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Originally Posted by djtestudo
As for your comparisons, you seem to be forgetting that the New York and LA metro areas are each about twice as big as the Baltimore-DC area. The better comparison is the San Francisco-Oakland area, where one team is overshadowed by another, and the Giants won't let the A's move to San Jose using the same excuse as Baltimore is with DC-terratory...
...Finally, Angelos has spent a LOT of money over the past seven years. Can you say Albert Belle, Scott Erickson and David Segui? There is also another thing that connects those guys: they all spen the majority of their contracts injured. The difference is, Angelos can't afford a $200 million payroll full of Rondell Whites and Jose Contrarases
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That's a fair comparison, however both Bay-Area teams are suceeding and have been since the beginning of time. The difference between the Bay-Area folks and Peter Angelos, is that the Giants and A's care about winning and actually take steps to win, where Petey just gets a few big free agents hoping to lure fans back and never tries to build a solid all around team. Couldn't the Ponson or Palmeiro money be better spent? If he doesn't have a no-trade clause, why not move Palmeiro at the trading deadline for younger guys, if you aren't going to play him?
Small market and low payroll teams have proven you can win without having to invest a lot so long as you're smart about it. Angelos has run the O's into the ground, much the way Harrington did in Boston.
The problem is ownership and management, not the recycled Expos.