Running World Series thread

Only the most moronic or most disingenuous among us would try disputing this.

I repeat:

Baseball champs past 10 years:
New York 4 (largest market in US)
Chicago 1 (2nd-largest)
LA 1 (3rd)
Boston 1 (6th)


Largest market to win NFL title past decade, Boston.

Smallest three markets to win baseball in past 10 (rank in parentheses):
Miami (17)
Miami (17)
Phoenix (14)

Three smallest to win the NFL
Green Bay (69)
Pittsburgh (24)
Baltimore (22)

If the Cards win, they are the 21st market, still not even cracking the smallest three of NFL champions the past decade.


If you wamted to expand this to final four, it gets worse.

BYH, I repeat, you are giving my steel-toed boot Carpal Tunnel.

 

ahh yes your familiarly lonely steel-toed boot.

Just answer the question columbo: What is the only major sporting league in America to have a different champion every year since 2000? I'll hang up and listen to your answer.

 

"Discount the Yankees".....

God... are you fucking rich.

Like I said, $40 million between a highest-paid team and a lowest is NOTHING.

If the TOP team in MLB was at $103M and the lowest was $63M, there wouldn't be an issue.

You are scary delusional on this topic.

 

You like a different highly paid champion each year.

I want the best team with the same resources, period.

If a team can win five Super Bowls in a row under those auspices, what a phenomenal feat.

 

Number of MLB teams over $103 mill payroll in 2006 = 2
Number of those teams in playoffs = 1
Number of teams between $63 mill and $103 mill = 19
Numer of those teams in playoffs = 7

The Yankees are the fucking aberration here, asshole.
As for the 9 teams below $63 million, maybe if they didnlt have cheap fuck owners they'd win now and then.
It's got nothing to do with a salary cap (aka, legislated mediocrity)

 

Marlins being the low-end aberration, of course. The Marlins just so happen to be the best example of my theory -- it's not how much you spend, it's who you spend it on. Spend $63 million, but do so wisely. Just don't throw money out there at anyone who can grab it. And apparently, the Marlins know that.

 

As usual, Spnited makes my point in a more succint (and slightly more profane) fashion.

In this case, he DOES know something about baseball!!!

 

The Marlins had seven stud rookies. THAT is the aberration.

Guys, please stop playing this so dishonestly.

Oz, are you old enough to remember the 1994 Expos and what became of all those players on that team in the next few years?

 

NO teams below a $63 million payroll made the playoffs.. and you think that reinforces YOUR position?

You are stoned... immaculate.

 

I'm sure Oz is old enough to remember the 1994 Expos.

The question, Columbo, is do you remember three or four weeks ago, when I pointed out the majority of those '94 Expos had the best years of their lives BEFORE they left the team for greener pastures?

Edit: Columbo, you're not going to make me break down the sub-$63 million teams in order to point out how no amount of $$$ would have fixed their incredibly flawed ways, are you? I'm a busy man. I guess I can get to it tomorrow night.

 

You don't get it, and you never will.

Proving a negative..... that should be fun.

 

So, you're saying ... what... about all those Expos superstars?