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Originally Posted by tk13
I also think the economics of the sport played into that. There have been small market teams make it to the World Series, even the Rays last year... but it's hard. There are teams with a lot of money and power to try and overcome, and just less playoff teams in general so it's not easy. No small market team has really done what the Royals did... make it to 2 straight World Series like that. And the only reason they lost the first one was an all-time pitching performance.
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Absolutely. The broken structure of the MLB had basically eliminated all hope for us. But the Royals still beat the system. In the NFL we've always known that at the end of the day, at least it's a level playing field. Everybody has the same amount of money. Win or lose, it's on you.