The Atlanta Braves . . . You can't lose 'em all.

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AV_12 said:
He is also cutting out all that extra movement and noise that makes it impossible to be on time at that level. He had a slow pitch type load
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Yeah, I'm just being facetious. Tbh, I've never understood how players at this level can have that long load and all the moving parts.
 
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Intresting nuggets.
Stoerner Fumbles said:
Three. I think the reach candidate is A+, but long odds- maybe a one in three chance. They have expressed an interest in making her the highest paid women’s coach, with upside. Maybe she’ll listen. The other two are impressive, and an upgrade and both very interested as their agents reached out to us. It’s perceived that enough time has passed that someone can take the job and not be following Pat. Molly is not on the list of three. I think White will get this right.
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05_never_again said:
Investors excited for the return of baseball season can buy shares now in one of the sport’s top franchises, but that option may be off the table by next season’s Opening Day, according to Rosenblatt Securities. Analyst Barton Crockett hiked his price target on Atlanta Braves Holdings by more than 10% to $53 per share, saying in a note to clients Tuesday that the team could soon become a buyout target. The baseball franchise was previously one of the holding companies under John Malone ’s Liberty Media umbrella, along with other businesses like Formula One and Sirius XM .

The Braves slice was spun off last summer, starting the clock on a potential sale. “We assume that the Braves are likely to be taken private by a billionaire once properly tax-seasoned. That’s at least a year, and potentially two years, after the spin-off of the Braves from Liberty Media on July 17, 2023,” Crockett wrote in the report to clients. Rosenblatt has a buy rating on the stock. The value of sports franchise in the U.S. has soared over the last two decades. That is largely due to the appeal of live sports events as valuable media assets, though there is some concern about how the struggles of regional sports networks will hurt the values of franchises going forward.

Sports business publication Sportico estimates the value of the Braves — who have finished first in the National League East the past six seasons — at a little more than $3 billion, up 24% over the past year, according to Rosenblatt. Whenever the Braves are sold, the price could be even higher than that, Crockett said. “In our new, updated price target, we assume a 10% premium for the Braves in 2025 to the 2024 Sportico valuation, to reflect normalized inflation of pro team values,” the Rosenblatt report said. Shares of Atlanta Braves Holdings closed at $38.79 per share on Monday, more than 36% below the Rosenblatt price target. The stock is down about 2% year to date. Meanwhile, the Braves are in first place again after playing four games in the young 2024 season.

Last season’s .642 winning percentage was the team’s highest since 1998 , according to Baseball Reference. BATRK YTD mountain The tracking stock for the Atlanta Braves has struggled in 2024. With high valuations and unique business models, sports teams are often sold to the ultra wealthy when they change hands. For example, Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein recently struck a deal to buy the Baltimore Orioles, reportedly for more than $1.7 billion . Last year, mortgage executive Matt Ishbia bought the NBA’s Phoenix Suns for $4 billion. Atlanta Braves Holdings includes not only the baseball franchise but also some real estate development around the team’s baseball stadium in suburban Atlanta.
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They really buried the lede there on “some real estate development”
 
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TBrown said:
They really buried the lede there on “some real estate development”
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There are pros and cons to private ownership. It's great Liberty Media doesn't have any say nor any care in baseball operations and just sets the budget and let AA work. It also sucks that it seems a top down thing to not have any risky long term contracts and have a situation where an owner is like "Yeah I'll spend an extra $15M above budget to get this guy in March".
 
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Still very early, SSS, but Kelenic with a 21.8% whiff percentage is an awesome sign
 
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zjcvols said:
There are pros and cons to private ownership. It's great Liberty Media doesn't have any say nor any care in baseball operations and just sets the budget and let AA work. It also sucks that it seems a top down thing to not have any risky long term contracts and have a situation where an owner is like "Yeah I'll spend an extra $15M above budget to get this guy in March".
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The current situation is a middle ground that is better than having a bad billionaire owner, but worse than having a good billionaire owner.
 
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This game reminded me of Ender playing in the cold. 😆

It was obvious he hated playing in the cold. He didn't hide it.
 
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