What would you do if you owned a baseball team for a day?

Question

realistic answers, please. (like "I'd introduce my dad to all the players," not "I'd sell off all the players and run away with the loot." Thanks!

Answer 1

Lower the price of beer, and have free parking.

Answer 2

The Team I Would Own Is The Chi. Cubs. I Would Fire Dusty Ana Put A No Trade Clause Into D.Lee,G.Maddux And A.Ramirez's Contract,Second I Would Put Myself as Manager(since i Think That I Could Do 10x Better)Third I Would Put Beer Prices at fifty cents a beer.Then For One Game A Yr. I Would Make Tickets Free,Beer Free,and All Food Free For Everyone!For Die Hard Cubs Fans(People With Cubs Tatoos,In All Cubs Gear ETC... There Would Be Free Tickets To All Of Fans That Wore Cubbie Red And Cubbie Blue.LAstly I Would Trade Mark Prior and Kerry Wood For One Halfway Decent Pitcher Just Because They cant Go 2 GAmes Without Crying About Something!!!!!!! Oh and Also Any Cardnal Fans That Come To The Cubs v. Card Games Would Not Be Let In The Stadium.That Also Goes For The SOX v. CUBS games But The SOx Fans Would Be Shot On Site!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 3

I would get all the Braves Autographs and pay the Pitcher of the other team off to let Marcus Giles hit a whole bunch of home runs. I'd give Bobby Cox a raise and fire Jorge Sosa. I'd also try to get Ryan Klesko back from the Padres.

Answer 4

if it was the A's i would make billy beane resign barry zito to a 10 year, no trading, contract (is that realistic). then i would try and trade somebody, maybe eric chavez, for somebody who can actually hit. next i would invite former A's greats, like rickey henderson, reggie jackson, and dennis eckersley to that day's game. i would have a big pregame ceremony honoring those players, and have autograph signings, with both the former and current players participating. i would then sign rickey and eckersley to 1 year contracts, and have rickey either start the game, or make a pinch hit appearance during the game. hopefully, after that day, billy beane would keep him in the majors, and ken macha would let him make occasional pinch hit appearances, and eventually he would hit his 300th homer and steal a few more bases. eckersley would throw the 1st pitch of the game, the 1st pitch of the ACTUAL game, not a ceremonial pitch, if they won i would celebrate with the team, if not, i would solemnly say goodbye to the players. thanks for asking this question i never really though about this before

Answer 5

I'd have a day with the players, play catch with them, take BP (Try to hit one over the Green Monster - Using an aluminum bat!!! - Yes I'm not that good of a hitter), then for the game I'd appoint myself as honorary 3rd base coach for the game.

I'd also have the players sign lots of baseballs and bring them to the Dana Farber cancer institute for the kids...

Answer 6

I would tell all of the players (even the overpaid "superstars") that I will pay them if they win the game that day. I think that would be great incentive for a team to bust their @ss and win.

In case that is fantasy, I would choose to own the Chicago White Sox and then let my husband be the co-manager with Ozzie. That is his favorite team. I would do that, even though MY favorite team is the Cubbies (I know - I'm a glutton for punishment).

Answer 7

well I would start a petition to get baseball set up on a salary cap much like football. That way it will even out the playing field instead of those with the deepest pockets seem to have a better chance of winning and the small market teams can't afford to keep their players.

Answer 8

I would get on the tractor and mow the whole field. That would be awesome. Plus you would have all the media watching you since you only own the team for the day. So you would make sports center riding on a tractor. How cool is that.

Answer 9

my brother is a die-hard cubs fan. he never got to watch them play before he got into an accident and became wheel-chair bound as a quadriplegic. because he doesn't live in the u.s., i'd have have a game dedicated in honor of him and tape it. i'd get all the players to send a video greating and sign a pictures & a ball. ...of course, it would be really nice for the cubbies to actually WIN the game... but THAT may be asking for way too much!

Answer 10

I would let 1 lucky fan manage the team for that day.

Answer 11

I would make sure I was on the payroll for that one day of work. If I were the owner, one day of pay would probably still be more than I what I make in my regular job.