Yankees vs. Blue Jays Approach

[backontop]

The Yankees had the greatest team dynasty from 1923 to 1965. Why have the Yankees been so much better then the Blue Jays from 1985 to now? Because every winter they try to build a team that will be THE BEST! While the Jays owners try to build a team of .500 and HOPE that we may get lucky win 83 or 88 games and win a Wild Card spot. Are there not any Canadian Billionaires that happen to love baseball. You know like the Apple and Microsoft guys?

[mitchf]

The Yankees had the greatest team dynasty from 1923 to 1965. Why have the Yankees been so much better then the Blue Jays from 1985 to now? Because every winter they try to build a team that will be THE BEST! While the Jays owners try to build a team of .500 and HOPE that we may get lucky win 83 or 88 games and win a Wild Card spot. Are there not any Canadian Billionaires that happen to love baseball. You know like the Apple and Microsoft guys?

Outside of the obvious payroll differences (pre-AA clusterf*** offseason of 2012), the Yankees reinvigorate their players and can actually develop from within. We don't. At all.

[backontop]

My point is todays teen-agers are tomorrows billionaires. You need ONE owner (like New York) with a lot of money. So I'm hoping that a CANADIAN young man will read this and when he becomes the next Jobs or Gates and just happens to like baseball Toronto will finally be on a level playing field.

[backontop]

Just a low life of over 18 with a billion dollars will do. But where are these Canadians? All in LA sucking up?

[backontop]

Correct me if I'm wrong, there are no Canadian Billionaires? Yet hundreds of them in the USA, and thousands around the world, yet none in Canada???????

[backontop]

I'm sorry, I thought there were far more billionaires in the world. I think that there are but I forgot there are many reasons to keep quite about it. I guess we have passed a long long time between the first few millionaires and now billionaires. So Billionaire owners will be common when I'm old.

[Abomination]

Correct me if I'm wrong, there are no Canadian Billionaires? Yet hundreds of them in the USA, and thousands around the world, yet none in Canada???????

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_the_number_of_US_dollar_billionaires

[backontop]

Thank you Abomination, Now I have a clear understanding where the Billionaires are and how there aren't as many as I thought. But who are those 25 Canadian Billionaires? BTW remember people you do not have to be smart to be a Doctor or a Lawyer. There are many dumb doctors and lawyers. Making money comes down to YOU, "HOW YOU THINK AND BELIEVE" Henry Ford once said, "IF YOU THINK (OR BELIEVE) YOU CAN OR CAN'T, YOU ARE RIGHT!" So many common folk think that they don't have the genes or DNA to be great, and then that BELIEF KILLS what they could have done.

[Abomination]

Thank you Abomination, Now I have a clear understanding where the Billionaires are and how there aren't as many as I thought. But who are those 25 Canadian Billionaires? BTW remember people you do not have to be smart to be a Doctor or a Lawyer. There are many dumb doctors and lawyers. Making money comes down to YOU, "HOW YOU THINK AND BELIEVE" Henry Ford once said, "IF YOU THINK (OR BELIEVE) YOU CAN OR CAN'T, YOU ARE RIGHT!" So many common folk think that they don't have the genes or DNA to be great, and then that BELIEF KILLS what they could have done.

 

The list of who they are is linked from that page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadians_by_net_worth

[hummus]

score more runs. theres no meta game with this jays team.. expect a lot of hr swings

[backontop]

Those excivessive HR swings was our downfall in April when they really believed they were Gods like Rogers made them out to believe. And they still show their commercials coming out with super God and Macho stances, it makes you want to puke your guts up.

[backontop]

Spanks,ever think of being GOOD to people, SO WHAT MENTAL HEALTH PLACE DID I ESCAPE FROM YOU ASK YOU................ REREAD WHAT I JUST WROTE! This game is 90% mental, in April and some of May, You sound like Mike Wilner, "all of these losses don't mean dick, its only April", BECAUSE OF APRIL WE ARE ON ARE BENDED KNEES..... wHY DON'T YOU CALL IN TO Mike tomorrow and tell him how pretty his hair is you ....... "you know"

[backontop]

A company owning a team is the worst receipe, because they don't care who wins, all they care about is advertising their company product. Steinbrenner watched the great Yankee dynasty from Cleveland, (where I'm from), and after 1965 to 1971 saw the Yankees waste away, he said "baseball is not the same without the Yankees being the team to beat, so for about 13 million he brought the Yankees. The Yankees went on to become a semi-great team from 1976 to today. But not the great teams from 1923 to 1965. I'm simply saying that the Blue Jays need an owner like ONE MAN who puts an emphasis on winning, NOT RELATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC LIKE BEESTON DOES. Beeston does this or that, not because the Jays will win, but because the public will approve of it.

