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| From | Dave Seaman <seamand@upmc.edu> |
| Subject | F Sox |
| Date | Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:37:25 -0400 |
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First let me say, as a person who has lived most of his life as a baseball
underdog supporter (I live in Pittsburgh, home of the habitually next to
last place Pirates), I am very happy that the Red Sox came from behind and
wooped the Yankees. I am also glad they won the World Series, not because I
dislike the Cards but because the curse is finally lifted. Who likes
curses? ('cept for Yankees fans...) In fact, I suspect that most people
that don't live in New York were happy to see the Sox win.
However, I can't be TOO TOO happy, when I see the salaries that the Sox
management pays -- and even the Cards mgmt for that matter. I would guess
that most folks in Pittsburgh and other cities of this general size and
average income feel a certain way about the Pirates place in Major League
Baseball -- that is, they probably feel about the same way that many of the
people on this list feel about Power Pop's place in the music business. At
least I do. That is, we are doomed to be the underdog.
Once there was a time where it was all about the love of the game, not
money. Sure, money has always been important. But there was a thing called
team loyalty, and many players were just plain grateful to make a decent
living playing a game, and a game they loved, at that. And any city had a
chance - or at least the playing field was much more level that it is today.
Now, the Pirates have a salary that is maybe one tenth the size of the big
boys, and we have about a snowball's chance in hell of ever competing with
the big boys. Well, maybe we can get lucky for one year like the Marlins,
but we'll never see another dynasty in this town, not as long as the salary
disparity remains.
There are lots of New Yorkers in this list - and I have a question:
Seriously, how triumphant can a Yankees fan feel in being on top when they
outspend everyone else? Isn't it a bit of a hollow victory? (I won't ask
this question of the Sox fans as this is the first year in, how long?, Since
your team has been #1...)
Dave
(Sorry for the off topic, guys and gals - I won't let it happen again. But
see how I tried to weave pop into my post? :-> )
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