Comments on: For Braves fans, a simultaneously encouraging and discouraging fact

By: hushbrother

hushbrother — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:25:29 +0000

Getting Maholm was a shrewd move, he’d been quietly pitching very well for the Cubs.

By: bravojawja

bravojawja — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:39:28 +0000

Liberty Media has repeatedly said they’re not interested in selling the Braves, even though it’s been long enough since they bought the team they’d no longer face any penalties for selling, from taxes or MLB.

Someone would have to blow them away with an offer, and there isn’t anybody in town willing to do it.

By: nekotman

nekotman — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:08:04 +0000

I despise Liberty Media as they run the team as a business venture only. Atlanta has absolutely the worst ownership and tv deal I know of. I wish they would sell the Braves for a huge profit and get their sorry butts out of baseball. Whoever is responsible for the tv contract should be forced to swim in a cesspool.

By: foreverchipper10

foreverchipper10 — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:58:18 +0000

It is excruciating knowing that the FO will never be allowed to spend what they need to in order to keep this club near the top of the league. I hate knowing that they don’t even have a shot at retaining Michael Bourn who has been nothing short of spectacular during his time as a Brave. Liberty can kiss my ass.

By: APBA Guy

APBA Guy — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:52:58 +0000

Part of the Braves problem is philosophical at the ownership level: they are owned by Liberty Media, and Senior Management treats the team like another division of a big corporation. They must make a profit, budgets are what they are. End of story.

This is fundamentally different from many teams, who look to capitalize their investment off the resale, which except for a few examples, has always been higher than the initial purchase, and usually higher by a lot. These teams are willing to break even or even lose some money in a playoff year, if it means a chance to win it all, because playoff runs and winning build the fan base-including tv viewership, and ultimately, annual revenue.

Liberty doesn’t take this approach. Nor are they likely to make any changes to their approach, as their CEO, Greg Maffei, was America’s highest paid executive in 2010, at the height of our economic downturn, his compensation totaled $ 87.5M.

By: Uncle Charlie

Uncle Charlie — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:15:48 +0000

Let’s try to hassle better comments.

By: ame123

ame123 — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:14:32 +0000

Braves are royally screwed by their never-ending TV contract that pays them peanuts.

By: biasedhomer

biasedhomer — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:04:48 +0000

Part of the unwillingness to spend is because even if they do, the stadium won’t be packed every game.

By: illcomm

illcomm — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:46:37 +0000

Craig. At the end of the day baseball is a business n the raves spend what they can. If they hassle more supportive fanbase that showed up to the park, then they would have more monies to spend on their players.

By: Alex K

Alex K — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:43:47 +0000

Arodys Vizcaino was arguably their second best prospect. They didn’t give up nothing.