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Welcome to the Florida Marlins franchise...
Nick Swisher To the White Sox
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I dont really get the point of constantly building stars when we all know they will be traded away 4 years later....
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Why was this just bumped?
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It's ridiculous that some would consider teams like the A's a "second class organization", driven strictly by monetary gain when in truthalmost all teams are operated by people who look to make profit, and consider play on the field as secondary. When you think of baseball owners, what are theirprofessions? Lew Wolff (A's) is a real estate developer, Peter Magowan (Giants) is a former director of the Safeway food chain and director of CaterpillarInc., a construction company, Larry Dolan (Indians) is an attorney, John Henry (Red Sox) is a future and foreign exchange advisor. All these professions createa large amount of money, and it can be assumed that owners wouldn't take on the toll of keeping a baseball team if it would only eat into their ownearnings.
While it is true that there are owners who take great strides to ensure a strong ballclub is placed on the field every year by keeping high payrolls, such asSteinbrenner (Yankees), Henry (Red Sox) or Wilpon (Mets), these three teams also intake a huge amount of money, owing largely to their location in big marketcities. It would be naive to think that these same owners would spend the same amount if they didn't recieve at least a decent amount of income inreturn.
Small market teams like the A's and Marlins do what they have to in order to survive as a business and compete at the same time. Sometimes that means goinginto a rebuilding process, which is only temporary, and can produce quality ballclubs in the future. It isn't done just to save money;it's done when the chips are stacked against you, and you have no hope in competing without trading. It's smart management, no matter how you spin it.Perhaps when you control a payroll that allows you to make million dollar mistakes with some players and sign all-star caliber players to $100+ million itmakes you look successful. Perhaps when you follow a big city, fair-weather fanbase like New York or Boston, who shower players with money, you're used tobeing spoiled with success and quick to criticize other clubs for not having the same benefits as yours.
While it is true that there are owners who take great strides to ensure a strong ballclub is placed on the field every year by keeping high payrolls, such asSteinbrenner (Yankees), Henry (Red Sox) or Wilpon (Mets), these three teams also intake a huge amount of money, owing largely to their location in big marketcities. It would be naive to think that these same owners would spend the same amount if they didn't recieve at least a decent amount of income inreturn.
Small market teams like the A's and Marlins do what they have to in order to survive as a business and compete at the same time. Sometimes that means goinginto a rebuilding process, which is only temporary, and can produce quality ballclubs in the future. It isn't done just to save money;it's done when the chips are stacked against you, and you have no hope in competing without trading. It's smart management, no matter how you spin it.Perhaps when you control a payroll that allows you to make million dollar mistakes with some players and sign all-star caliber players to $100+ million itmakes you look successful. Perhaps when you follow a big city, fair-weather fanbase like New York or Boston, who shower players with money, you're used tobeing spoiled with success and quick to criticize other clubs for not having the same benefits as yours.
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Oh damn....now that's a nice avy.
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I'm heated
