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Posted: 04 Nov 2009 23:23 pm
Honestly, I've heard some different opinions here...

Would you be happy if the Cardinals spent like the Yankees do (from my figures, $70 million more than the next team) in an attempt to win championships?

Honestly, I say no. And I know some people won't believe me, but if you spend that much, you SHOULD win. No question about it. If you do, it's just what's expected...takes the excitement out of it, if you ask me. And if you don't, man, your team really screwed up.

Put some thought into this people, and let me know what you think.
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Post subject: Re: Buying a Championship
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 23:32 pm
Don't forget the steroids! Wink
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Posted: 04 Nov 2009 23:37 pm
Those people looked excited their team won the WS to me, and I would love if the Cards could spend like that!
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Post subject: Re: Buying a Championship
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 23:41 pm
some people complain about the yankees spending....at least they put the money back into the team.
what would rather they do w/ their money ?
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Post subject: Re: Buying a Championship
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 23:44 pm
AND it took them 9 years to win using the cash for championship method at >$200M/year
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Post subject: Re: Buying a Championship
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 23:48 pm
I was a long time member of a musical organization that is like the Yankees, most world titles (13 now),we were the best of the best. We always knew that we deserved to be a champion because we played, rehearsed, ate, slept, :!:, etc like a champion, it is a champion mindset. With guys like Jeter, Rivera, Posada, Pettite on your team...that is championship leadership.
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Posted: 04 Nov 2009 23:52 pm
I know that you are speaking hypothetically, but no one mentions the fact that the seats at Yankee Stadium are so overpriced that Cards fans would never be able to afford to go to games. People complain about prices now. Can you imagine the crowds if seats were triple the price now?
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Posted: 04 Nov 2009 23:53 pm
MLB is a joke. To even consider that each spring, all teams have a chance to compete cannot be said with a straight face.

Hockey has it right. You have a salary cap and a salary minimum. Of course baseball would NEVER have the balls to stand against the Yankmees and Red Sux and players union to enforce this policy.
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Post subject: Re: Buying a Championship
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 23:55 pm
To teams like the Pirates & Royals it probably seems like the Cards also buy championships.
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Posted: 04 Nov 2009 23:55 pm
ya i would love to go out and get the 2 best pitchers in FA and the best offensive FA, i think its sick i really wouldnt want the cards to it i think its pathetic they cant grow talent besides steroid. who really didnt see them winning it once everyone saw that signing day the trophy was already in the case it just makes the hate grow for the spankees --- em.
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Post subject: Re: Buying a Championship
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 23:58 pm

tjrih wrote

I know that you are speaking hypothetically, but no one mentions the fact that the seats at Yankee Stadium are so overpriced that Cards fans would never be able to afford to go to games. People complain about prices now. Can you imagine the crowds if seats were triple the price now?


Not all the seats are that expensive, and if they win people will show up.

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/seating_pricing.jsp
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Posted: 05 Nov 2009 00:05 am
I'm not saying this because the Yankees won the World Series, but there really, really needs to be a salary cap and salary floor.

All the money that the Yanks and Sox pay in Luxury Tax just lines the pockets of Jeffrey Loria, David Glass and the Pirates owners who keep salaries consistantly low.
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