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Originally Posted by Carlton
But on the other hand, does ANY team really care about winning at anything but the register? I think that died with Steinbrenner. If fans come out and pay money, that's all that matters to most ownership conglomerates ...oh AND naming their stadium something wretched
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It's always been about the money first.
Connie Mack is quoted as saying that he liked a team that competed for the Pennant for most of the season and then finished third or fourth. That way he'd make enough money from attendance and concessions to show a profit and he could justify NOT giving his players raises because they did not win the Pennant.
Spaulding, Comiskey, Mack, Col. Ruppert, etc., etc., ad nauseum. Winning World's Series was nice but they were more concerned with the balance sheet at the end of a season.