The Brewers are in the smallest broadcast market in the US

An article from a CBS TV journalist suggest they have actually done well to retain players over the years, though two of these are now retired:

"The Brewers, playing in the smallest market in baseball, kept Ryan Braun throughout his career. They signed Lorenzo Cain in free agency. They traded for Christian Yelich and then extended him to the tune of nine years and $215 million. They also made the playoffs four straight years before having the best non-playoff record last season at 86-76. "

The Brewers record over the last 5 years is broadly similar to the much richer and more famous New York Yankees (the Man U of MLB, to the extent they once has a formal link up).

Posted By: watfordcanary on May 5th 2023 at 12:51:00

Message Thread

Club ownership - careful what you wish for. (Other Football) - Cellophane Flowers, May 5, 09:25:23
- Having an owner that cares deeply about the club is so important (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 10:24:15
  - Instead they are handing it over to a Tom without cash (Other Football) - Chair_of_the_Bored, May 5, 10:37:26
    - Anyone seen Jim? (n/m) (Other Football) - Pixelman, May 5, 13:08:28
      - You'll find him on The Oink (Other Football) - Henclrikus, May 5, 13:19:10
- Did you miss the bit where our current owners took us to L1 then? (Other Football) - Chair_of_the_Bored, May 5, 10:01:08
  - Plenty of clubs would love the opportunity to match our relegation record (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 10:22:24
    - I mean...eh? (Other Football) - Chair_of_the_Bored, May 5, 10:34:56
      - Blub (n/m) (Other Football) - ParrotPuncher, May 5, 11:13:21
  - Or got us multiple promotions to the PL with record income? (Other Football) - CWC, May 5, 10:07:54
    - They took us to our lowest point in the past 60 odd years (Other Football) - Chair_of_the_Bored, May 5, 10:20:52
      - I don’t care who owns us tbh (Other Football) - CWC, May 5, 10:25:31
        
        I do get the "cycle of football" argument (Other Football) - Chair_of_the_Bored, May 5, 10:32:58
        
        The point is how do you break that cycle surely? (Other Football) - Jim, May 5, 10:43:31
        
        by osmosis (n/m) (Other Football) - Bristol Graham, May 5, 15:40:41
        
        Luck? (Other Football) - CWC, May 5, 11:45:05
        
        The Brewers are in the smallest broadcast market in the US (Other Football) - watfordcanary, May 5, 12:51:00
        
        Yes, they seem to be the American equivalent of D&M (Other Football) - jamesward, May 5, 11:50:35
        
        Today's Brightons, Brentfords, Fulhams, Palaces, Wolves are tomorrows (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 5, 10:56:57
        
        Why aren't we on that list? (Other Football) - Chair_of_the_Bored, May 5, 10:58:25
- Quite a worrying read but for every crap story there has to be a good one. However I just (Other Football) - Biggles, May 5, 09:54:44
  - More likely for every good one, there are 50 bad ones... (Other Football) - Worthing Yellow, May 5, 10:11:28
  - Can't imagine there's a queue of wealthy reputable billionaires lining up to buy them out (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 5, 10:01:32
    - Well there is one wealthy and credible individual who clearly wants to buy the club (Other Football) - Chair_of_the_Bored, May 5, 10:06:55
      - He only bought the Chicken guy's shares (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 5, 10:21:26
        
        Then you did not listen to his extended interview (Other Football) - Chair_of_the_Bored, May 5, 10:28:12
      - One with a public track record we can see (Other Football) - CWC, May 5, 10:13:13
        
        I still think it will happen (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 10:25:50
        
        indeed (Other Football) - CWC, May 5, 11:38:33
        
        VMT (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 12:13:25
        
        That assumption (Other Football) - Chair_of_the_Bored, May 5, 12:01:21
        
        100% isn't (Other Football) - CWC, May 5, 12:16:55
- They had an owner with no money. Same as us. (n/m) (Other Football) - thirsty work, May 5, 09:46:34
  - Did you ready anything of that other than the first half dozen words? (Other Football) - Pixelman, May 5, 09:53:02

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