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The official commitment is now in place, but he doesn’t get laid until 2034.

The WNBA team could also just change their name to the Airballs.  Then they could market the game experience as “come see airballs and broads.”
Then AirBnB steps up for naming rights to the arena. . .
Schedule as many homes games as possible on Tuesdays to promote Taco Tuesdays, etc.  Maybe get creative like the tacos come with more and more cheese as the game progresses, etc.
It all comes together logically pretty quickly.

You also don’t give massively declining individual year salaries that ENTICE the player to bail out.

I wouldn’t want to bring in a veteran shortstop or catcher or first baseman because I want the in house young guys to play.
But I am wide open to bringing in Martinez even if that forces the Angels to sort out Adell/Moniak/Hicks.
If Moniak and Adell are clicking, then you dump Hicks.
So what?

Totally agree.
That way they keep the A'th logo on the cap and people could still call them the A'th.
At the exit of the all you can eat buffet in left field there should be a rope connected to an elephant horn sound drop, like the bell you ring at Arby's when you walk out, and it goes off throughout the stadium letting everyone know you were satisfied with your meal.

How about changing the name of the A's to Aces?

Adding a couple of good players really doesn’t interrupt “letting the young guys develop.”  More leadership/experience around them, and winning more games also helps players develop into the right kind of players.

Adding a couple of good players really doesn’t interrupt “letting the young guys develop.”  More leadership/experience around them, and winning more games also helps players develop into the right kind of players.

Adding a couple of good players really doesn’t interrupt “letting the young guys develop.”  More leadership/experience around them, and winning more games also helps players develop into the right kind of players.

I think he'd easily get 500 AB's between 1B, 3B, DH, random OF games. 

Are you talking about signing Snell, or resolving the stadium issue, or Arte selling the team, or the broadcast contract situation, or the health of Rendon and Trout, or Minasian’s contract, or finding out if Jo Adell is a player or a bust, or if Schanuel can drive the ball at the major league level, or if there will be shrinkflation in the dippin dots servings this year?

I’m in a good mood.  Double down.  Have fun.  Wish I could have been there.

I heard the name Aces is already taken by another team, possibly even right there in Las Vegas.

Good points but we really don’t know what has truly been offered and/or truly been turned down.  Both sides leak stuff to posture in the negotiations and we as fans have no way of knowing what’s actually real.
 

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t automatically root against Boras or hate this guy in any way.  He is obviously kind of obnoxious and tries to play hardball, etc.
But I am glad somebody is out there playing hardball with the owners.  The reality is systemically the owners cumulatively play kind of dirty because they never, ever share any real financial data with anybody (unless you are trying to actually buy a team).
So theoretically the only way a player is going to get what is “fair” in the overall relationship is to have the toughest, most stubborn, obnoxious, hardball-playing, scheming agent out there.
The owners can hate Boras all they want, but they created an environment to assure that someone like Boras would emerge.
Until I can see real financials on teams, I am going to assume that OVERALL the owners are far more likely to be getting over on the players than the reverse.
Boras seems like kind of a dick, but the owners are definitely dicks for never coming clean on what their side of the financials actually look like, so they reap what they sow.
 

I didn’t know about the existing Aces in the WNBA.  Maybe the existing Aces could change their name to the Queens.  Sell them on the idea that a name change can generate revenue from all the loyal fans buying all new gear.  They would probably make hundreds of dollars.
 

I didn’t know about the existing Aces in the WNBA.  Maybe the existing Aces could change their name to the Queens.  Sell them on the idea that a name change can generate revenue from all the loyal fans buying all new gear.  They would probably make hundreds of dollars.
 

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