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How it plays in the media is one thing, but I don't see why this would affect the players in any way.
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I sure hope so. Guess I'm just wound a little tight after the past two nights....just want to see this club winning. |
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For reference sake, Detroit has 4.3, Minnesota has 3.1, Cleveland and KC both have ~2M. Texas has exclusive rights to the D-FW area with 6.3M potential fans and one of the highest per capita levels of wealth in the country. They've made the playoffs 5 times since 1996, twice in the new millennium and won two pennants - both the last two years and no WS titles. The Angels have 6M potential fans (half of the LA area( and again are located in an area with MASSIVE personal wealth. They have made the playoff 6 times since 2004 with one WS title to show for it. It's not like these teams are significantly out performing the Sox. The Sox have been spending like a big market team for several years too, some of those moves haven't worked out, but you can't say they haven't been trying.
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But this is not a story... well, except for here.
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If they waited until the Sox miss the playoffs it would seem that the architect of Gio for Swisher-to-play-CF was being kicked upstairs because of his miserable performance. E.g., even with Dunn, Rios, and Peavy performing as projected, the team he built was a flop. Right now, at least for a few more days, they can pretend it was a reward for success.
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I guess...as long as they close this thing out and get the 12 last wins/tiger losses they need then it becomes a non-issue going into the playoffs. But until then I'm worried that it might be a bad time for this to come out for a team who's had relatively no controversies all year. On a sidenote there was a poster before the season began who said someone up high in the organization had told him this very thing was going to happen. Kudos to him (whoever you are) and your good information. |
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And amazingly enough they spend like it too...
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Voodoo:
My only quibble is with your comment that the Rangers and Angels haven't significantly outperformed the Sox. As you know you can't get to the World Series if you are on the golf course the day after the regular season ends. Texas and the Angels have in my opinion been pretty consistent in making the postseason, certainly more times than the Sox. I think that is a big stat when judging how well a franchise is doing and in that regards to me, they are doing much better. Lip |
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Shingo:
Again for what it's worth, Peavy told the Sun-Times today he knew it was coming, he's not bothered by it, all he wants to do is pitch the Sox to the playoffs and he said again, that he likes playing in Chicago and would like to return. Lip |
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![]() The Rangers hadn't made the playoffs in a decade before this little run they're on. The Angels did have a nice little run of dominating the AL West, but if they miss the postseason again, and if the season ended today, they would, this would be 3 years in a row for them. If you were on RangersInteractive or AngelsInteractive, absolutely no doubt you'd be slamming either of those teams for their performance.
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Voodoo:
I understand that. I'm going by your numbers and your comment from a post earlier in this thread. You said since 1996 Texas has made it five times and twice in the World Series. Since 1996 the Sox have made it three times and once to the World Series. That's doing a better job in my opinion. You can make the case that the Sox have wasted as many excellent chances to get to the post season in that time frame as they've actually gotten in. Lip |
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