without gambling the tv contracts, et all....plummet... maybe that's a lttle more clear . partnerships, ticket sales, concessions... you think there'd be a market? lol, I think most guys would do something else
That high class individual got shelled for an entire season to hang around for 2 wins to get round his record to 200. His clout aa high class flushed to selfish hillbilly and an embarrassment to a storied franchise that hasn't ever finished in the basement. You can buy the Wainwright story. I'm not. He couldn't throw all year. Was only about sacrificing his teammates for a stupid number. Take your 198 and hit the showers you hillbilly cause you'd never have gotten 200 without the game being a put on.
You do not know what you are talking about at all.
He was not the reason the Cardinals collapsed.
He would have been pulled from the rotation but the Cards have been out of it for months, so managment let him go for it, he had a lot of games he pitched well enough to win but got no run support. He lost velocity on his fastballl so he managed to make it move and sink, and some games it did not move and he would get hammeres, 8 runs in 1 1/3 innings, ouch.
Wainwright, his teamates, the franchise, and the fans all benefit from Waino getting to 200.
Only Bob Gibson and Jesse Haines made it to 200 in all Cardinal history.
Kershaw has 210 and has pitched about the same innings.
200 is the new 300, for various reasons there is no way anybody will hit 300 again.
Wainwright missed almost 3 yrs with Tommy John and achilles injuries, plus the usual other times on the IL.
He foolishly played in the WBC this yr, went 5 innings way to early, in spring training he would not have even pitched an inning at that time of year, and was injured, did not play for the Cards this yr for a few months, then was dinged all year.
A lot of MLB players were well below par this yr, there is a long list, see: Alcantara who's ERA is way up, and he publicly has said the WBC hurt him.
Waino has class, donates to charities and has adopted orphans, some of these guys make a donation or two but are phonies, Wainwright is not, he shows up and helps not just with his pocket book.
AGAIN: Wainwright has class, you should try it sometime.