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It’s just that time. Things are moving like pond water. Snails pace.

It’s the holidays. Mothers and women are getting set for Xmas, in laws, relatives, travel, weather, gift buying, cooking, entertaining, and now you tell them they are moving to a new city. That’s right- stress city.

Even the Cardinals org is going thru Xmas activities. People missing. Parties.

Wouldn’t it be easier to have most deals in place and then finalize after the holidays. Most teams won’t have but 1-3 trades or signings, plenty of time.

From my experience at a high level, most important transactions did not occur from 18 Dec- 4 Jan.

Just my way of thinking why things are slow. I bet the market sizzles after 4 January.

Whats your name? Who’s your daddy?
Thoughts.

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 05:59 am Good morning.

It’s just that time. Things are moving like pond water. Snails pace.

It’s the holidays. Mothers and women are getting set for Xmas, in laws, relatives, travel, weather, gift buying, cooking, entertaining, and now you tell them they are moving to a new city. That’s right- stress city.

Even the Cardinals org is going thru Xmas activities. People missing. Parties.

Wouldn’t it be easier to have most deals in place and then finalize after the holidays. Most teams won’t have but 1-3 trades or signings, plenty of time.

From my experience at a high level, most important transactions did not occur from 18 Dec- 4 Jan.

Just my way of thinking why things are slow. I bet the market sizzles after 4 January.

Whats your name? Who’s your daddy?
Thoughts.

MLB needs to find a way to incentivize moves/deals before Thanksgiving and before Christmas. Maybe throw in a deadline of sorts and/or shift the draft lottery to dominated the holiday discussions in favor of Baseball.

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 06:07 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 05:59 am Good morning.

It’s just that time. Things are moving like pond water. Snails pace.

It’s the holidays. Mothers and women are getting set for Xmas, in laws, relatives, travel, weather, gift buying, cooking, entertaining, and now you tell them they are moving to a new city. That’s right- stress city.

Even the Cardinals org is going thru Xmas activities. People missing. Parties.

Wouldn’t it be easier to have most deals in place and then finalize after the holidays. Most teams won’t have but 1-3 trades or signings, plenty of time.

From my experience at a high level, most important transactions did not occur from 18 Dec- 4 Jan.

Just my way of thinking why things are slow. I bet the market sizzles after 4 January.

Whats your name? Who’s your daddy?
Thoughts.

MLB needs to find a way to incentivize moves/deals before Thanksgiving and before Christmas. Maybe throw in a deadline of sorts and/or shift the draft lottery to dominated the holiday discussions in favor of Baseball.

Now that’s an idea. Ml baseball could do so much more to promote the sport. Every other sport seems to have numerous deadlines that there have glorified to major events.

To your idea- early signing period, before thanksgiving, give an incentive. Holiday signing period, thanksgiving thru new years, give an incentive.

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 06:12 am

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 06:07 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 05:59 am Good morning.

It’s just that time. Things are moving like pond water. Snails pace.

It’s the holidays. Mothers and women are getting set for Xmas, in laws, relatives, travel, weather, gift buying, cooking, entertaining, and now you tell them they are moving to a new city. That’s right- stress city.

Even the Cardinals org is going thru Xmas activities. People missing. Parties.

Wouldn’t it be easier to have most deals in place and then finalize after the holidays. Most teams won’t have but 1-3 trades or signings, plenty of time.

From my experience at a high level, most important transactions did not occur from 18 Dec- 4 Jan.

Just my way of thinking why things are slow. I bet the market sizzles after 4 January.

Whats your name? Who’s your daddy?
Thoughts.

MLB needs to find a way to incentivize moves/deals before Thanksgiving and before Christmas. Maybe throw in a deadline of sorts and/or shift the draft lottery to dominated the holiday discussions in favor of Baseball.

Now that’s an idea. Ml baseball could do so much more to promote the sport. Every other sport seems to have numerous deadlines that there have glorified to major events.

To your idea- early signing period, before thanksgiving, give an incentive. Holiday signing period, thanksgiving thru new years, give an incentive.

Absolutely! How cool would it be to have the MLB Draft before Christmas and then follow your prospects in college before signing them?

Now that NIL is a thing, I don’t see any reason MLB couldn’t adopt a system similar to the NHL where they either own the rights to drafted players for a given period of time, or allows the player to choose either college ball or the Minor Leagues for their development.

