Nick Wright on what Super Bowl LV means for Mahomes

[Why Not?]

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.

Great point. In football, with the cap, if you have a great QB you're probably going to be great. Small markets like KC, Green Bay and Indianapolis have proved that time and time again. No such thing in baseball. Hell, the Royals had the "great QB" in 2009 and barely avoided losing 100 games.

What we saw in 2014/2015 was extremely rare and not likely to be repeated for some time.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by Why Not?

Great point. In football, with the cap, if you have a great QB you're probably going to be great. Small markets like KC, Green Bay and Indianapolis have proved that time and time again. No such thing in baseball. Hell, the Royals had the "great QB" in 2009 and barely avoided losing 100 games.

What we saw in 2014/2015 was extremely rare and not likely to be repeated for some time.

Yeah, and I think if we hadn't lost Yordano they would have had a better shot at the playoffs in 17. He had pitched pretty well in the second half of 16 and seemed to be on the upswing.