his contract is up in 2016. He won’t be resigned. real simple.
gamaize
Yeah, Tigers have no chance to sign Prince either, huh, what, they signed who?
Cabrera may not be a Tiger, wouldn’t shock me if he or Prince are gone. I expect one will be traded, probably after 2014 season.
Dombrowski will move one of them along with a pitcher in the next few years. No way they let Cabrera go with nothing in return ala the Cardinals/Pujols.
JacksTigers
They won’t let Cabrera or Verlander go. Both will be extended in the next year or so.
verlander
You really think they’ll be able to keep all three?
I suspect we’ll be saying goodbye to Cabrera before his contract is up. I could see him getting dealt to replenish the farm system. Especially if Castellanos shows he’s ready to step in at third.
I don’t want it to happen, mind you, but it’s a scenario I could see playing out.
Evan 5
tigers organization isn’t built on cheating and cash-chucking