They drafted and developed Kershaw, then paid him. That is FAR different than saying they "bought" him.

Agreed. But, they bought Greinke. They will buy someone this year and whenever they need someone. The Dodgers can outbid just about everyone for any pitcher they want.

It's true, but not many teams can do that. Yankees, Dodgers, Mets (but they won't), Phillies, Red Sox, and maybe the Angels. Plus, there is no guarantee it works. I understand it did for the Dodgers this year, but Washington fell on its face this year after breaking the bank for Scherzer. The Tigers just had to blow up their team after trying that strategy the last two years.

I think my original point still stands. Teams can, and do, pay big money for free agents. The two teams in the W.S. didn't.

Funny thing about baseball being so unequal.

If you make something like 25 changes in the win/loss outcomes of the last 30 years of MLB playoffs (mostly the world series, but maybe two or three DS/CS slates were reversed), every team in the major leagues would have won a WS.


Can you say that about the NFL over the last 32 years?

Saying the Dodgers "bought" Greinke is also incorrect. They traded for him.

A good team that gets hot in the playoffs can win the WS.

Usually the best teams are playing in the Super Bowl.

While there's probably some truth to this, the reality is that the whole "Royals are good" and "Chiefs suck" thing is probably swaying opinions more than a tiny bit. If the Chiefs won the Super Bowl this year, this thread wouldn't exist.

don't ****ing get me started!!!!!:cuss:

Is MLB really getting better or is it just Kansas City being better?

I would think that the many city think that the MLB is sucking shit right now.

Yankees,Boston,Philly,Detriot ...

As opposed to Chicago, Toronto, Houston, and Pittsburgh?

Yeah but notice how half the playoff slate in the NFL are the same 2-3 teams per conference every year..

I'm not a Royals fan. Don't get me wrong I'm rooting for them.

As I said in the op, the nfl is catering to fantasy football jerkoffs and favoring big markets. The mlb is not. The use of extreme defensive shifts has changed baseball for the better. It gives small market teams a chance and teams are playing solid team baseball. The mlb can change that at any time to satisfy casual fans who get boners over home runs. But they haven't yet.

Disagree. Every true nfl fan knows the product is getting a hell of a lot worse. I want to see balanced football. Not five offenses that can put up 45 points against a defense that's completely mismatched. I cringe every single time they make senseless rule changes designed to help quarterbacks who don't need any more help. And we all know these are happening because of fantasy football geeks and lame casual fans.

Believe it or not I grew up rooting for the Yankees. I didn't enjoy it when they started buying championships. This baseball is a hell of a lot more exciting.

Wish I could find the link that showed that football is losing popularity amoun people 30 and under.

Baseball has really turned a corner. Even as a Yankee fan I love it. In the NFL you can go from a 1 win team to a playoff team, but SB teams are few and far between. MLB is actually the league where you can go from a weak team to a champion. Amazing how things change, although even in the early 2000's the MLB still had a ton of different winners.

I don't agree with this.

The Patriots, in the AFC, are clearly the favorite because of coaching, talent, and history.

But Andy Dalton is playing at an elite level right now, and making plays in clutch moments.
His playoff history has been piss poor, but he's just into his prime, and his history won't dictate what he does moving forward.
This Bengal team can win in the playoffs if Dalton continues to play at this level.

In the NFC, the Pack are playing better defense than they have in some time, but the Cardinals and the Seahawks are still a threat, and they play great defense, though the Seahawks have faltered late in games this season.
They have good enough QBs in Palmer and Wilson, and the fact is, despite the stupid shit that zilla posts, defense still wins.