How many teams are irrelevant?
Pirates, Royals.................and that's it. Everyone else has been in the postseason this decade.
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How many teams are irrelevant?
Pirates, Royals.................and that's it. Everyone else has been in the postseason this decade.
Saysumthinfunnymike
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It's not about making it once and then losing all of your players to free agency or having to trade them away and start over. It's about consistency.
The A's are relevant? So what they made the playoffs a few years. They had a great pitching staff that came up all at once. That was a once in a lifetime kind of team and then they lost every key player they've had and were't able to replace them.
Tampa is a great organization but I doubt even they will be able to sustain their recent success. A lot of them building a great farm system had to do with losing for 10 years straight and having top picks every year.
The A's are relevant? So what they made the playoffs a few years. They had a great pitching staff that came up all at once. That was a once in a lifetime kind of team and then they lost every key player they've had and were't able to replace them.
Tampa is a great organization but I doubt even they will be able to sustain their recent success. A lot of them building a great farm system had to do with losing for 10 years straight and having top picks every year.
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Saysumthinfunnymike
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You have to spend to be able to field a championship team on a consistent basis. Look at the Rangers. They didn't always have a high payroll but now they do and they're lucky because of the contracts they've signed.. it's a big market they should be able to sustain it.
All the top teams in terms of 2012 salary are consistent winners. Yankees, Phillies, Red Sox, Cardinals, Angels, Giants... they are all in the top ten.
The bottom five are the Padres, Astros, A's, Pirates, and Royals. None of them are spending over $60M.
You can say that they should be spending more.. but the key is, they aren't So in my view, they are irrelevant and look at their records. They are terrible. Only the Pirates are playing well right now but we've seen that story before.. they'll come back down to earth and even if they do hold on and make it this year... Will they keep their top players and sustain it?
It's a broken system. Those teams will never have a streak of winning teams. They will always be rebuilding. The Yanks and Sox can sweep terrible contract after terrible contract under the rug and come back the next year and spend more. These teams have to be PERFECT with how they draft and make moves. Bryan Cashman doesn't have to do anything but write checks.
The money these guys make is disgusting.. but Ethier is not a platoon player
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Only even the Yankees are cutting payroll and utilizing their minor league system more because they don't want to pay the penalties that now come with the luxury tax. I've always said the Yankees spend because they can, not because they want to.
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NewNewYork
You should hate The Mets for spending so much money and still managing to be complete and utter ass.
I admitted it in the next post. Ain't watched since bartman killed my soul in 03.
Saysumthinfunnymike
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I don't think they would be as concerned with the luxury tax if George was still alive. Hank and co. don't exactly have a passion for the sport. It's strictly a business to them, nothing more.
Texas2step
H-Town it's NOT our year
I stopped fukking with baseball when they fukked over Barry Bonds and the rest of the ppl that saved the sport but mostly bc of the way they treated Bonds.
Saysumthinfunnymike
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I said it before. If Bonds isn't first ballot, I'm out completely as any type of fan. It'll be unforgivable.
Might as well bail now cause Barry isn't getting in 1st ballot. No one connected to steroids is getting any sort of break. And he was an a$$hole to those who are voting now...so good luck.
It will be a shame, but it's going to happen.
It will be a shame, but it's going to happen.
Saysumthinfunnymike
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He may be connected to steroids but he never failed a test. These writers are going to hold that over his head because of some evidence that the feds supposedly uncovered and yet.. most of the charges were dismissed.
It's not right. Even if he was roided up what does it matter? He was facing roided up pitchers. Roids vs. Roids and guess what? He put together a string of years that will NEVER be duplicated.
Only fat ass Babe Ruth comes close and he only played against other out of shape white guys.
It's not right. Even if he was roided up what does it matter? He was facing roided up pitchers. Roids vs. Roids and guess what? He put together a string of years that will NEVER be duplicated.
Only fat ass Babe Ruth comes close and he only played against other out of shape white guys.
