| Another baseball season is on the way
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| | Of course, this has an affect on fan
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| and-for the most part-we all pretty much
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| | interest. When living in a city like
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| know which teams will have a shot at the
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| | Kansas City or Tampa, baseball is almost
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| playoffs. Teams like the Pirates, Devil
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| | like a side-show, a sort of weird
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| Rays, Royals, etc., have no shot at
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| | interest. Then other people will pretend
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| entering the playoffs and this is before
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| | such cities simply have no passion for
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| the season has started. That is nothing
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| | the sport while the lack of a real chance
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| short of a disgrace.
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| | of winning is the real issue. Check out
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| For all the talk about "balance" in
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| | how fast New York fans desert their teams
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| baseball, the economic disparity is still
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| | if even an average year is being had; and
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| way too great. The New York Yankees, of
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| | New York is a big baseball town.
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| course, lead the "payroll party" with a
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| | Commissioner Bud Selig has done a
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| ridiculous 208 million dollar payroll
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| | credible job in at least doing something
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| based on the 2005 numbers. The Red Sox,
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| | regarding the payroll disparity. It has
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| Mets, Dodgers, Angels-while having high
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| | brought some balance to the league.
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| payrolls-are no where near the Yankees.
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| | However, much is to be done. The league
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| Many will point to the Chicago White Sox
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| | cannot just pretend people from certain
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| winning the World Series last year. While
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| | areas "just don't like baseball" when in
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| it is true the Sox were not among the
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| | past years they had loved it. The Royals
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| top-tier teams regarding payroll, they
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| | had a large fan base for years. The
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| did have a payroll around 75 million
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| | Pirates had a solid following for years
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| dollars... not too shabby. Looking at the
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| | as well. But when your heart is cut out,
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| team payrolls from last year, that number
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| | what do you expect? When your team is
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| would put them in the top 50% of team
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| | among the bottom five spenders year after
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| payrolls. However, the real problem comes
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| | year, what does one expect?
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| when trying to keep a team together.
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| | If this issue is avoided or at least not
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| Keeping a team together for an extended
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| | pursued with vigor, expect the same teams
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| period of time becomes very hard. The
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| | to be in the playoffs. There will always
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| Florida Marlins are the "poster child"
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| | be an exception here and there. To
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| for that one.
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| | actually predict who is going to be in
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| Let's face it: When you are a team like
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| | the playoffs and who has no shot before a
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| the Yankees you can keep coming back. Not
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| | season starts is close to being fixed.
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| winning a world series becomes a "bad"
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| | That is known as wrestling. Or is it
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| year. For so many other teams getting to
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| | baseball?
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| the playoffs is like a dream.
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