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Originally posted by whodey
But you are just looking at the players. What about the front office and managment? It seems that the best in the business have greater flexibility regarding where they wish to reside.

You mean they rather live in the Bronx but not in Flushing or on the St Louis side of Missouri but not the Kansas City side? This is as ridiculous as when you told me the Padres are good because players want to live in San Diego.

Originally posted by Melanerpes
[That being said, it also seems clear that a large payroll size doesn't really guarantee you anything besides avoiding a really bad season. The main thing it guarantees the owners are a bunch of REALLY restless natives (many of them residing in Flushing) come August. And its also clear that MLB isn't going to make any changes to this -- since absolute perfect parity would probably greatly damage the game.[/b]

Simply put, having a large payroll enables you to invest in proven players. The only option for small market teams are for unproven players in large part. Does this guarantee anything for either big or small market teams in terms of winning/losing? Nope, there are no guarantees in life other than taxes and death, but your odds of success have already been shown by me on this thread

Originally posted by quackquack
You mean they rather live in the Bronx but not in Flushing or on the St Louis side of Missouri but not the Kansas City side? This is as ridiculous as when you told me the Padres are good because players want to live in San Diego.

As I said, the better player you are the more option you have in terms of where you play. So where would you like to play? Would you like to play for a ball club who only spends $70 million like Kansas or would you like to go to the Cards who pay $90 million? Where are you most likely to make the most in salary? In addition, the Cards have a better front office and are known for contending as where Kansas, not so much. If you are good and want a "ring" then you go to the club that affords you that oppurtuinty. In addition, suppose you decide to go to the Cards instead of the Yankees. Why? How about taxes? You may make more in New York but pay millions more in taxes. In addition, which press core and fans would you want to engage with everyday? Would it be the ones in St. Louis or the ones in the Big Apple? Simply put, St. Louis is a friendly baseball city, New York is full of sharks, so to speak.

As for the Padres, they have nice weather and are known for contending. Nuff said.

Originally posted by whodey
As I said, the better player you are the more option you have in terms of where you play. So where would you like to play? Would you like to play for a ball club who only spends $70 million like Kansas or would you like to go to the Cards who pay $90 million? Where are you most likely to make the most in salary? In addition, the Cards have a better front ...[text shortened]... speak.

As for the Padres, they have nice weather and are known for contending. Nuff said.

I think you are agreeing with me now. There are many ways to build a team and free agents wil play where they want to play. Big market teams such often need to pay players more because there are tough media obligations and higher cost of living.

The Padres have nice weather and middle aged women (but not profession athletes) would love to move there. The Padres are known for contending. They made the playoffs twice since 1999 and 5 times in their existence (since 1969)

Originally posted by quackquack
I think you are agreeing with me now. There are many ways to build a team and free agents wil play where they want to play. Big market teams such often need to pay players more because there are tough media obligations and higher cost of living.

The Padres have nice weather and middle aged women (but not profession athletes) would love to move there. ...[text shortened]... contending. They made the playoffs twice since 1999 and 5 times in their existence (since 1969)

The greatest T-shirt that ever came out of San Diego happened while Steve Garvey was playing for them and the scandal broke out. The T-shirt read

"Steve Garvey is not my Padre"

I still laugh about it today.

Originally posted by shortcircuit
The greatest T-shirt that ever came out of San Diego happened while Steve Garvey was playing for them and the scandal broke out. The T-shirt read

"Steve Garvey is not my Padre"

I still laugh about it today.

That's a great T-shirt.