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Originally Posted by alnorth
"Making money hand over fist" is one of those sorts of vague expressions that lets the reader believe what they want to believe, and react accordingly, but we really don't have to go there.
We think they made about an extra $10-15MM on the postseason. They will probably sell about 300,000 extra tickets next season. This stuff can be quantified.
None of that leads to a top 1/3 in baseball payroll, at least until our terrible TV deal expires or is redone.
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No, you and I are in agreement. I would just like to see a bump from the previous low 90 million to around $105 million, give or take.
I don't think that is overextending their payroll and yet provides some nominal cash flow to improve their roster.
I don't know why that seems like an irrational desire or not feasible from an organizational standpoint of remaining profitable and increasing the value of the franchise.