Ah, the broadcast team of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver. After Buck informs us last game that the White Sox are in the World Series, tonight Tim McCarver enlightens us with this brilliant piece of erudition
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The sad thing is, they give broadcasting jobs to knuckleheads like McCarver et al. and that takes a perfectly good broadcasting job away from someone who knows what they're doing.
There is an important difference between the Sox and Yankees (besides the fact that the Yankees payroll is in fact about $52 million more than the Sox): the Sox spend their money well. The Yankees philosophy seems to be "oh, that guy's expensive; let's sign him!" That strategy is what got them such shining lights as Jason Giambi and Carl Pavano.
It's also interesting to note that despite so many cries of "teams buying championships", in the days of the mega-big-market teams (really only happened since 2002) only one of those teams has actually won a title (although they've done it twice).
I think farm systems are still going to be the major determining factor in team success (the Sox have a good one: Ellsbury, Pedroia, and Papelbon anyone?)
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Not that I'm bitter or anything.
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BTW, congrats to the 2007 World Series Champion Boston Yankees. ;)
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There is an important difference between the Sox and Yankees (besides the fact that the Yankees payroll is in fact about $52 million more than the Sox): the Sox spend their money well. The Yankees philosophy seems to be "oh, that guy's expensive; let's sign him!" That strategy is what got them such shining lights as Jason Giambi and Carl Pavano.
It's also interesting to note that despite so many cries of "teams buying championships", in the days of the mega-big-market teams (really only happened since 2002) only one of those teams has actually won a title (although they've done it twice).
I think farm systems are still going to be the major determining factor in team success (the Sox have a good one: Ellsbury, Pedroia, and Papelbon anyone?)
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