Dodgers’ proposed TV deal has baseball world in uproar

As just possibly you might have imagined, there has been all kinds of reaction to the news the Dodgers and Fox are on the cusp of signing a staggering $6 billion to $7 billion new TV contract.

It’s either the end of civilization or the greatest thing ever. The demise of Twinkies or the birth of the DVR.

A sampling:

-- Fan Graph’s Wendy Thum tries to compare the proposal to the rest of the league’s media-rights deals, and finds it challenging and a little scary.

-- Yahoo Sports’ Jeff Passan calls the deal “dangerous” and fears a wider dividing between big- and small-market clubs.

-- SB Nation’s Rob Neyer isn’t so sure this latest gloomy impact on the state of baseball will prove any more detrimental that previous cries the sky was falling.

-- The Seattle PI is eager for it to be the Mariners’ turn at a new deal, and Grant Brisbee at McCovey Chronicles laments the Dodgers have become screw-you-we’re-rich team.

-- Mike Petriello at Mike Scioscia’s Tragic Illness thinks all that money means the Dodgers can, and should, sign right-hander Zack Greinke. But ESPN/LA questions whether Greinke is actually worth a mega deal.

-- MLB’s Lyle Spencer said that coupled with the Giants winning the World Series, the rich TV deals by the Dodgers and Angels signal a baseball power shift to the West Coast.

-- Fox Sports’ Jon Morosi thinks because of all that incoming loot, the Dodgers will be the most active team at next week’s winter meetings in Nashville.

-- Dayn Perry at CBS Sports reminds the deal is even bigger than most recognize because of an earlier bankruptcy agreement worked out with MLB that limits the revenue sharing aspect.

-- Kenneth Steinhorn at Isportsweb worries the whole deal could ultimately morph into a Ponzi scheme.

In some non-TV items:

-- Hey, I want to be a vice president! The Dodgers promoted, sort of, four in their front office to vice-president positions – Logan White (scouting), De Jon Watson (player development), Vance Lovelace (player personnel) and Rick Ragazzo (professional scouting).

-- Jon Heyman at CBS Sports said seven teams are interested in signing Shane Victorino, including the Giants.

-- And Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci offers nine rule changes he thinks MLB needs to invoke now.

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