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The Atlanta Braves financial statements are publicly available and serve as a general guide for understanding the business of baseball. Any good accountant can move some decimals here and there, but these are a good starting ground. The Braves made $46M in profit last year on $600M in baseball revenue and currently have $150M cash reserves. They're making huge profits (only 15% expenses) from The Battery, a reminder that the business of baseball spans beyond the concourse. This shows that, yes, teams like the Braves (or your favorite franchise in the top 1/2 of baseball revenues) could probably spend more. This also shows that they could not spend anywhere near the levels of LAD, who are projected to spend $300M more this year than the Braves on payroll and taxes alone. Peep TV revenue for the Braves - incredibly strong at nearly $165M during baseball season in 2025. It's still hundreds of millions short of what LAD brings in. That's why you're starting to hear about Rob Manfred wanting to consolidate MLB's media rights. The idea that 29 other owners are just broke boys who are choosing not to spend like the Dodgers is a logical fallacy. They are not capable of sustaining losses of 8-9 figures each year. We've seen it fail time and time again in this sport. You can handle losses in the short-term, but it's not a long-term ownership strategy. With all due respect to 3YearLetterman, I'm convinced that people who think everyone should spend like this are the same ones who are financing their waterbeds. batterypower.com/atlanta-braves…

@PabloPercante @SleeperMets @BRWalkoff This is just not true

@SleeperMets @BRWalkoff Problem is Lindor. Pretty certain of that. Hes not who he makes himself out to be. Guys a great ball player but not a great human.

Jon Morosi: "In a fractured Mets clubhouse, Pete Alonso was not the problem." Via @BRWalkoff

“Kodak is confident it will be able to pay off a significant portion of its term loan well before it becomes due, and amend, extend or refinance our remaining debt and/or preferred stock obligations.” The “going concern” language “is essentially required disclosure.”

Can everyone do me a favor and take a second to vote for my wife’s parents business Welsh Mountain Candle Co! Would be so sweet! 🤍

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Did he just say immigrants are eating our pets?

@LensRentalSA hey guys looking for a PL to Blackmagic Pocket mount. Any help?

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@jDusettDesign $69 + a month of meta verification

@iamjakeingle How much for gage

Selling my Mamiya 7 with 80mm. In minty condition. DM for serious inquiries.

@josiahbice makes me want it even more haha

@iamjakeingle haha I’m just messin, I don’t think I could ever part ways with my pentax 🫶🏻

thinking about selling the mamiya 7. what should I get?

@josiahbice I’d be interested, but would need cash + mamiya 7

@iamjakeingle I’ll trade you my Pentax 67 for your Mamiya 7 🫡🤝🏻💘

@jacobetovar auto focus isn’t great, but when it hits it hits

yashica t4 - overrated or underrated?

Andre D. Wagner x Levi’s | Precious Cargo

@SEANMCARR @forrestfire haha I love it

@iamjakeingle @forrestfire Close to it haha. Start my morning with 2 cups and then have a straggler or two throughout the day.

@forrestfire @SEANMCARR @passengercoffee @OnyxCoffeeLab I wouldn’t over think it. plenty of coffee roasters have 2lb bags.

@forrestfire @SEANMCARR it’s probably because the average person doesn’t drink that much coffee. but also I know tons of roasters that do 2lb bags. @passengercoffee, @OnyxCoffeeLab, Little Wolf. some even have 5lb bags.

@mddlfrk @forrestfire disagree. most coffee roasters suggest to wait around 2 weeks after the roast date to start using the coffee. gives it time for the CO2 to leave and the flavor to develop.

@SEANMCARR @forrestfire dang drinking 30 cups a week

@forrestfire Dude, absolutely. 1lb lasts me like a week 😂

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