thrax, you realize you are supporting socialism in sports right?

bc im pretty sure the yankees embody republicanism.

i think its kinda ironic

No, I'm supporting competitive integrity amongst business entities in a private industry. I'm not suggesting the Royals stop playing baseball yet continue to get paid. If you can't field 32 competitive teams then there should be less teams. If evry team in MLB decided to have a $200 million payroll (like the Yankees), baseball would go bankrupt in ONE year. That's simply not fair.

i want to make a joke about kdice april 2008, but cant figure out a good one-liner.

THrax there's plenty of parity

2000-Yankees beat Mets (Whoa)
2001-DBacks(ummm..OMG) beat Yankees
2002-Anaheim Angels (not the Yanks) beat Giants (WOW)
2003-Marlins (yea..) beat Yanks
2004-Sox beat Cards (plausible, but not Yankees)
2005-White Sox (WTF) beat Astros (ZOMG)
2006-Cards beat Tigers (??)
2007-Sox beat Rockies (REALLY?)
2008-Phillies beat Rays (nice)
2009-Yankees beat Phillies (WOOT YANKEES WIN)

Yankees - always #1 in payroll
Redsox - always #2 in payroll
Angels - always top 10 in payroll

These 3 teams went to 7 out of 10 World Series in the past decade. They also occupied 21 of the 40 playoff spots in the same decade.

70% of ALCS championships
53% of playoff spots

The occasional "also ran" mixes it in every once in awhile, but for the most part it's payroll domination.

BIG difference between Yankee payroll and Angels' top 10 payroll...in fact there's a big difference between the Yankees #1 payroll vs. the Sox #2...only argument you have is that the Yankees are the best team in baseball in which case I can't disagree with you.

My point is that the lowest payrolls don't have the income to consistently buy talent and, for the most part, these teams are stuck in this rut forever.

No team has the ability to generate the kind of income as the Yanks/Sox/etc... and baseball is setup to reward the rich. How can you deny this??

OK that's true i'll admit it. But same shit happens in NBA too look at Lakers...also who else could afford that mighty triumvirate that the Heat has? Maybe two other teams