European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes april 1977 game How can you make a Small Fortune tace a big one and buy a base Bali team a baseballs uniqueness among sports can be depicted Best by its grand potential or Success or an official of the Atlanta braves each of has its own be says will financial vice president of Turner which is headed by Brave owner Ted hockey fills but with Maxi mum Success and cannot always is limited in playing basketball teams Are experiencing the difficulties of huge salaries combined with a generally Low attendance theres an old saying that the Best Way to make a Small Fortune is to take a Large Fortune and buy a baseball he said expos Exchange disgruntled shortstops san Francisco up1 a pair of unhappy shortstops traded jobs tuesday the san Francisco giants Chris Speier going to Montreal in a straight Exchange for expos shortstop Tim who had called a news Confer ence three hours earlier to announce he was stalled in his protracted contract talks with the till take a Little get Ting used not having san Francisco on my Ive done a lot of praying the last few Days asking god to guide me in doing what is Best for me and my giants manager Joe Altobelli announced the Trade during a game with which the giants Tost 43 in the 13th Speier had been benched by Altobelli and said he had been told the club was looking for a a six year Veteran with a life time batting had been at Odds with Montreal executive Charlie who formerly managed the that big Foli said of the it was Fox decision and in not going to run somebody business for its Fine with the san Francisco is my wife favorite Fox thinks Speier is a better shortstop than i but Fox denied there was a personality clash with foil the if there was had absolutely nothing to do with the Foli is signed to a three year contract Worth to Speier failed to negotiate a Lon term contract with the giants during Spring training and eventually signed a oneyear agreement calling for while Speier refused to reveal How much he was asking a giants official said it was million Over five a figure which included a interest free the giants official said the club had offered Speier Over five if that statement was True when it was first it most certainly is True since each major league baseball team plays 162 games a Sanders a team has the potential of playing before More than eight million full or empty seau in one the fixed Cost of operating a team will run about with Little variance whether that team draws a half million or two and a half million to its Home Sanders told the South Birmingham Chap Ter of the National association of accountants tuesday the Large number of games opens up other potentially lucrative Revenue that must be tapped for he including broadcasting on radio and Televik sales of licensing of the logo and image of the team on a variety of Sale of concessions at the parking revenues and Sale of publication and billboard pm million Sanders said expenses relating to just Fielding the Ball club come to about in that is a million pay Roll for the major league team of 25 play ten years ago the minimum salary of a big league player was the entire dub payroll was about he the minimum salary is and the average in the big league Sis a decade Only Willy Mays and Sandy Koufax were now there Are Over 70 players in excess of that six Are with the other costs listed by Sanders were 000 for for 900 dozen for air for for food on the Tor lighting for Home games at an for stadium rental there was for Field sodding and for game Secu Rity and for paying and uni forming ticket takers and ticket Sellers and about million for sprung up the strolling fireworks and other there Are the costs of setting up and maintaining a farm system and the Spring training the minor league operation comes to nearly Sanders one in 10 make it consider the fact that Only about one in 10 of the players makes it to the big and you know Why football and basketball Are blessed by the colleges As their minor he before we Start the lets drum up a Start with for Televik radio and newspaper he adding the costs of special Days like Bat lets try to get some Money he the braves will draw million fans in a each paying an average of about for tickets and con other revenues then theres the Money from broadcast rights and advertisements and the National broadcast agreements with the publication of a score Book and Concession Revenue and licensing of logos and images and the the game is Sanders All that is left is cleaning of the Sta at the by the of for the tuesdays major league Box scores Chicago Louis 1 or touts Chicago Brock ii 4 t t 0 m Trepl Tonto 4070 of tonal m Mcbee of 4000 Buckner to Summ c 1011 Murcer re Khan tit to 3000 a emits cd 0 Scott re 3010 Anllo in Tyson 2b 3000 Stvros 3b Reid 3d 1 0 t 0 mar old c is Mitsn p 1000 Rukhl p Schulz p 0000 is engr pm 1000 Urrea p 0000 oaf Der pm t 0 0 0 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