Tue May 14, 2013, 11:18pm
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Get away from me, Steve.
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 15,791
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Publius
In other words, if MLB thinks using Hernandez will help them increase revenues as they look to expand in Latin America, that's what they will do. Monetizing the brand is the goal, and if sacrificing excellence in umpiring will further that goal, that's what will happen.
Future growth is in Latin America, not in the USA, and that's the audience that's going to be pandered to.
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That said, MLB would never assign people who would embarrass them. They think Hernandez is solid enough to be used in the post-season in 87.5% of the last 16 post-seasons.
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