Same agent as the Pence deal as well! This guy is a genius. I'm not as shocked as some, judging from the articles. I respect Lincecum for getting paid.
Braves are leaving Turner Field for new stadium in Cobb County for 2017 season http://homeofthebraves.com/ <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>We are excited to announce plans to build a world-class stadium, which will open in 2017 at the NW intersection of I-75/I-285. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Braves&src=hash">#Braves</a></p>— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) <a href="https://twitter.com/Braves/statuses/399904982352134144">November 11, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>We have secured a large tract of property at this location & will work to build a world-class ballpark for our fans. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Braves&src=hash">#Braves</a></p>— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) <a href="https://twitter.com/Braves/statuses/399905161662849024">November 11, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Yeah... it really was. Centrally located, has the unique tidbit of once being "Olympic Stadium". I originally thought it was weird that they decided to build the Olympic Stadium with the preconceived notion that they would end up converting it into a new retro MLB park... but it was actually a well planned out design, both with the original base structure having the needed baseball requirements, and the eventual finished product. I'm worried about the sort of precedent this sets... if teams are only going to be staying in stadiums for around 20 years, there will be problems. Perhaps theres some resentment towards the Falcons... another Atlanta team getting a new stadium not too long after their original one (which also went through a significant renovation). Heard the price tag on that stadium is now $1.2 billion. Also, looks like teams are no longer sold on the "downtown revival" plans... they'd rather put it in the middle of nowhere, and own everything that goes in/around the park to increase $$$.
I will say if those GD left field signs are still there in 3 years, when this team could possibly be in the playoffs and playing a lot of national TV games and sellouts, I would support a movement away from that eyesore.
Jose Fernandez wins NL Rookie of the Year comfortably over Puig. I'm surprised, but happy that they got it right. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9962706/jose-fernandez-tops-yasiel-puig-nl-rookie-year
And apparently they're moving to an area of town where the largest concentration of Braves season ticket holders live. Now, I'm not really sure if they'll have much to significantly gain from that... as these people were already going to the games far away. Now, they likely lose the people living in the city as attendees... but maybe gain the suburbanites that weren't going due to the distance/traffic. In the end, they wanted to control all the revenues coming in and around the ballpark... parking, food, street vendors... everything. If it "works"... they could very well start a trend in cities where the majority of the "paying" population lives nowhere near the stadium (not saying it would happen in Houston, since people live everywhere... but places like Detroit, St. Louis, and San Diego all could favor the burbs for any future new stadium... and its already happened in Dallas and San Fran).
yeah basically all the affluent people in Atlanta live in the north part of the city, and south and east of downtown are the poors So this puts the Braves stadium closer to the wealth in the city
It doesn't really put them any closer to the wealthy, other than fewer traffic delays. Yes the affluent part of ATL lives North of downtown, but not that far Northwest. Really they were just moving away from the poor, their middle class southern suburbs, the airport, and most of the other larger metropolitan areas in GA. The new location has more to do with availability of land and taxpayer funds than it has to do with the demographic (Outside of the I-285 Loop, land gets more plentiful and cheaper). The flaw to their location was being on the wrong side of I-20. All of the major downtown area is just North of I-20 and Turner Field was just South.
I drove through Atlanta back in March and could not believe the development to the north of downtown, at least from what I remember in 1996.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Owner: "Serious reservations" among clubs about posting process. Possible no agreement is reached, which means no Tanaka this off-season.</p>— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/statuses/401042085178265600">November 14, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>With <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23MLB&src=hash">#MLB</a> wanting to re-open posting discuss w/ Japan - and new hard line stance - not stretch to say could endanger Tanaka coming in '14</p>— David Lennon (@DPLennon) <a href="https://twitter.com/DPLennon/statuses/401044397854179328">November 14, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Rival gm on tanaka: "I'd be shocked if it isn't the yankees."</p>— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/statuses/401044764939669504">November 14, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Cabrera beats Trout out again. AL Top 5 Miguel Cabera(23)(385) Mike Trout(5)(282) Chris Davis(1)(232) Josh Donaldson(1)(222) Robinson Cano(-)(150) Andrew McCutchen runs away with it in the NL. NL Top 5 Andrew McCutchen(28)(409) Paul Goldschmidt(-)(242) Yadier Molina(2)(219) Matt Carpenter(-)(194) Freddie Freeman(-)(154) (first place votes)(total)
Tim Hudson leaving Atlanta for San Fran. 2 years, $23 mil <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Source: <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SFGiants&src=hash">#SFGiants</a>, Tim Hudson close on two-year, $23 million contract. Still language to be resolved. First reported <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnAllenKCNBC">@JohnAllenKCNBC</a></p>— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/statuses/402535637762711552">November 18, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Tigers with buyer's remorse. Rangers and Tigers have reportedly agreed to a Ian Kinsler/Prince Fielder swap.