It would help College Baseball & drive more interest in the College World Series. It’d make the discussion at either the Christmas or Thanksgiving table that much more interesting. And cheap MLB owners could probably ditch an entire level of minor leagues.

Maybe impose a trade deadline to incentive FA since Scott Borass has effectively ruined that…

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 06:28 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 06:12 am

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 06:07 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 05:59 am Good morning.

It’s just that time. Things are moving like pond water. Snails pace.

It’s the holidays. Mothers and women are getting set for Xmas, in laws, relatives, travel, weather, gift buying, cooking, entertaining, and now you tell them they are moving to a new city. That’s right- stress city.

Even the Cardinals org is going thru Xmas activities. People missing. Parties.

Wouldn’t it be easier to have most deals in place and then finalize after the holidays. Most teams won’t have but 1-3 trades or signings, plenty of time.

From my experience at a high level, most important transactions did not occur from 18 Dec- 4 Jan.

Just my way of thinking why things are slow. I bet the market sizzles after 4 January.

Whats your name? Who’s your daddy?
Thoughts.

MLB needs to find a way to incentivize moves/deals before Thanksgiving and before Christmas. Maybe throw in a deadline of sorts and/or shift the draft lottery to dominated the holiday discussions in favor of Baseball.

Now that’s an idea. Ml baseball could do so much more to promote the sport. Every other sport seems to have numerous deadlines that there have glorified to major events.

To your idea- early signing period, before thanksgiving, give an incentive. Holiday signing period, thanksgiving thru new years, give an incentive.

Absolutely! How cool would it be to have the MLB Draft before Christmas and then follow your prospects in college before signing them?

Now that NIL is a thing, I don’t see any reason MLB couldn’t adopt a system similar to the NHL where they either own the rights to drafted players for a given period of time, or allows the player to choose either college ball or the Minor Leagues for their development.

It would help College Baseball & drive more interest in the College World Series. It’d make the discussion at either the Christmas or Thanksgiving table that much more interesting. And cheap MLB owners could probably ditch an entire level of minor leagues.

Maybe impose a trade deadline to incentive FA since Scott Borass has effectively ruined that…

Superb. Yes at Xmas and thanksgiving it’s football heavy. To break that up with some well hyped events would be a new trend.

People once thought that the NBA on Xmas day wouldn’t work; now there’s three games that day.

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 06:07 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 05:59 am Good morning.

It’s just that time. Things are moving like pond water. Snails pace.

It’s the holidays. Mothers and women are getting set for Xmas, in laws, relatives, travel, weather, gift buying, cooking, entertaining, and now you tell them they are moving to a new city. That’s right- stress city.

Even the Cardinals org is going thru Xmas activities. People missing. Parties.

Wouldn’t it be easier to have most deals in place and then finalize after the holidays. Most teams won’t have but 1-3 trades or signings, plenty of time.

From my experience at a high level, most important transactions did not occur from 18 Dec- 4 Jan.

Just my way of thinking why things are slow. I bet the market sizzles after 4 January.

Whats your name? Who’s your daddy?
Thoughts.

MLB needs to find a way to incentivize moves/deals before Thanksgiving and before Christmas. Maybe throw in a deadline of sorts and/or shift the draft lottery to dominated the holiday discussions in favor of Baseball.

Why does baseball need to oncentivize moves before Christmas or Thanksgiving?

Ridiculous

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 07:02 am

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 06:07 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 05:59 am Good morning.

It’s just that time. Things are moving like pond water. Snails pace.

It’s the holidays. Mothers and women are getting set for Xmas, in laws, relatives, travel, weather, gift buying, cooking, entertaining, and now you tell them they are moving to a new city. That’s right- stress city.

Even the Cardinals org is going thru Xmas activities. People missing. Parties.

Wouldn’t it be easier to have most deals in place and then finalize after the holidays. Most teams won’t have but 1-3 trades or signings, plenty of time.

From my experience at a high level, most important transactions did not occur from 18 Dec- 4 Jan.

Just my way of thinking why things are slow. I bet the market sizzles after 4 January.

Whats your name? Who’s your daddy?
Thoughts.

MLB needs to find a way to incentivize moves/deals before Thanksgiving and before Christmas. Maybe throw in a deadline of sorts and/or shift the draft lottery to dominated the holiday discussions in favor of Baseball.

Why does baseball need to oncentivize moves before Christmas or Thanksgiving?

