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Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat
The Championship was great but it's kind of lipstick on a pig. Over the past decade the Rays have averaged 8 more wins per season despite averaging $30 mil less in payroll. They've had 3 playoff appearances to the Royals 2 and the Rays even had 2 seasons with 90 wins where they didn't make the playoffs.
They are a better run franchise by just about any standpoint and are in a division with 2 payroll behemoths and the Jays are in that next tier down in terms of payroll.
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Lipstick on a pig is the Royals 2013 finish, I'd say. Bit harsh to use that phrase when describing a ship.