OT: NBA vs MLB

[celtics792244]

Thank God the NBA has a salary cap structure and restrictions unlike ML Baseball... Can you imagine the following teams?

Team A: with a $100 million payroll
Chris Paul, Kobe, Lebron, KG, and Dwight Howard with an all-star bench

Team B: with a $60 million payroll
Alston, Ray Allen, Richard Jefferson, Camby, and Shaq with a standard NBA bench

Team C: with a $25 million payroll
say a team with the caliber of, say, the OK Thunder

Obviously, in team A represents the Yankees, team B is the Red Sox, Mets, and a few others, and team C is everybody else.

It makes me laugh when skankee fans say, you got to give them credit if they win the WS, Bullcrap. Your suppose to win. If you don't it's a bleeping joke. If they win this year, well, la de da da. Pump out and pound your little chicken chests. Just like Team A SHOULD win. If they don't, it's a joke. Jeter, A-roid, and CC Fatassia make more $$ combined than the Minnesota team they beat in round 1 (25 guys on a team, mind you). The Twins had 1/4 the payroll of NY. I'll give credit to NBA champions, NHL champions, and NFL champions in which there a bleeping rules in place to keep a team from making a joke out of the league.

Well, they are still beating other PROFESSIONAL teams, skank fans say. It's not like there playing little league teams. Obviously, in the example above, team A would beat the following teams. I think using basketball players really amplifies the disparity in talent. The perception is, baseball talent isn't as obvious (in terms of measuring talent) as basketball, but the reality is the talent is just as different.

For me, 2004 was much better than the 2007 Red Sox WS championships. Because we beat Team A. I hate the Yankees much more than I love the Red Sox. If we had lost to the Rockies in 07, it would have sucked, but big deal. The truth is the Skanks have been a laughing stock since 2001. And, yes, I do give more credit to the Phillies in the WS than the Sox in 04 and 07. Baseball's lack of rules makes me. The Phillies had a much tougher time getting there than the Skanks and Soxs.

This is what makes what Danny did more incredible. 24 wins to 66 in one season? With Ainge playing within the rules? Dam! Must be hard being GM of the Skanks.... Who was an all-star last year that is going to be a free agent this summer and let's throw money at them... crap my mom could do his job. The Skanks don't deserve our respect.

[SonicYouth34]

Yankees suck is the summation of his post for those who don't wanna read it.

[WHambone]

celtics79***
You have said what I've felt for the last five years or so.
What's exciting about the top 5 teams in a league that continually pay the best players to play for them? Including the Red Sox. It's total b.s. I can not understand what the MLB league officials think. Maybe their collective hands are tied by the players union but I think it's ridiculous. and the Red Sox and Yankee fans with their pink hats and pinstripe colored glasses are unable or unwilling to see the reality of MLB.
There was an article in the NY Times today about the cost of a season ticket. For a set of four tickets for the year $800,000.00! Are you kidding me?! I know they'r probably great seats but that's just ridiculous. Is it worth spending 800k to see the best players in baseball? you could probably pay 1/10 of that to fly to Kansas City, buy season tickets and watch every game while flying back and forth.
Teams that will not win the world series inthe next 10 years as MLB is presently constituted (less than 100 mil a year payroll):

Mariners $98,904,166
Braves $96,726,166
White Sox $96,068,500
Giants $82,616,450
Indians $81,579,166
Blue Jays $80,538,300
Brewers $80,182,502
Cardinals $77,605,109
Rockies $75,201,000
Reds $73,558,500
Diamondbacks $73,516,666
Royals $70,519,333
Rangers $68,178,798
Orioles $67,101,666
Twins $65,299,266
Rays $63,313,034
Athletics $62,310,000
Nationals $60,328,000
Pirates $48,693,000
Padres $43,734,200
Marlins $36,834,000

If you couldn't tell I hate Major league Baseball

[Zin5]

Yankees suck is the summation of his post for those who don't wanna read it.

Red Sox still have the highest payroll for a team that won the World Series.

lol delusional Red Sox fans

[sam_I_am]

Yeah, if the NBA was like baseball you might have a team that has 2 hall of fame 7 footers, a hall of fame shooting guard, a hall of fame small forward, an up and coming superstar at PG and a top 10 center.

Oh wait..... that's what we have...... WOOO HOOO!!!

[SonicYouth34]

Yankees suck is the summation of his post for those who don't wanna read it.

Red Sox still have the highest payroll for a team that won the World Series.

lol delusional Red Sox fans

I'm not a Sox fan. I was born in Texas so I'm a Rangers fan, but didn't like basketball till I moved to Boston and saw 'Toine and Pierce for the first time. After that I was in love with the C's.

[celtics792244]

Yankees suck is the summation of his post for those who don't wanna read it.

Buddy.... what the hell? You didn't add anything to the topic or post any thoughts about the post, why not click off and go onto a link that interests YOU? Your probably going to write now that I'm just a freshman... well atleast my posts usually contain more than a bad attempt of wit and 1 sentence. Should I follow your butt around now and post a 1 sentence summary of whatever you write?! Ooopps, not possible, you already do that. Trying to get your post numbers up? I suggest you not become a political advisor.... Republicans... good, Democrats... bad.

The point is I'm trying to demonstrate absurdity by being absurd. Imagine how bad of a league the NBA would be if all its top tier players where on one team. It really resonates when you use basketball players. Baseball talent differential is just as drastic, but the sport by nature (slow paced action) tends to mask it. MLB is not as a competitive league by it own rules... that is the main point. Thank You...

[Banks2Pierce]

The clowns in MLB offices dealing with PED's and not implementing a salary cap have made the sport unwatchable for me.

[chakdaddy]

I kind of hope the Yankees win. Because morons like to point to the Rays making the WS like salary doesn't matter, and say "the Yankees haven't won in 10 years, see salary doesn't matter" while neglecting the fact that they make the playoffs and have a great chance at winning every year...

the more the Yankees win, the more obvious the joke will be and the better chance people will fix it, I hope