Ridiculous

have a cup. Baseball is in need of serious public relations. In a dead space where fans are still rabid over trades, they could make a bigger deal for deals, and put the sport more in the public’s eye. Anything would be an incentive to the industry.

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 07:02 am

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 06:07 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 05:59 am Good morning.

It’s just that time. Things are moving like pond water. Snails pace.

It’s the holidays. Mothers and women are getting set for Xmas, in laws, relatives, travel, weather, gift buying, cooking, entertaining, and now you tell them they are moving to a new city. That’s right- stress city.

Even the Cardinals org is going thru Xmas activities. People missing. Parties.

Wouldn’t it be easier to have most deals in place and then finalize after the holidays. Most teams won’t have but 1-3 trades or signings, plenty of time.

From my experience at a high level, most important transactions did not occur from 18 Dec- 4 Jan.

Just my way of thinking why things are slow. I bet the market sizzles after 4 January.

Whats your name? Who’s your daddy?
Thoughts.

MLB needs to find a way to incentivize moves/deals before Thanksgiving and before Christmas. Maybe throw in a deadline of sorts and/or shift the draft lottery to dominated the holiday discussions in favor of Baseball.

Why does baseball need to oncentivize moves before Christmas or Thanksgiving?

Ridiculous

1.) Christmas Gifts
2.) Christmas Gatherings
3.) Obvious Sport Dead Zone when they could dominate the discussion very easily.
4.) MLB is the worst at marketing their Star Players out of ANY of the pro leagues

Imagine sports fans talking about their Baseball Teams while a Football Game is on in another room and people are enjoying a meal at the dinner table?

Do you think some Baltimore kids will opening up Orioles swag wrapped as gifts under the tree? Guaranteed the Alonso signing did just that. Imagine the equivalent to other MLB Markets gifting Pete Alonso Jerseys, Jackson Holiday signed balls, or Orioles Baseball Cap, or a season ticket package solely off the momentum of a Star Player acquisition?

Many video games are still sold via store. Fans would likely buy/gift the game that can (and does) receive updates with the latest rosters. You don’t think a 12 year old kid in St Louis would be stoked to play ‘MLB the Show’ after the Cardinals acquired Paul Goldschmidt? What about the NCAA baseball game and that same kid discovering the Cardinals First Round Pick was playing SEC Baseball at Mizzou.

Stop me if I’m making too much sense…

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 07:07 am

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 07:02 am

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 06:07 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 05:59 am Good morning.

It’s just that time. Things are moving like pond water. Snails pace.

It’s the holidays. Mothers and women are getting set for Xmas, in laws, relatives, travel, weather, gift buying, cooking, entertaining, and now you tell them they are moving to a new city. That’s right- stress city.

Even the Cardinals org is going thru Xmas activities. People missing. Parties.

Wouldn’t it be easier to have most deals in place and then finalize after the holidays. Most teams won’t have but 1-3 trades or signings, plenty of time.

From my experience at a high level, most important transactions did not occur from 18 Dec- 4 Jan.

Just my way of thinking why things are slow. I bet the market sizzles after 4 January.

Whats your name? Who’s your daddy?
Thoughts.

MLB needs to find a way to incentivize moves/deals before Thanksgiving and before Christmas. Maybe throw in a deadline of sorts and/or shift the draft lottery to dominated the holiday discussions in favor of Baseball.

Why does baseball need to oncentivize moves before Christmas or Thanksgiving?

Ridiculous

have a cup. Baseball is in need of serious public relations. In a dead space where fans are still rabid over trades, they could make a bigger deal for deals, and put the sport more in the public’s eye. Anything would be an incentive to the industry.

109%

I swear Manfred is afraid of success. We should just call him Manafraid. Just a terrible commissioner. Rather than attract fans, he’s altering the game with dumb ideas like the DH, dissolving the NL & AL to make a dumb[ash] conference alignment, and toying with the idea further altering the foundational aspect of the game just to institute the Golden Rule. What a tool.

Heaven forbid MLB drive traffic to their properties during the Christmas Season!

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 07:59 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 07:07 am

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 07:02 am

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 06:07 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 05:59 am Good morning.

It’s just that time. Things are moving like pond water. Snails pace.

It’s the holidays. Mothers and women are getting set for Xmas, in laws, relatives, travel, weather, gift buying, cooking, entertaining, and now you tell them they are moving to a new city. That’s right- stress city.

Even the Cardinals org is going thru Xmas activities. People missing. Parties.

