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Originally Posted by draven085
It'd be interesting to see if we'd even be having this discussion had Steinbrenner owned a team in Milwaukee or Kansas City. My guess is no.
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If the owner of Milwaukee or Kansas City had been the first to build a team largely out of free agency, and then won titles in 1977 and 1978 with it (along with pennants in 1976 and 1981), then had the whole thing fall apart, only to return to prominence in the late 1990s with another series of World Series wins, and was the most visible, involved, recognizable member of the front office, then yeah, I think it'd be just as much of a no-brainer.
Look at it this way: Mark Cuban isn't in New York or L.A., but still manages to grab a fair share of headlines. If, under his ownership, Dallas had two separate runs as a dynasty two decades apart, there's no question that he'd be a Hall of Fame basketball owner.