Salary Cap in Baseball

You Sir are correct! So a double miss by me.

Other Wild Cards making the Series, since I stopped checking at 2006.

2007 - Colorado (lost to Boston)
2011 - St. Louis (beat Texas)

cheers!

2007-Nice to know 2004 wasn't a fluke.:)
2011-What do you expect? Texas can never win until they have an indoor stadium. I mean, playing all summer in 100 degree heat, 100% humidity, and zero chance of rain? Ever year, the poor guys are totally drained by October. And with global warming, it'll only get worse.:(
 
2007-Nice to know 2004 wasn't a fluke.:)

The legend of Curt Schilling, his ego, and his bloody sock finally crushed the Curse of the Bambino to propel Boston to a World Series victory. Even if they were a wild card.

IMO the 3 GREAT post season pitchers of the last 25 years are: Rivera, Smoltz, and Schilling.

Rivera: 8 wins, 1 loss, 42 saves, 0.70 ERA, 141 innings pitched, 86 hits , 2 home runs, 21 walks, and 110 strike outs.

Smoltz: 15 wins, 4 losses, 4 saves, 2.67 ERA, 209 innings pitched, 172 hits, 17 home runs, 67 walks, and 199 strike outs.

Schilling: 11 wins, 2 losses, 2.23 ERA, 133 innings pitched, 104 hits, 12 home runs, 25 walks, and 120 strike outs.
 
Which would make sense if the Yankees won every World Series, every year. Which we havent.

Obviously, the article is a joke. But the Yankees have pursued spending whatever is necessary to acquire what they think are the best players, with the hopes that these players will lead them to championships.

So looks like money isn't the cure.
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That's kind of like pointing to a rags to riches success story and saying that money isn't the cure for those in the bottom 20%. It may not be a requirement, but it makes future success a lot easier.

Now, in the case of baseball, those who follow sabermetrics believe that, among other things, some player statistics are overvalued, and some are undervalued, by the traditional managers/coaches/scouts. That means they can find players that are better than their market price, set by a market mostly made up of these traditionalists. That doesn't make said players better than A-Rod.

In any case, you should be able to compare the top-spending eight teams over the last 15 years to the bottom-spending eight teams over the same time period. If money isn't the cure, then the win-loss records, playoff appearances, and championships of these two groups of teams should be about the same.

But, in the end, baseball games aren't won by comparing rosters or statistics. They're played, by humans, with all the randomness that involves.
 
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