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01-15-2014, 09:17 PM | #18 |
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There are plenty of examples over the last 6-7 years of teams spending less than the Royals and making the playoffs. Most people just don't realize it.
There were three teams in the playoffs that spent less than the Royals, and Cleveland was ranked one spot ahead of KC in total payroll. The Royals have spent more in recent years than teams like the A's and Rays who always seem to be successful. The A's almost won 100 games last year. Money's not the only issue. Although with these huge differences in TV money now... we'll see where it stands in another 7-8 years. |
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01-15-2014, 09:18 PM | #19 |
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Your right TK. The Royals main problem is their draft picks underperform.
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01-15-2014, 09:21 PM | #20 |
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01-15-2014, 10:11 PM | #21 |
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Baseball is cheap to attend a game. You want to sit behind the dugout, thats not cheap. But, you want to take the family and sit in the upper deck at a Royals game, $10 on some days.
It's the cable contracts that are paying for these huge salaries, not ticket sales. You can't sell $2 BILLION worth of tickets.
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01-15-2014, 10:15 PM | #22 |
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Ya'll know something bad is going to happen to him... Bound to, right?
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01-15-2014, 10:31 PM | #26 |
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Wow.
I walked away from baseball as a player and fan in 1994. It's to the point now that it's a clean flush. Pretty much everyone that was a player when I was a kid is long gone and are getting into the HOF now and I haven't even heard of this guy that's gonna be the highest paid player in the sports history. It's surreal. |
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01-15-2014, 10:34 PM | #27 | |
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They can. They just can't make any mistakes. They need young players who get called up to immediately be stars so they can get 5 good years out of them. They have to be able to sign guys that outperform their contracts and be able to replace the good ones who leave to get the $15M/year+ they aren't ever going to be able to pay. Not impossible, but really difficult. They just have to beat 4 other teams to win the division. Then get a little lucky or have a few great pitchers.
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01-16-2014, 03:26 AM | #28 |
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And yet, I doubt they win the division this year. Giants or dbacks.
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