Wouldn’t it be easier to have most deals in place and then finalize after the holidays. Most teams won’t have but 1-3 trades or signings, plenty of time.

From my experience at a high level, most important transactions did not occur from 18 Dec- 4 Jan.

Just my way of thinking why things are slow. I bet the market sizzles after 4 January.

Whats your name? Who’s your daddy?
Thoughts.

MLB needs to find a way to incentivize moves/deals before Thanksgiving and before Christmas. Maybe throw in a deadline of sorts and/or shift the draft lottery to dominated the holiday discussions in favor of Baseball.

Why does baseball need to oncentivize moves before Christmas or Thanksgiving?

Ridiculous

have a cup. Baseball is in need of serious public relations. In a dead space where fans are still rabid over trades, they could make a bigger deal for deals, and put the sport more in the public’s eye. Anything would be an incentive to the industry.

109%

I swear Manfred is afraid of success. We should just call him Manafraid. Just a terrible commissioner. Rather than attract fans, he’s altering the game with dumb ideas like the DH, dissolving the NL & AL to make a dumb[ash] conference alignment, and toying with the idea further altering the foundational aspect of the game just to institute the Golden Rule. What a tool.

A thought. Baseball is losing ground to the other big four- soccer football hockey and basketball. For audiences.

It almost seems baseball is ok with its slotting, both time and Tv, that’s it’s afraid to ask for more, as more might get taken away. Falls under the - let well enough alone series of thought.

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 07:07 am

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 07:02 am

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 06:07 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 05:59 am Good morning.

It’s just that time. Things are moving like pond water. Snails pace.

It’s the holidays. Mothers and women are getting set for Xmas, in laws, relatives, travel, weather, gift buying, cooking, entertaining, and now you tell them they are moving to a new city. That’s right- stress city.

Even the Cardinals org is going thru Xmas activities. People missing. Parties.

Wouldn’t it be easier to have most deals in place and then finalize after the holidays. Most teams won’t have but 1-3 trades or signings, plenty of time.

From my experience at a high level, most important transactions did not occur from 18 Dec- 4 Jan.

Just my way of thinking why things are slow. I bet the market sizzles after 4 January.

Whats your name? Who’s your daddy?
Thoughts.

MLB needs to find a way to incentivize moves/deals before Thanksgiving and before Christmas. Maybe throw in a deadline of sorts and/or shift the draft lottery to dominated the holiday discussions in favor of Baseball.

Why does baseball need to oncentivize moves before Christmas or Thanksgiving?

Ridiculous

have a cup. Baseball is in need of serious public relations. In a dead space where fans are still rabid over trades, they could make a bigger deal for deals, and put the sport more in the public’s eye. Anything would be an incentive to the industry.

Keeps interest longer over the offseason till spring training vs getting it all done by Christmas.

Instant gratification culture shouldn't be encouraged.

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 08:13 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 07:07 am

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 07:02 am

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 06:07 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 05:59 am Good morning.

It’s just that time. Things are moving like pond water. Snails pace.

It’s the holidays. Mothers and women are getting set for Xmas, in laws, relatives, travel, weather, gift buying, cooking, entertaining, and now you tell them they are moving to a new city. That’s right- stress city.

Even the Cardinals org is going thru Xmas activities. People missing. Parties.

Wouldn’t it be easier to have most deals in place and then finalize after the holidays. Most teams won’t have but 1-3 trades or signings, plenty of time.

From my experience at a high level, most important transactions did not occur from 18 Dec- 4 Jan.

Just my way of thinking why things are slow. I bet the market sizzles after 4 January.

Whats your name? Who’s your daddy?
Thoughts.

MLB needs to find a way to incentivize moves/deals before Thanksgiving and before Christmas. Maybe throw in a deadline of sorts and/or shift the draft lottery to dominated the holiday discussions in favor of Baseball.

Why does baseball need to oncentivize moves before Christmas or Thanksgiving?

Ridiculous

have a cup. Baseball is in need of serious public relations. In a dead space where fans are still rabid over trades, they could make a bigger deal for deals, and put the sport more in the public’s eye. Anything would be an incentive to the industry.

Keeps interest longer over the offseason till spring training vs getting it all done by Christmas.

Instant gratification culture shouldn't be encouraged.

Weird, because the exact opposite is happening in society.

