Now that all is said and done...

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09-30-2006, 11:44 PM

Dan Szymborski Dan Szymborski is offline

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In article <r_wTg.11772$7I1.5614@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>,
LACORefugee@spamsux.net says...

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"Don Tootin'" <capngroovy@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1159390079.708194.152340@b28g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...

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I'd love to see the Dodgers in the NL, but the Mets are in a class by themselves. For the AL, the Tigers or Twins would both be satisfying for their own reasons. Detroit would finally be able to put 2003 to rest, turning a record-breaking disaster of a season into a pennant in three seasons without necessarily buying the championship is admirable. Minnesota's redemption would be more related to Selig's threat of eliminating the franchise. So long as the "small market" teams can not only survive but thrive is great for baseball. It will hopefully send a message to the league office that their "redistribution" program is not working but instead of paring away franchises, thereby eliminating markets, they need to re-examine quality of ownership. It's not simply the size of the market that spells a lack of success in Kansas City and Pittsburgh but a lack of a dedicated ownership. It KILLS me that McClatchey has lined his pockets with Steinbrenner's cash while crying poverty as other "small market teams" such as the A's, Tigers (let's face it, Detroit is NOT thriving), Twins, and, yes, the Angels have experienced success.

I agree, there should be a minimum salary requirement before any team is allowed to share revenues. What the Marlins did to their payroll this year and the roller coaster they put their fans through is disgusting.

Of course, while the Marlins did it in the most tasteless manner
possible, mostly to try to extort a stadium, Beinfest did a
*good job* of building a team. Having a $50 million team that
wins 83 games doesn't strike me as preferable to a very young
$15 million team that wins 77 (or 78) games.

The whole problem is that the current revenue-sharing system
isn't designed to help small markets, it's designed to reduce
the marginal revenue created by individual players, and thus, an
artificial drag on the market.

Revenue sharing has actually worked *exactly* as MLB intended.
It's designed to act as a disincentive to team investment for
the poorly run franchises. Bad franchises pocket some nice
cash, good franchises essentially start out a season at .530
instead of .500, player salaries grow at slower rate than
overall MLB revenues.

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Dan Szymborski
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"A critic who refuses to attack what is bad is not
a whole-hearted supporter of what is good."

-Robert Schumann

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10-01-2006, 01:12 AM

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Now that all is said and done...

> Jeanne Douglas wrote:

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If not the Angels, then (1) the Cards (for the 3 obvious reasons), though the way they're playing they may not be long for the playoffs even if they manage to hang on; or (2) the Mets, the team I grew up rooting for in NJ (go Ed Kranepool!!!!). Hate the Yankees and the A's (duh!). I like the Twins (how can you not like a team that competes so hard every single day despite being a low-budget team; love the intelligent management)... You make a great point... how can you not like the A's? ;-) Because they're the enemy!!!

:-) Aaaahhhhh, ok. That makes perfect sense. Seriously, it does.

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10-04-2006, 06:17 AM

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"Richard M." <AzusaGuy626@webtv.net> wrote in message
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What teams would you like to see make it to the World Series and eventually take it all. I would like to see Tigers vs. Padres in the World Series, with eventually the Tigers taking it. The sooner the Yankees are eliminated the better.

Twins pretty weak in the pitching arena. One great starter does not do it.

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