No One Talks About the World Series?Follow

At least you're not a Cubs fan.

If I followed Baseball playoffs, I'm sure it would be drowned by the start of the NBA pre-season.

A top 5 payroll team hasn't won the series for at least 4 years

And in those 4 years only 5 different teams have gone, and those 5 teams have an avg salary (this years numbers, probably similar over the years but i dont have that data unfortunately) of $133m. MLB average is $103m. If you go back 1 more year (yankees and phillies) that number becomes $151m.



Can't speak for sports other than baseball and football, but football isn't really like that because of the salary cap. There's only a $35m difference between the jacksonville jaguars who are the lowest (excluding Oakland's very low rebuilding payroll) and the highest paid Seahawks, and that difference is mostly just due to what players are available to sign at a price the organization deems reasonable. Jaguars don't suck because of lack of money. They are simply needing a few key pieces before becoming great and nothing is available at the right price for the organization. The Seahawks will have to release/trade some amazing talent away eventually once those players decide they want money that will take the Seahawks beyond the cap, which will redistribute that talent throughout the league.

Theres a $156m difference between the Mariners (who aren't even close to lowest paid) and the top paid Yankees, who've been to the playoffs 17 times out of the last 19 seasons btw. And until a salary cap is instituted i see this difference only increasing. The Mariners are losing fans to freaking soccer FFS. That's as un-American as it gets! Give every team a $103m cap and let's see what happens...

See now this is the interesting part, the internal bickering and political maneuvering it'll eventually cause. People all fighting over who gets the money. Who takes a cut "for the team"? Is there up and coming talent dethroning expensive people? How long can a good team ride under the cap before star players look to cash in? Who's there for the group and who's there for the money? Is it worth a paycut to be on a playoff team? Or do I want to be the lone big star in a small market with a fat paycheck?

Dramas I tells ya; is good stuff.



Edited, Oct 30th 2013 3:31pm by someproteinguy

Steinbrenner Clan ******** to high heaven.

Apparently John Kerry was there.

Theres a $156m difference between the Mariners (who aren't even close to lowest paid) and the top paid Yankees, who've been to the playoffs 17 times out of the last 19 seasons btw. And until a salary cap is instituted i see this difference only increasing.

There will never be one, ever. Too many games, too many entrenched interests, not enough marketable stars who can effect outcomes of games.

For you maybe. Celtics suck & the Patriots look like the worst 5-2 team in football. The Bruins might have another shot this season though...

I feel slightly better about being a Mets fan; and a (NY) Jets fan for that matter.

Haha... wow.

Sure, but threatening to take down a commercial airplane on a public forum is pretty stupid, probably illegal and likely to generate negative consequences for the tweeter.