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Look what HUGE spending did to Az. a World Series and then nothing. Having to trade away everyone, mortgaging the future for 1 year of success is not good.
But neither is the Indians way of being cheap as Hell and saying they are going to rebuild from within.
There has to be a middle ground and you have seen that in the Chisox, The Astros, the Braves, The Cards, and the class clubs that are in the pennant races year in and year out, with good attendence figures and high sales of their merchandise. The clubs that spend the huge money get bogged down by the contracts and end up losing more than they gain.
The Indians were on the right track, until cheap ass dolan bought the team and puts no money into it.
The Reds could be there but they suck at evaluating pitching. Milton? when they could have had Millwood. Ramon Ortiz? when they could have probably gotten someone a tad better for just a little bit more. Paying out big money for subpar relief pitching? They had the offense, and put the money into pitching they just sucked at who they went after.
(BTW I love my Ohio teams..... just miss the 90's owners who knew how to put good teams on the field and asses in seats to keep the teams good and competitive.)
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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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