Phillies Hire Dave Dombrowski as President

[schillingfan]

I can’t help feel welcome to the new box, same as the old boss.

[zambonir]

This interview answered a big question floating in the back of my mind: what happened to the prior talk of expansion? I could see it going both ways -- cash-strapped teams wanting immediate expansion for a quick infusion of cash vs a fear that expanding now might yield only 75% the $ from waiting a year or more. So, at least a two year wait has been decided.

Yeah, I wondered the same thing. But it was going be a lot longer than that before any new ownership groups were admitted/checks were written anyway. They were merely going to be accepting presentations at the 2021 meetings, and now that has been delayed a year. After that, they will still be using the various markets as leverage to get Tampa and Oakland settled in too. And then the stadiums have to be be built too.

I doubt the pandemic affects the fee MLB can charge - or the media value - either way.

[xogfog]

I like the new box...

[zambonir]

MLBTR poll

MLBTR Poll: Forecasting The Dave Dombrowski Era In Philadelphia

The top two selections are:

A Pat Burrell era: a lot of fanfare raised expectations, but ultimately this falls into the 'can't complain' category. 27.52%

A Danny Tartabull era: it might have been better for all parties if he'd retired right BEFORE coming to Philly. 20.77%