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Originally posted by H.P. Lovecraft
That wasn't the point of my post at all, really. I just threw it in to put forth one of the issues that exists in baseball, whether it is fact-based or not.
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Sorry for over-emphasizing the point. Just can't resist the chance to rant. Your post is very touching.
For the bleak future of baseball, I do think owners got to change their ways. Instead of complaining about market size and all that, they should take that as a fact and deal with it. Most business do it this way. And that's what made the NCAA comparison valid. Smaller programs in NCAA do know their disadvantages well and they adjust to it. Or would anyone want the Yankees to be like the LA Clippers? Clippers just sit in a big market, operate under minium budget, and the owner rake in several dozen millions a year. Yeah, and Clippers never need to pay the luxury tax. MLB should either put 5 teams in NY or shut up.
Right now the future is so bleak because "small market" owners just sit and whine and do nothing. It's teams like the Yankees that really cared about the game. Or explain why Tampa Bay is still a Yankees fan territory. Even hating the Yankees is more fun than cheering the Brewers! How sad is that!!!