Malls and Brick-&-Mortars are losing to online commerce.
Streaming is killing Cable.
MLB is falling behind the other sports in popularity because they haven’t adapted to society’s demands

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 08:46 am

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 08:13 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 07:07 am

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 07:02 am

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 06:07 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 05:59 am Good morning.

It’s just that time. Things are moving like pond water. Snails pace.

It’s the holidays. Mothers and women are getting set for Xmas, in laws, relatives, travel, weather, gift buying, cooking, entertaining, and now you tell them they are moving to a new city. That’s right- stress city.

Even the Cardinals org is going thru Xmas activities. People missing. Parties.

Wouldn’t it be easier to have most deals in place and then finalize after the holidays. Most teams won’t have but 1-3 trades or signings, plenty of time.

From my experience at a high level, most important transactions did not occur from 18 Dec- 4 Jan.

Just my way of thinking why things are slow. I bet the market sizzles after 4 January.

Whats your name? Who’s your daddy?
Thoughts.

MLB needs to find a way to incentivize moves/deals before Thanksgiving and before Christmas. Maybe throw in a deadline of sorts and/or shift the draft lottery to dominated the holiday discussions in favor of Baseball.

Why does baseball need to oncentivize moves before Christmas or Thanksgiving?

Ridiculous

have a cup. Baseball is in need of serious public relations. In a dead space where fans are still rabid over trades, they could make a bigger deal for deals, and put the sport more in the public’s eye. Anything would be an incentive to the industry.

Keeps interest longer over the offseason till spring training vs getting it all done by Christmas.

Instant gratification culture shouldn't be encouraged.

Weird, because the exact opposite is happening in society.

Malls and Brick-&-Mortars are losing to online commerce.
Streaming is killing Cable.
MLB is falling behind the other sports in popularity because they haven’t adapted to society’s demands

Because baseball is boring to the instant gratification culture.

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 08:48 am

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 08:46 am

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 08:13 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 07:07 am

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 07:02 am

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 06:07 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 05:59 am Good morning.

It’s just that time. Things are moving like pond water. Snails pace.

It’s the holidays. Mothers and women are getting set for Xmas, in laws, relatives, travel, weather, gift buying, cooking, entertaining, and now you tell them they are moving to a new city. That’s right- stress city.

Even the Cardinals org is going thru Xmas activities. People missing. Parties.

Wouldn’t it be easier to have most deals in place and then finalize after the holidays. Most teams won’t have but 1-3 trades or signings, plenty of time.

From my experience at a high level, most important transactions did not occur from 18 Dec- 4 Jan.

Just my way of thinking why things are slow. I bet the market sizzles after 4 January.

Whats your name? Who’s your daddy?
Thoughts.

MLB needs to find a way to incentivize moves/deals before Thanksgiving and before Christmas. Maybe throw in a deadline of sorts and/or shift the draft lottery to dominated the holiday discussions in favor of Baseball.

Why does baseball need to oncentivize moves before Christmas or Thanksgiving?

Ridiculous

have a cup. Baseball is in need of serious public relations. In a dead space where fans are still rabid over trades, they could make a bigger deal for deals, and put the sport more in the public’s eye. Anything would be an incentive to the industry.

Keeps interest longer over the offseason till spring training vs getting it all done by Christmas.

Instant gratification culture shouldn't be encouraged.

Weird, because the exact opposite is happening in society.

Malls and Brick-&-Mortars are losing to online commerce.
Streaming is killing Cable.
MLB is falling behind the other sports in popularity because they haven’t adapted to society’s demands

Because baseball is boring to the instant gratification culture.

How would you bridge that gap.

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 08:48 am

BleedingBleu wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 08:46 am

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025 08:13 am Keeps interest longer over the offseason till spring training vs getting it all done by Christmas.

Instant gratification culture shouldn't be encouraged.

Weird, because the exact opposite is happening in society.

Malls and Brick-&-Mortars are losing to online commerce.
Streaming is killing Cable.
MLB is falling behind the other sports in popularity because they haven’t adapted to society’s demands

Because baseball is boring to the instant gratification culture.

Why would you insinuate that? Seems insecure. The evidence is irrefutable. One only needs to observe the fiasco w/the Regional Sports Networks and team evaluations.

Also, Star Baseball players are falling behind their peers when it comes to endorsement deals. These are all obvious metrics as to why their marketing (or lack there of) isn’t working.

Many consider their offseason to not only be the slowest, but worst in general. Tell me, what excites you about MLB? How much of the product are you consuming?