[Colonel_Flagg]

I love teams with small payrolls...who still manage to compete on the field. People like Oakland, Minnesota.

My Twins are on pace to lose close to 300 games over the last three seasons. So I guess 'compete' in our case doesn't mean quite what it used to. Yet, they've got a new taxpayer financed field too. They're raking in the bucks after cutting payroll after breaking their promise to spend on players if they got a new stadium. Like anyone thought they'd do anything different.

[Kolath]

I have a question....what makes the Cubs so viable?

Branding? Big pockets? Nostalgia?

[Orange1998]

Reid Ryan: Astros not profitable despite Forbes’ report

http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2013/08/26/report-astros-on-track-to-make-99-million-this-season/?cmpid=hpts

[Past Your Eyes]

My sympathy on the Twinks. :( At least they aren’t the Evil Empire.