Comments on: How Are the Stars Being Acquired: Infield

By: Raf

Raf — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:32:38 +0000

“You will of course have doormats, but they won’t be the same doormats every single damn season.”

Which is the way it is now. There have been several cases of teams going from “worst to first,” and there are teams that have sustained mediocrity, like Pittsburgh. But I don’t see them as any different than the Indians of the 60’s – 80’s.

By: Toffer Peak

Toffer Peak — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:53:31 +0000

“Nope, capitalism baby. If the Yankees have more money / are willing to spend more money, then they should be able to do it.

Revenue sharing is immoral.”

The day the Yankees allow a third (fourth, etc) team in NY is the day you can claim this. Until then MLB is anything but capitalistic.

By: Will

Will — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:17:16 +0000

All you’ve done is list the Top 10 players at each position according to WAR this season. I’m sorry, but one good season doesn’t make a star. In which bizzaro baseball world are mid-30’s Scott Rolen and Casey Blake considered stars and David Wright is not?

By: Paul Thomas

Paul Thomas — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:07:49 +0000

Lol @ TomB: Poor teams are dumb because they don’t spend resources they don’t have?

OK. And I suppose Nigerian peasants who die of parasite infections are “dumb” because they don’t just fly to the US and get cured, too. I mean, what are they thinking?

“Poor” and “dumb” are not synonyms.

By: Paul Thomas

Paul Thomas — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:03:50 +0000

Instituting a salary cap will make the doormats and powerhouses differ a lot more from year to year. You will of course have doormats, but they won’t be the same doormats every single damn season.

The exception is if a team is brilliantly or horribly run, in which case they may be able to sustain success or failure over the long haul (see: Patriots, Raiders).

By: Rodney King

Rodney King — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:27:36 +0000

This series is incredibly flawed as has been pointed out by many commenters already. Lots of filler recently on this site to accompany the usual quality posts.

By: Raf

Raf — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:20:21 +0000

When the NY Metro area had 3 teams, the Yankees were still the class of MLB.

Even as it stands now, with two teams, other than a brief run in the late 80’s early 90’s, the Yankees have outperformed the Mets.

By: Raf

Raf — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:16:37 +0000

Why shouldn’t they?

Every year, every league has its doormats. Installing a salary cap or revenue sharing whatever financial control people want to dream up wont change anything.

By: Tom B

Tom B — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:14:48 +0000

there is no such thing as intelligently run poor teams. lucky? yes. intelligent to not spend the resources available to you? no.

By: Tom B

Tom B — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:13:47 +0000

its called revenue-to-payroll percentages. until a minimum is enforced across the league no one has a right to complain about the yankees spending money.