...^^^this is true, but;
1. the current situation was born out of Cashman's inability or unwillingness to build from within...yet last year the Steins "rewarded" him with a new contract and a raise. Can you imagine a scenario in which any of us totally mismanaged our departments/employees/etc.,and ultimately when the owners of the company saw what a horrible job you were doing, called you into their office and said,
"You've already proven that you are completely inept as a manager by wasting our money with your terrible hiring decisions and you've run our once proud business into the ground to the point of losing fans and sagging attendance,...but instead of firing your sorry ass, we're gonna give you 3 more years to straighten it all out."
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2...as far as people not filling up the stadium anymore, I think it's more than just insane ticket prices, I think it somehow goes deeper than just that alone...I mean, Fenway still has the highest average ticket prices and they always seem to have a packed house...Cubs tix are also close behind the Yanx.
http://www.statista.com/statistics/193673/average-ticket-price-in-the-mlb-by-team/
...yet take notice of attendance figures;
http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance/_/sort/homePct
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Bite your tongue Rob.