[Olerud363]

A company owning a team is the worst receipe, because they don't care who wins, all they care about is advertising their company product. Steinbrenner watched the great Yankee dynasty from Cleveland, (where I'm from), and after 1965 to 1971 saw the Yankees waste away, he said "baseball is not the same without the Yankees being the team to beat, so for about 13 million he brought the Yankees. The Yankees went on to become a semi-great team from 1976 to today. But not the great teams from 1923 to 1965. I'm simply saying that the Blue Jays need an owner like ONE MAN who puts an emphasis on winning, NOT RELATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC LIKE BEESTON DOES. Beeston does this or that, not because the Jays will win, but because the public will approve of it.

 

I agree with this and have been saying the same thing.

 

Tampa and Boston both have principle owners with a background in trading financial assets. Houston has wheeler dealer business guy Jim Crane. Their minds are wired to win every transaction. To collect assets. To collect good assets. They have no preconceptions. They intuitively realize that preconceptions cloud your ability to trade successfully.

 

(edit: And to those of you who say Houston is bad... ask this: What is the value of a 79 win, or an 83 win, or even an 87 win season to the 2016 Astro championship team?? Nothing. What is the value of a 51 win, or a 48 win, or a 63 win season to the 2016-2020 Astros dynasty?? A lot).

 

They are always on the lookout for suckers. They need them for the other end of their trades. County level retirement fund managers are a good one. Why?? Because political people aren't looking to win. They're looking to impress (short term) other politicians.

 

Rogers is a politician's culture. Beeston and AA weren't selected for their ability to win, but their ability to impress politically.

 

We see that guys like John Henry and John Crane need their suckers (for the other end of their trades both financial and baseball related)... where to find them?? In a political organization like Rogers.

[Wilnercibia]

Look spanky asking a new poster what mental asylum he escaped from...OHHH the Irony

[Wilnercibia]

Look the toe-rag that's probably said poster is following me around.....Ohhhhhh the lunacy!!

 

Why is this douchebag back on this forum....you guys banned him already? The rajaifailedgrade1 douchecanoe.

 

Reported

[Deadpool]

This thread got old fast...

[Olerud363]

This thread got old fast...

 

It is to bad these discussions degenerate. It is an interesting question.

 

Imagine someone from this board made it big. Really big. They buy the Toronto Blue Jays. They are a rabid baseball fan but smart enough to stay a bit hands off. They watch every game fanatically, analyze every move. But they don't interfere on a real time basis.

 

This person is busy with their primary endever. Financial trading, running their social media mega-hit, whatever it is. They are wildly successful in that and they have an over-abundance of confidence. The blue jays are their hobby, but a hobby that is a passion.

 

Every Monday morning they spend 1 hour (alone) with Paul Beeston. An hour alone with AA. This person is just unpredictable enough to make Beeston and AA squirm. And even try to play them against each other (thus meeting alone). This is the man that could fire them on a whim.

 

This man's wildest dreams came true. He is a politician of no sort, he cares only about winning. He is the principle owner and answers to no one.

 

What would the conversations be like?? How would this character grill Beeston and AA?? How would Beeston and AA act when taken out of the political realm and into a cave where they are just an inferior dog who needs to answer to the alpha dog?? How would they explain all their moves and what has transpired??

[Deadpool]

It is to bad these discussions degenerate. It is an interesting question.

 

Imagine someone from this board made it big. Really big. They buy the Toronto Blue Jays. They are a rabid baseball fan but smart enough to stay a bit hands off. They watch every game fanatically, analyze every move. But they don't interfere on a real time basis.

 

This person is busy with their primary endever. Financial trading, running their social media mega-hit, whatever it is. They are wildly successful in that and they have an over-abundance of confidence. The blue jays are their hobby, but a hobby that is a passion.

 

Every Monday morning they spend 1 hour (alone) with Paul Beeston. An hour alone with AA. This person is just unpredictable enough to make Beeston and AA squirm. And even try to play them against each other (thus meeting alone). This is the man that could fire them on a whim.

 

This man's wildest dreams came true. He is a politician of no sort, he cares only about winning. He is the principle owner and answers to no one.

 

What would the conversations be like?? How would this character grill Beeston and AA?? How would Beeston and AA act when taken out of the political realm and into a cave where they are just an inferior dog who needs to answer to the alpha dog?? How would they explain all their moves and what has transpired??

 

The only way for a private citizen to buy this team from Rogers would be for them to become a majority shareholder in Rogers. There is a 0% chance that Rogers would sell the Jays, they make WAY too much in free content, advertising etc in addition to whatever the team makes for them directly (even an operational loss from the Jays makes Rogers money.)