Comments on: Red Sox officials renew salary cap calls http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/red-sox-officials-renew-salary-cap-calls-8197/ A New York Yankees Blog Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:28:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Craig http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/red-sox-officials-renew-salary-cap-calls-8197/#comment-286362 Craig Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:13:59 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=8197#comment-286362 I will start by pointing out my honest feelings regarding the salary cap. I don't want a cap because I like the Yankees to be able to reinvest as much money as they want/need back into the product. They have earned that privilege and if they want/need to commit over $400 million to help their team and provide their fans with the best product possible then so be it. Now that I've been honest and up front with how I feel about the Yankees I can do so with the red sox as well. They're a joke. They have a half a decade of good baseball, they put together a nice organization and all of a sudden they think they're recreating the wheel or something. As biased as I may be, this really does sound like jealousy and feelings of inferiority on their part. I mean, who else is doing better than the red sox? It's not many. But because they are still inferior to us in the grand scheme of things, they want to bring us down to their level. People haven't looked at the issue of parity in a wide enough view yet either. In the past five seasons MLB has had 16, 16, 14, 14, and 16 teams with winning records. Now, a winning record should not automatically qualify you for the playoffs, but since only four make the postseason, that's a lot of good teams going home in October. Also consider that over that span four teams with at least 90 wins have missed the playoffs. If anybody should be complaining about anything, its them. The reason why the NFL and NBA seem to have more parity is because 37.5% and 53% of their teams make the playoffs each year. I guarantee you that if MLB had 16 playoff spots there would be no problems or complaints about salary caps. 16 spots is obviously ridiculous unless we cut a huge chunk of games out of the regular season, but how about increasing the field to ten teams? Add one more wild card team, let those two play a best of three to see who moves on to the Division Series. It isn't drastic but its a start and it increases the percentage of teams making the playoffs from under 27% to 33%. My point is, if people are arguing for parity, they need to look at other ways to do so. If people HONESTLY want more parity, then I just thought of a way to improve that INSTANTLY. The fact that I haven't heard anything from "baseball people" about suggesting additional ways to improve competitive balance makes me think that people/teams just have it in for the Yankees. I will start by pointing out my honest feelings regarding the salary cap. I don’t want a cap because I like the Yankees to be able to reinvest as much money as they want/need back into the product. They have earned that privilege and if they want/need to commit over $400 million to help their team and provide their fans with the best product possible then so be it. Now that I’ve been honest and up front with how I feel about the Yankees I can do so with the red sox as well. They’re a joke. They have a half a decade of good baseball, they put together a nice organization and all of a sudden they think they’re recreating the wheel or something. As biased as I may be, this really does sound like jealousy and feelings of inferiority on their part. I mean, who else is doing better than the red sox? It’s not many. But because they are still inferior to us in the grand scheme of things, they want to bring us down to their level.

People haven’t looked at the issue of parity in a wide enough view yet either. In the past five seasons MLB has had 16, 16, 14, 14, and 16 teams with winning records. Now, a winning record should not automatically qualify you for the playoffs, but since only four make the postseason, that’s a lot of good teams going home in October. Also consider that over that span four teams with at least 90 wins have missed the playoffs. If anybody should be complaining about anything, its them.

The reason why the NFL and NBA seem to have more parity is because 37.5% and 53% of their teams make the playoffs each year. I guarantee you that if MLB had 16 playoff spots there would be no problems or complaints about salary caps. 16 spots is obviously ridiculous unless we cut a huge chunk of games out of the regular season, but how about increasing the field to ten teams? Add one more wild card team, let those two play a best of three to see who moves on to the Division Series. It isn’t drastic but its a start and it increases the percentage of teams making the playoffs from under 27% to 33%.

My point is, if people are arguing for parity, they need to look at other ways to do so. If people HONESTLY want more parity, then I just thought of a way to improve that INSTANTLY. The fact that I haven’t heard anything from “baseball people” about suggesting additional ways to improve competitive balance makes me think that people/teams just have it in for the Yankees.

