ChicoOutlawsFan
09-24-2009, 10:52 PM
Figured you might want to see how far the frustrations with the GBL goes back. Didn't think it would go back this far:
So now the GBL is excited to bring a month of winter ball to the town of Yuma?! If I recall, when the Yuma team was announced back in the fall of 2004 hundreds, if not thousands, of fans were wondering why they were playing during the hottest time of the year. I guess having games in the winter when Yuma's population is doubled would have made too much sense for those knuckleheads in Pleasanton.
Well, I'll tell you why I think the GBL is now anxious to bring the fans winter ball. It's not for the fans, it's for the GBL. Pure and simple. I don't think the GBL has ever been concerned with the fan experience. It's always been about money with them. I'd be willing to wager that the GBL is having such financial woes that trying - even at this late date - to put together a four-team mini-league to play a month of double-headers is the only remedy they can come up with to gain some quick gate receipts and get the collection calls to stop. Take a look at their investor page. The turnover in investors is at the same fast clip as the turnover in the staff of their teams' front offices. If some investor with an MBA is wise enough to pull up stakes what does that say about the GBL's staying power?
I, for one, lost all confidence in this league before the second season began. The GBL is a laughingstock. Dave Kaval at the league office is the only one with half a brain and he's unable to stop this train wreck from happening. And mark my words, the GBL train wreck WILL happen.
As much as I love baseball and as much as I supported the Yuma club initially, I simply am unable to spend another thin dime on this faux league. As I said in another post, the GBL runs off anyone with any business or baseball/sports knowledge leaving the teams to be run with virtually no experience. I want to witness quality baseball. I want my local team to be run with class and professionalism. When Brown, the inaugural season GM, left the Yuma front office went from being run professionally to being run now by a walking, talking, disorganized disaster.
I'll go to Phoenix, San Diego or Las Vegas for myriad entertainment options before I spend any money with this bogus, fly-by-night outfit.
And I think the GBL should apologize to all of the fans that they have disappointed with their poor decisions.
So now the GBL is excited to bring a month of winter ball to the town of Yuma?! If I recall, when the Yuma team was announced back in the fall of 2004 hundreds, if not thousands, of fans were wondering why they were playing during the hottest time of the year. I guess having games in the winter when Yuma's population is doubled would have made too much sense for those knuckleheads in Pleasanton.
Well, I'll tell you why I think the GBL is now anxious to bring the fans winter ball. It's not for the fans, it's for the GBL. Pure and simple. I don't think the GBL has ever been concerned with the fan experience. It's always been about money with them. I'd be willing to wager that the GBL is having such financial woes that trying - even at this late date - to put together a four-team mini-league to play a month of double-headers is the only remedy they can come up with to gain some quick gate receipts and get the collection calls to stop. Take a look at their investor page. The turnover in investors is at the same fast clip as the turnover in the staff of their teams' front offices. If some investor with an MBA is wise enough to pull up stakes what does that say about the GBL's staying power?
I, for one, lost all confidence in this league before the second season began. The GBL is a laughingstock. Dave Kaval at the league office is the only one with half a brain and he's unable to stop this train wreck from happening. And mark my words, the GBL train wreck WILL happen.
As much as I love baseball and as much as I supported the Yuma club initially, I simply am unable to spend another thin dime on this faux league. As I said in another post, the GBL runs off anyone with any business or baseball/sports knowledge leaving the teams to be run with virtually no experience. I want to witness quality baseball. I want my local team to be run with class and professionalism. When Brown, the inaugural season GM, left the Yuma front office went from being run professionally to being run now by a walking, talking, disorganized disaster.
I'll go to Phoenix, San Diego or Las Vegas for myriad entertainment options before I spend any money with this bogus, fly-by-night outfit.
And I think the GBL should apologize to all of the fans that they have disappointed with their poor decisions.