Bud Selig must have noticed the calming effect that Gloria James had on the populace. He's doing the same thing in a discussion on baseball economics with Fox's Ken Rosenthal.
Rosenthal comes right out of the gate and points out that six of the nine highest payroll teams would make the postseason if the season ended today, then asks if Selig is worried that competitive balance might be "eroding."
Said Bud: "I'm not …"
He then explains that this year is an aberration.
He later states that because small-market teams are building their farm systems that everything will be OK. Or something like that.
Hmm.
This must mean that the Yankees $200 million payroll is an aberration, just like the Yankees being able to pay five guys more than 22 teams can pay their entire team is an aberration.
And it must mean that the fact that 75 percent of the playoff teams the past five years have been high-payroll teams (self-serving link here) … apparently that's an aberration as well.
Bud said it, so it must be so.
I know I feel better already.
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Whew! I'm sure the fans in KC, Pittsburgh, Cincy, Oakland, Cleveland and other small to mid-markets are breathing a sigh of relief now! Thank heavens it's just an abberation year!
Oh, Bud…how blind and out of touch can you be? You're ignoring the sport's main problem to the destruction of the entire industry.
Pat,
Thanks for what we already know of which makes me utterly sick…imagine even if a single A football team such as Field had to play say some Cleveland H.S. team, within their division each yr. a little un fair I would say…I have gotten to the point to where I do not even want to watch B.B. anymore due to the obvious disparity. So the %^&$ what Bug the Farm systems are producing competitive teams-just as soon as they develop they are 'stolen" away from the Yanks and others alike. They buy their way into the post season each year, while we Midwestern, small market teams get that slim window of opportunity to get to the dance within a very short period of time while the likes of the Yanks, L.A, Chicago, Boston..etc..can literally throw away their farm system each year by obtaining each other teams already developed/proven stars…Bug, are your pockets being lined? Why is it that Baseball is different than all other major sport? Create a competitive edge where at least as like basketball we have the best chance to keep our own home grown talent rather than the likes of the Yanks-Yanking away our own..sick of it….I am done watching B.B. until this clown of a commish changes things that enables cities like Cleveland a fair chance to compete equally..C.C. Thome, Ramirez, Lee, Martinez, Bell…the names will continue till something is done-no matter people will not show up more and more as they will get fed up with their own taken away cause another has an an unfair advantage smaller markets do not enjoy-you allow this travesty to continue-just as soon as we have something to root for, a team built for the long haul-homegrown-that cannot be "yanked" due to an unlimited revenue stream ours do not enjoy… See ya MLB – I will take my money where it is evenly divided, the NLF & NBA….why is it this way? someone tell me why??
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