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You're talking about a team that a vast majority don't expect anything great from anymore.
I have noticed in most multi-sport cities that when you have a great team in one sport the rest usually suck. Examples: NY Yankees.... then who? Jordan's Bulls.... who else in Chicago? The Lakers then?????? 1990's Indians.... Hell Modell was so pissed his Browns became second in popularity he moved his team.
It's not like the old days when in 1980 the Phillies won the WS, the Eagles were in the NFC Championships, the Flyers won it all, and trhe 76ers went to the NBA Championships.
Today the sports dollar kind of flutters to one team in that city and the rest are playing catch-up trying desperate moves to show they exist. That is what DePodesta is doing. How does he compete against the Lakers?
Plus one great thing about being the Dodgers is ....... you are the Dodgers have that tradition and know you could field 90 yr old grandmas and fill the stadium for the requisite 7 innings of sundwellers that will leave before the game hits the 8th inning no matter what happens on the field.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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