At least we have Brayden Taylor
The Rays are headed to the World Series for the first time since 2020! #CLINCHED
(MLB x @BudweiserUSA)
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NEW: Per sources, the Marlins today informed Kyle Sielaff, Jeff Nelson, Craig Minervini and Rod Allen that they won't return next season.
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Radio voice Jack McMullen favorite to be TV voice. Lots more details on a seismic day of Marlins' broadcast changes.
Another year, another disappointment.
The #fightinfish folks. Such a rollercoaster season. Tonight, the Marlins are officially eliminated by the Padres. Stick around till the end these guys will fight to the finish.
The Marlins are still playing?
Kyle Tucker triple and he was driven in by Will Smith.
Marlins just didn't seem to be moving quickly enough, assuming Tucker would remain at second. He stretched what should've been a double into a triple because of that.
#Marlins trail, 2-0
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Jacob Lombard comes up CLUTCH 😤
The Marlins 2026 first-round pick hits a go-ahead three-run homer in the ninth for Low-A @GoHammerheads.
104.6 mph | 403 ft 🔥
(🎥@FishOnFirst)
MLB Replay resembling VAR more and more.
The technology’s incredible, but who actually makes the final decisions and with what agenda?
So not only did they ruin baseball, they did so illegally?
How do the Dodgers carry an unlimited payroll?
Filings uncovered by @NickNemo17 show roughly $1.45 billion in debt for American Media Productions, the entity behind SportsNet LA and the Dodgers' 25-year, $8.35 billion Charter deal, sitting on the balance sheets of 5 life insurance companies tied to or controlled by the Dodgers' own ownership group.
i.e. the Dodgers get a sweetheart deal on their TV rights from a media company their owners co-own, financed by insurance companies those same owners control.
Because ownership sits on both sides, as borrower and lender, the setup functions as a closed loop:
-When RSNs hit turbulence, banks enforce covenants or force restructuring. Here the lenders are insurers the owners manage, so the capital stays patient and cash flow to the team never gets choked.
-MLB taxes net local revenue at 34% but allows deductions for debt service and interest tied to running the network. Carrying $1.45 billion in media debt on AMP's balance sheet generates interest expense that shrinks reportable net TV income and the resulting revenue-sharing bill.
Then there's the payroll itself. Over $1 billion of it is deferred, owed to 9 players through 2047. Pushing that cash out frees up money today, some of which is going toward servicing that same debt, and kicks the actual bill to a stretch of decades many of today's owners won't be around for.
LA built a (seemingly illegal) structure that captures its own interest yield, shelters TV income from league revenue sharing, and helps fund payroll dominance in the process.
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Liam Hicks' SECOND AB with the Rays is a GRAND ONE 💥
His first career grand slam comes in some new threads!
