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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
Which clubs are all too happy to pay.
Professional baseball has always been about the money, right from the very first day players were paid to play way back in the 19th century. To think it has ever been about anything else is romanticized nostalgia.
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Again, you pick a microcosm of my point and try to downplay the CONTEXT...
Yes, I realize owners wanted to make profit, but MANY owners and front offices wanted to WIN the World Series...from Veeck,Finley,Barney Dreyfuss, the Shibes, and the aforementioned Steinbrenner.
BTW, let's keep our differences to the OT debate forum, because following me around the forums disputing every single post, for a man who spouts peace and tolerance; it seems spiteful