Posted on 10/17/2007 9:26:45 AM PDT by randita
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The Rockies (25th), the Diamondbacks (26th) and the Indians (23rd) are all among the bottom teams in payroll ... with payrolls between $52M and $62M.
The Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, White Sox, Angels, Dodgers, Mariners and Cubs are among the top (1st through 8th ... with payrolls from $100M (Cubs) to $195M (Yankees)). Only one high-payroll team remains, and the Red Sox are hanging on by a very thin thread.
The Mets, White Sox, Dodgers, and Mariners didn’t even make the playoffs (and the White Sox and Dodgers weren’t even close). The Cubs and Angels were swept in the first round (the Cubs were only slightly above .500, and only made the playoffs because the NLC stunk). The Yankees lost in the first round.
Interesting.
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Go Tribe!!!!!!!!!
Whichever network’s got the Series ain’t gonna like the ratings that go along with two small markets.
A World Series without the Yankees or Red Sox will be enjoyable!
The Indians have a lot of fans in Florida, Arizona, Texas and other places that have a lot of refugees from Ohio, especially Florida.
There's a feeling in Cleveland of confidence that it is our year. The feel is completely different than 1995 and 1997.
I would enjoy seeing Cleveland in the Series. The Rockies not so much. But Cleveland has a nice team. Byrd is fun to watch.
Go Rockies!
Go Rockies!
Maybe the gnats will show up!
It'd be the third WS in a row without either of those teams.
You might not have a use for the former, but everybody that pays to show games does. Team fans and story fans are a big part of the ratings picture, they help pay the bills. This one just doesn’t stack up as that exciting, especially if the Rockies keep on their roll of making the actual playing of the games seem like a mere formality. The MLB really needs the Rockies to lose game 1, and maybe even game 4 if they win 2 and 3.
ROTFLMAO!
That was SO bizarre. Do you regularly get those things in Cleveland???
Hear hear. I watch the WS no matter who's playing, but this year the great story out of CO has made things even more interesting than usual. The Rocks play baseball the way it's supposed to be played -- unparalleled defense, and tons of heart and drive. Yep, I'm on the bandwagon.
Sports bettors don’t care who’s playing, all they want is action. Which is why I’m willing to bet the farm that the networks are lobbying for legalized sports gambling.
Think they’ll get it? Follow the money ...
Does anyone here have any experience in getting tickets to events like this? I live near Denver and I could possibly get to Coors Field Monday morning. They say it will be a lottery system. How does that work? They also say tickets are available on the internet. Is that not as good a chance?
Thanks
Steve
John Sterling (Yankees radio announcer) was saying that night that the Indians used to have a gnat problem in their old stadium, but that as far as he knew, this was the first time it happened in Jacobs Field.
Sports bettors often times don’t even watch the games, the bettors that matter put out so much action they can’t watch the games, and if they are they’re doing it with multiple TVs and not paying any attention to the commercials, which is exactly the kind of viewer the networks hate. The money says networks gain nothing from legalizing sports book.
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