Makes the rest of the majors a farm system for the big market clubs....

Makes the rest of the majors a farm system for the big market clubs.........
By: P. Briscoe (Non running-dog anti-imperial anti-Bush unapologist name-changer; 13524)
Posted on: 05-22-2012 16:22.
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So it's rough justice to see the Yanks and the Sox struggle when that strategy starts to fail--they wrote checks that they cannot cash with some of these huge contracts....

But the Sox are 8-2 over the last 10. Neither them nor the Yankees are finished.

With the new rules, it's entirely possible that a single Division could have 3 teams in the postseason. In fact, that's probably going to happen in the AL.

The AL Central most likely won't have a Wild Card team; the West might, but the East could easily have two.

Spankees ... - Catfish, 05-22-2012 02:43 (Views: 55; Replies: 42)

Close game there, MacHead. Very close last night. - P. Briscoe, 05-23-2012 14:35 (Views: 52)

the kid's name is Will Smith. He's 22 and Pettitte is like, what, 41? - P. Briscoe, 05-23-2012 20:39 (Views: 44)

welcome to the bigs, kid. 1 walk, 2 HR, 3 runs in the 1st. Pettitte, on the other hand.... - P. Briscoe, 05-23-2012 23:37 (Views: 64)

It's back to Men in Black for Will Smith ;) - MacHead, 05-24-2012 14:41 (Views: 40)

I'd love to see the Royals kick some AL Central ass.... - P. Briscoe, 05-24-2012 15:42 (Views: 43)

as much as I want to credit Paulino for last night's win over the Yankees... - P. Briscoe, 05-22-2012 20:11 (Views: 50)

Hoch was better but the result was ultimately the same - MacHead, 05-23-2012 14:25 (Views: 42)

re: Duffy. Out for the season. Damn! I like Paulino. Hoch is average and Chen...well...... - P. Briscoe, 05-23-2012 14:52 (Views: 49)

see above post. You scraped that one out, for sure. Good pitching all around, however. [nt] - P. Briscoe, 05-23-2012 14:36 (Views: 42)

That is a terrible sign when you're tied with the Sawks. Poor guys. [nt] - Phred, 05-22-2012 13:37 (Views: 40)

Well, if you pay attention (rare) the thesis is ... - Catfish, 05-22-2012 14:22 (Views: 45)

No, the teams with money will never restrain themselves. - pudds, 05-22-2012 14:40 (Views: 40)

I am paying attention - you are not. The answer, as always, is... - Phred, 05-22-2012 14:27 (Views: 46)

He's fairly accurate about the payroll issues really. - pudds, 05-22-2012 14:38 (Views: 42)

I didn't take issue with that assertion. I just meant... - Phred, 05-22-2012 14:45 (Views: 44)

To be fair, everyone other than Yankees fans hate the Yankees ;) [nt] - pudds, 05-22-2012 14:47 (Views: 39)

I'm sure they do, and *only* because they're concerned about their salary liability. - Phred, 05-22-2012 14:48 (Views: 38)

The big spending is part of it, at least for me. It's baseball's fault tho for allowing it [nt] - pudds, 05-22-2012 14:50 (Views: 37)

If only there were some way for baseball fans to stop the flow of money to teams.... [nt] - Phred, 05-22-2012 14:54 (Views: 39)

You're (deliberately, I know) missing the point - pudds, 05-22-2012 15:17 (Views: 55)

Makes the rest of the majors a farm system for the big market clubs.... - P. Briscoe, 05-22-2012 16:22 (Views: 48)

Exactly. I root for guys like Halliday, but it sucks when you lose em [nt] - pudds, 05-22-2012 18:53 (Views: 38)

LOL. Yeah. But that's an interesting point... - Phred, 05-22-2012 15:19 (Views: 40)

hockey okay to watch? on TV? put down the crack pipe, son. - P. Briscoe, 05-23-2012 17:33 (Views: 55)

You silly Americans. - pudds, 05-24-2012 13:55 (Views: 49)

Don't care for hockey much these days. The fights are a real turnoff.[nt] - Paul, 05-24-2012 02:47 (Views: 44)

Agreed. Did you see the NY Times series on fighting? - Bean, 05-24-2012 02:58 (Views: 50)

I didn't, but I heard about Boogard in an excellent piece on Real Sports. Terrible. - Paul, 05-24-2012 03:32 (Views: 52)

I've never had much trouble following the puck. [nt] - Bean, 05-23-2012 18:09 (Views: 37)

Here's where they trot out the challenge for you to hit a 100mph fast ball... - Phred, 05-23-2012 18:25 (Views: 51)

Even so, it's orders of magnitude better than baseball. Salary cap NAO! - Phred, 05-23-2012 17:58 (Views: 46)

If not him someone else would have gotten it, but you are right it was the start. [nt] - Glenn, 05-22-2012 13:24 (Views: 39)

Figures Catfish would chime in *rolleyes* - MacHead, 05-22-2012 11:34 (Views: 43)

saw a fark headline recently - darth maynard, 05-22-2012 05:07 (Views: 52)

why is that disheartening? - P. Briscoe, 05-22-2012 13:09 (Views: 45)

lost to a good pitcher tonight.... - P. Briscoe, 05-22-2012 03:30 (Views: 57)

Paulino was effective last night- ERA is sub-1? - MacHead, 05-22-2012 11:36 (Views: 45)

I think it's actually a combination.... - P. Briscoe, 05-22-2012 13:38 (Views: 49)

KC has an upside. Still not sure why they ... - Catfish, 05-22-2012 05:20 (Views: 45)

Does Adrian Gonzalez have Teixeira syndrome or Pujols disease? ;) [nt] - MacHead, 05-22-2012 11:37 (Views: 48)

In short, yes. [nt] - Catfish, 05-22-2012 12:36 (Views: 40)

Gonzo in the outfield. LOL. [nt] - MacHead, 05-23-2012 14:18 (Views: 32)

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