Comments on: What would you pay for Eric Gagne? http://umpbump.com/press/2007/12/06/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/ In-your-face baseball commentary Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tucson mascots remember the good times | umpbump.com http://umpbump.com/press/2007/12/06/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/comment-page-1/#comment-51153 Tucson mascots remember the good times | umpbump.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:10:20 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/#comment-51153 [...] previously reported, the triple-A Tucson Sidewinders will leave for Reno after this season. The team’s [...] [...] previously reported, the triple-A Tucson Sidewinders will leave for Reno after this season. The team’s [...]

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]]> By: Rob Palmour http://umpbump.com/press/2007/12/06/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/comment-page-1/#comment-45105 Rob Palmour Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:16:01 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/#comment-45105 My email is rpalmour@msn.com My email is rpalmour@msn.com

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]]> By: Rob Palmour http://umpbump.com/press/2007/12/06/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/comment-page-1/#comment-45103 Rob Palmour Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:14:43 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/#comment-45103 Dear Coley, I stumbled onto your blurb here on a quest to find information about saving spring training baseball in Tucson. I am currently in the process of trying to start a petition to save spring ball in the old pueblo. I really believe in the the cause and am looking for any help or information to get the grassroots campaign underway. Please feel free to contact me if you have either. Thanks. Dear Coley,

I stumbled onto your blurb here on a quest to find information about saving spring training baseball in Tucson. I am currently in the process of trying to start a petition to save spring ball in the old pueblo. I really believe in the the cause and am looking for any help or information to get the grassroots campaign underway. Please feel free to contact me if you have either.
Thanks.

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]]> By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2007/12/06/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/comment-page-1/#comment-54075 Sarah Green Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:23:09 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/#comment-54075 Actually, I'm pretty sure it's already in Matsuzaka's contract somewhere... Actually, I’m pretty sure it’s already in Matsuzaka’s contract somewhere…

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]]> By: Tom Hoffman http://umpbump.com/press/2007/12/06/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/comment-page-1/#comment-54074 Tom Hoffman Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:58:19 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/#comment-54074 Geishas for our besuboru samurai! What a lovely idea. Should the Red Sox be thinking of this? Geishas for our besuboru samurai! What a lovely idea. Should the Red Sox be thinking of this?

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]]> By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2007/12/06/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/comment-page-1/#comment-54073 Sarah Green Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:07:21 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/#comment-54073 Tom, point taken, but without Bill Gates, could we even be blogging about this subject right now? I think not. Eric Gagne's price is clearly market price, but since market price is whatever the market will pay for something, that logic is a bit circular. We must ask ourselves three simple questions: A) Did Eric Gagne do anything to merit a pay raise? No. B) Could the Brewers have gotten Eric Gagne for less? Yes. C) Was this money the Brewers NEEDED to allocate to Eric Gagne, or could it have been better spent elsewhere? Could it, in fact, have been better spent putting in a brand-new, walnut-paneled clubhouse, scented with truffle oil, staffed by geishas, and festooned with individual marble bathtubs for every player on the 40-man roster? Almost certainly yes. @ Melissa---thanks! Tom, point taken, but without Bill Gates, could we even be blogging about this subject right now? I think not. Eric Gagne’s price is clearly market price, but since market price is whatever the market will pay for something, that logic is a bit circular. We must ask ourselves three simple questions:

A) Did Eric Gagne do anything to merit a pay raise? No.

B) Could the Brewers have gotten Eric Gagne for less? Yes.

C) Was this money the Brewers NEEDED to allocate to Eric Gagne, or could it have been better spent elsewhere? Could it, in fact, have been better spent putting in a brand-new, walnut-paneled clubhouse, scented with truffle oil, staffed by geishas, and festooned with individual marble bathtubs for every player on the 40-man roster? Almost certainly yes.

@ Melissa—thanks!

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]]> By: melissa http://umpbump.com/press/2007/12/06/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/comment-page-1/#comment-54053 melissa Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:43:03 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/#comment-54053 Sarah, thanks for adding the hyperbole that I lacked. I find this as inexplicable as you do. Also, Dennis Miller could use your help with his latest talk show. Sarah, thanks for adding the hyperbole that I lacked. I find this as inexplicable as you do. Also, Dennis Miller could use your help with his latest talk show.

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]]> By: Tom Hoffman http://umpbump.com/press/2007/12/06/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/comment-page-1/#comment-54076 Tom Hoffman Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:39:57 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/#comment-54076 Hold on. It can be argued that baseball is an "efficient market". These guys are the best at what they do. Compare Bernie Ebbers, Dennis Koslowski, Bill Gates. Those pricks, who get orders of magnitude more than baseball players, never stepped into a batters box in front of 40,000 people, never got grilled the next day in newspapers, TV and radio for what they did the night before, never gambled their whole lives on the unlikely prospect of becoming a major league baseball player, never had to worry about a sore shoulder or knee ruining their careers, never really entertained anyone or did anything useful at all, and stole billions in the process. Talk about "untethered to reality". I think we should pay more money to baseball players. If the life of the average minor league player weren't such a miserable poverty of hot dogs and crummy motels, the whole game would improve. They deserve every penny! Pay them more! Hold on. It can be argued that baseball is an “efficient market”. These guys are the best at what they do. Compare Bernie Ebbers, Dennis Koslowski, Bill Gates. Those pricks, who get orders of magnitude more than baseball players, never stepped into a batters box in front of 40,000 people, never got grilled the next day in newspapers, TV and radio for what they did the night before, never gambled their whole lives on the unlikely prospect of becoming a major league baseball player, never had to worry about a sore shoulder or knee ruining their careers, never really entertained anyone or did anything useful at all, and stole billions in the process. Talk about “untethered to reality”. I think we should pay more money to baseball players. If the life of the average minor league player weren’t such a miserable poverty of hot dogs and crummy motels, the whole game would improve. They deserve every penny! Pay them more!

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]]> By: Rich http://umpbump.com/press/2007/12/06/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/comment-page-1/#comment-54072 Rich Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:13:06 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/#comment-54072 References for Sarah's post. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algirdas_Julien_Greimas http://l.yimg.com/img.tv.yahoo.com/tv/us/img/site/75/82/0000037582_20070206141607.jpg http://www.google.com/search?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&q=square root 1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw Remember when $1million was a lot of money? References for Sarah’s post.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algirdas_Julien_Greimas

http://l.yimg.com/img.tv.yahoo.com/tv/us/img/site/75/82/0000037582_20070206141607.jpg

http://www.google.com/search?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&q=square root 1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw

Remember when $1million was a lot of money?

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]]> By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2007/12/06/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/comment-page-1/#comment-54071 Sarah Green Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:52:18 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/what-would-you-pay-for-eric-gagne/#comment-54071 And Coley, yes, they would have been better off saving the $10 million bucks for a couple of years and then using it to sign Ryan Braun to a long-term contract. And Coley, yes, they would have been better off saving the $10 million bucks for a couple of years and then using it to sign Ryan Braun to a long-term contract.

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