I don’t think the Marlins try to lose. But with their current financial constraints, they can only field a competitive team once every few years at most. They’ve one two WS, 6 years apart. And for the amount of money they’ve spent, I’d say that’s a pretty good return on investment. I’m sure they’d like to have more money so they could be competitive every season, but their model of drafting and developing and trading from surplus is working pretty well for them.

Might be better to leave the camdenchat foulness at camdenchat, though.

The yankees just bought Tex’s age 29-36 seasons. A 6-7Y extension would be Pujols 32-37 or 32-38 seasons. That 3 years makes a big difference.

…buy him anyway and use him or Texiera as DH. If the Yankees REALLY want Pujols, its over.
:=8(

would be if the Yanks and Sox did NOT play in the same division. In a way, they neutralize each other (perhaps even opening space for other AL teams to land WC spots).

Now, that sucks for the Orioles as I have to watch them get their arses handed to them over and over, but OTOH, the O’s are so dysfunctional they probably couldn’t win in the AL or NL West, either.

that’s why they are doing what they are doing. the sawx have won TWO World Series since they have won their last one. they’ll do whatever it takes to beat those chowds & i for one love every move they make that sticks it to bean town.

and God Bless em for it. i for one am sick of everything new england. i know i’m in the minority here, but the Yanks are my #2 team, below the Cards of course, but because of my uncle & grandpa i am a fan. watching the Clippers in my teen’s & 20’s as Jeter & the rest came up to the bigs didn’t hurt either.

bottom line, this isn’t bad for baseball. they Yanks spend every money they make on trying to put a winning ball club on the field. every fan of every team should be so lucky to pull for a team that does the very same.

hope you are right

And I like that song – as a song. I know what you mean. though.

it’s their money. they earned it. so is it not their right to do with it as they please? they want to win & win now & can afford to go get some of the best free agents. why hate on them because of that?

guess who also wants to win now? our manager.

You have your opinion and I have mine, and I bet that you and I think more alike than you think. Just a conversation with a cow :)

I said I respect the Yankees – I don’t want to be them. I like the Cardinals just fine – they’re a different slice of Americana – one that I prefer. I prefer to go to local hardware stores, but sometimes I go to Lowe’s or WalMart.

As to you not liking the Beatles – do you have a modicum of respect for them?

Now, as to your assertion that the Yankees buy rather than earn – I would argue that there’s still 162 games, none of which are conceded by the other team. The Yankees pay more to increase their chances of winning – but it’s still 27 outs.

 I do pay attention – quite a bit and probably more than I should – to America, it’s politics, it’s military, it’s culture, and it’s economy. I don’t agree with your assertion that “win at all costs, with no strings attached” is the ruination of our society, nor do I think professional sports and teams have had any contributing impact to our current economic issues but I can see how one may think that way.

To me, it boils down to a question of personal responsibility most of all. We have lost a sense of personal responsibility – it’s always someone else’s fault. We’ve really become a nation of whiners; instead of a nation who says “that sucks, let’s deal with it” – we say “that sucks, it’s someone else’s problem”. Let’s give accurate blame to banks and the govenrment, but we’re not really mentioning that the people who bought the $400k hourse on a $40k a year salary with a 3 yr ARM signed the paper. We’re forgetting that our national identity is not found on TMZ, and that we need to get to work.

And if we were to apply that concept to the Yankees, I think that they are being responsible to themselves, their ideals, their fans and the game for the most part. They’re a business, and they are in the business to make money. Bully for them, I say. Can’t say they’re not dedicated and that they don’t bring it every day.

I ask you this question: If the Cardinals landed Sabathia, Texeria, and Burnett this year at the same contracts the Yankees gave them, would you rip up your membership in Cardinal nation? I wouldn’t.

but it is also what has created all that we admire and we feel to be valuable around us as well. It is our world, and you probably aren’t going to change it until you make one generation live forever and stop all new life.

The Yankees will spend until the rules say they can’t. So, let them spend and lose.

Fascism is very nationalistic. And they advanced baseball through their shrewdness, strict business, and the monopolizing of prospects, what more can a team do to win?

MOO bad.

Draft players can make a big impact in thier rookie year. And it only takes a year or two for most players to be fully brought up to speed and playing to thier full potential. While in Baseball it can take even the best drafted player 2-3 years to reach the major leagues. And then it takes another year a lot of times before they are an everyday player.

So 2 or 3 years of good drafting can completely turn around an NFL team. In Baseball I would say it would take at least 5 years of good drafting{based on no evidence once so ever} to have a significant impact on at the Major League level.

“you’re all morons” looks much better

until we hear from Liam on the subject.