Comment by Uncle Joe Mccarthy
2009-10-18 11:48:26
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“the 4 teams with the largest payrolls in the mlb are in the playoffs

the weather in the east is not fit for man, beast nor baseball

what else would you like commented on?”

Your ignorance?

After the Yankees, the next four teams with the largest payrolls are watching from their couch. Here’s the list:

Team Payroll (total, then average per player)

N.Y. Yankees $201,449,289 $7,748,050

New York Mets 135,773,988 4,849,071

Chicago Cubs 135,050,000 5,402,000

Boston 122,696,000 4,089,867

Detroit 115,085,145 4,110,184

Los Angeles Angels 113,709,000 4,061,036

Philadelphia 113,004,048 4,185,335

Houston 102,996,415 3,814,682

Los Angeles Dodgers 100,458,101 4,018,324

Seattle 98,904,167 3,532,292

Atlanta 96,726,167 3,335,385

Chicago White Sox 96,068,500 3,694,942

St. Louis 88,528,411 3,278,830

San Francisco 82,161,450 3,043,017

Cleveland 81,625,567 3,023,169

Toronto 80,993,657 2,892,631

Milwaukee 80,257,502 3,086,827

Colorado 75,201,000 2,785,222

Arizona 73,571,667 2,724,877

Cincinnati 70,968,500 2,957,021

Kansas City 70,908,333 2,727,244

Texas 68,646,023 2,367,104

Baltimore 67,101,667 2,580,833

Minnesota 65,299,267 2,251,699

Tampa Bay 63,313,035 2,183,208

Oakland 62,310,000 2,225,357

Washington 59,328,000 2,045,793

Pittsburgh 48,743,000 1,874,731

San Diego 42,796,700 1,528,454

Florida 36,814,000 1,314,786

On your second point (”the weather in the east is not fit for man, beast nor baseball”) I agree. Selig is responsible for the ridiculous fact that the World Series will not be completed until November. That wasn’t the original idea that Alexander Cartwright had in mind. Still, the other side has to play on the same field, no matter how cold, or rainy, or windy. You don’t get to negotiate this point. They put the schedule in front of you. You have two choices – your bitter whining, or, “If they tell us to play these guys on the moon, we’ll play them on the fucking moon…”

And yes it was exciting. From a fans standpoint. But fuck those conditions. I don’t even like football in that shit. I want to see the best athletes in the world play in conditions that allow them to demonstrate their exceptional abilities and showcase the talent and teamwork that got them there in the first place.

If Bud Selig was commissioner of the NBA, he would put green outdoor carpet on the floor and turn on the fire extinguishers if he thought he could squeeze some more blood money out of television.

He is the worst fucking thing to happen to MLB since Kennisaw Mountain Landis. Worse than Bowie Kuhn, though not by much. Kuhn was too stupid to be sneaky and conniving, unlike Buttfuck Bud, the Emperor that made airlifting frozen custard a right, and the loiterer in the commissioner’s office the highest paid player in the MLB

I fucking hope it blizzards in New York and Philadelphia for 40 fucking days and 40 fucking nights and that Derek Jeter and Shane Victorino have a head-on collison at 2b just about the time Dick Clark starts drooling down the remaining seconds to the New Year from Times Square