Wednesday, March 24, 2004
IS IT A COINCIDENCE…
…that the same day that reports surface that Nomar and Pedro had productive talks with the Sox that the arbitration panel ruled in the MFY/YES's favor? Let's not forget that The New York Times Company owns the Boston Globe and a part of the Sox. Anyway...
YES will be placed on Cablevision's, and likely others, expanded basic cable tier increasing revenues by an estimated $40 million (Doug Pappas estimates a $100 million total less ESPN’s $58.5 million prior to the ruling). The MFY would have little financial difficultly adding either Nomar or Pedro next season.
A splendid Sox preview was written by Gideon of Batter’s Box. It is tremendous. I highly recommend you take a look even though I have a few small issues with the analysis.
Gideon concludes with
The Red Sox are the Bizzarro Yankees. They’re the twisted, imperfect image of something they hate, forever self-defined in terms of the inescapable object of their loathing… You’re only as good as you think you are. This truism applies in spades to the Boston Red Sox, a team and a franchise that might only lose its shackles and break into the light of redemption when every player, executive and fan associated with the club is finally ready to admit that the Curse of the Bambino is a pile of crap, and that their destiny has always been in their own hands.
We, RSN, need to believe that this club is going to win the World Series. It will carry over to the players and everyone involved in the organization. This is truly the year!
…that the same day that reports surface that Nomar and Pedro had productive talks with the Sox that the arbitration panel ruled in the MFY/YES's favor? Let's not forget that The New York Times Company owns the Boston Globe and a part of the Sox. Anyway...
YES will be placed on Cablevision's, and likely others, expanded basic cable tier increasing revenues by an estimated $40 million (Doug Pappas estimates a $100 million total less ESPN’s $58.5 million prior to the ruling). The MFY would have little financial difficultly adding either Nomar or Pedro next season.
A splendid Sox preview was written by Gideon of Batter’s Box. It is tremendous. I highly recommend you take a look even though I have a few small issues with the analysis.
Gideon concludes with
The Red Sox are the Bizzarro Yankees. They’re the twisted, imperfect image of something they hate, forever self-defined in terms of the inescapable object of their loathing… You’re only as good as you think you are. This truism applies in spades to the Boston Red Sox, a team and a franchise that might only lose its shackles and break into the light of redemption when every player, executive and fan associated with the club is finally ready to admit that the Curse of the Bambino is a pile of crap, and that their destiny has always been in their own hands.
We, RSN, need to believe that this club is going to win the World Series. It will carry over to the players and everyone involved in the organization. This is truly the year!
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