]]> By: Craig http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/red-sox-officials-renew-salary-cap-calls-8197/#comment-286281 Craig Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:15:23 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=8197#comment-286281 HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA

]]> By: Johnny http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/red-sox-officials-renew-salary-cap-calls-8197/#comment-285640 Johnny Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:43:06 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=8197#comment-285640 epstein is mo green!!! epstein is mo green!!!

]]> By: Whitey14 http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/red-sox-officials-renew-salary-cap-calls-8197/#comment-285616 Whitey14 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:08:53 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=8197#comment-285616 I stand corrected TSJC. However, as I recall it was Pavano's wife who wanted him in Pinstripes moreso than himself... And Deadrody, cheap teams don't routinely come in in the top three or four spenders in the league. With regard to Lugo and Drew, I never said all the guys they bring in are smart choices, but that's what they felt their value was so that's what they were willing to pay them. It doesn't even remotely disprove my point that they have their philosophy and they stick to it. I stand corrected TSJC.

However, as I recall it was Pavano’s wife who wanted him in Pinstripes moreso than himself…

And Deadrody, cheap teams don’t routinely come in in the top three or four spenders in the league. With regard to Lugo and Drew, I never said all the guys they bring in are smart choices, but that’s what they felt their value was so that’s what they were willing to pay them. It doesn’t even remotely disprove my point that they have their philosophy and they stick to it.

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/red-sox-officials-renew-salary-cap-calls-8197/#comment-285582 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:00:41 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=8197#comment-285582 Plenty of, commas, though. Plenty of, commas, though.

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/red-sox-officials-renew-salary-cap-calls-8197/#comment-285581 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:58:58 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=8197#comment-285581 <b> They have a threshhold with every player they persue and they don’t allow the Yankees to force them to go past it, which is not always true in reverse. Carl Pavano comes to mind.</b> IIRC, Whitey, Pavano took LESS money to come play in the Bronx. I remember it being widely reported that the Orioles, Tigers, and even your Red Sox had slightly larger offers than our 4yr/39.5M deal; Pavano simply wanted to pitch for the Yankees. You have a point that we often use our big stack of chips to force other teams out of the bidding, including the Sox, but Pavano isn’t a good example of that. They have a threshhold with every player they persue and they don’t allow the Yankees to force them to go past it, which is not always true in reverse. Carl Pavano comes to mind.

IIRC, Whitey, Pavano took LESS money to come play in the Bronx. I remember it being widely reported that the Orioles, Tigers, and even your Red Sox had slightly larger offers than our 4yr/39.5M deal; Pavano simply wanted to pitch for the Yankees.

You have a point that we often use our big stack of chips to force other teams out of the bidding, including the Sox, but Pavano isn’t a good example of that.

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/red-sox-officials-renew-salary-cap-calls-8197/#comment-285568 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:31:51 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=8197#comment-285568 http://riveraveblues.com/2008/12/hal-not-hank-on-sbjs-most-influential-list-6329/#comment-232485 http://riveraveblues.com/2008/.....ent-232485

]]> By: usty http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/red-sox-officials-renew-salary-cap-calls-8197/#comment-285544 usty Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:49:41 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=8197#comment-285544 If I'm the Cardinals and I have to give Pujols A-rod money to stay, there is 0 chance I'm voting for a cap. If I’m the Cardinals and I have to give Pujols A-rod money to stay, there is 0 chance I’m voting for a cap.

]]> By: Matt http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/red-sox-officials-renew-salary-cap-calls-8197/#comment-285531 Matt Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:18:12 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=8197#comment-285531 See, I'd reverse that. The Barzinis are the powerful ones, so give that title to the Sox whereas the Brewers are just tools in the equation and they're the Tattaglias. See, I’d reverse that. The Barzinis are the powerful ones, so give that title to the Sox whereas the Brewers are just tools in the equation and they’re the Tattaglias.

]]> By: Double-J http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/red-sox-officials-renew-salary-cap-calls-8197/#comment-285519 Double-J Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:57:17 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=8197#comment-285519 I can't believe I wrote Hank Sr. I am a retard. My apologies to George, aka Vito... I can’t believe I wrote Hank Sr. I am a retard.

My apologies to George, aka Vito…

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