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Old 05-31-2007, 04:33 PM   #103 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Kadath
Ilow, just one thing: Where are you getting the Red Sox payroll at less than 120 million? The lowest number I've seen is $143 million. Also, I've seen the Yankees payroll around 195 (without Clemens).

pan, thanks for helping out. gucci, you talk a lot of smack about winning the Series for having won the same number as the Indians in the last 75 years.
i got it from here http://www.fantasybaseballcafe.com/f...c.php?t=112578
I know ESPN's is different, and I've seen others that are different still. I think it comes down to cash transactions, and at what point you count. the 195 for the yankees is definitely pre-clemens, but i have no idea how anybody adds or doesn't add things like posting fees. i know some people include guaranteed bonus money etc. The point is really that the yankers are spending at minimum 30% more than the next team and pretty much double anybody else, even the other team they share a city with. No one's saying that the small market teams are not at some amount of a disadvantage, but Oakland, Minn, Fla, St. Louis, Detroit, and Cle have certainly proven that small market teams can be competetive. many people's problem with the yankees is their "corporate" philosophy and their insistence at simply trying to buy the best that they can rather than trying to build a team. That's why they now have current or former all-stars at 8 of 9 positions but are still playing like crap. Who wants to root for a 25 players 25 cabs kind of team? The Red Sox spend a significant amount of money to be sure, but they still at least attempt to do it creatively.
And Pan, your point is taken that there are certainly different socioeconomic differences between metropolitan areas, like Cleveland and Boston, but don't forget that Boston also has a relative few who make ridiculous amount of money that skews the per capita income, and the cost of living is one of the top three highest in the nation. The vast majority of Sox fans aren't like the ted kennedy and john kerry's of the world. Everyone in the rust belt is feeling a pinch these days. Be glad you don't have a big dig to pour money into. For what we've spent on that so far we should have a 4 lane to China by now.
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