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One if by land, two if by sea, the Boston Red Sox are going to the World Series! -- nm

Posted by CQ (aka CQ) Oct 19 '18, 03:31

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- hah! -- nm - groiny Oct 19, 06:39
- Where's all the hate for the big spending, big market team? Or was the Yankees hate about something other than the money being spent? -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 05:39 34
  - It's boring year after year after year to get mad about teams spending stupid amounts of money in a league without a salary cap. -- nm* - Shaun Oct 19, 06:37 3
    - until the rules change, you either spend or you don't. - groiny Oct 19, 06:44 2
      - For sure. I wasn't a huge Boston hater until that time they paid 51M to talk to Dice K. - Shaun Oct 19, 06:49 1
        
        that was money well spent. -- nm - groiny Oct 19, 06:50
  - You don't see Red Sox hate for being a Yankees clone? You're just not paying attention. - Inigo Oct 19, 05:46 7
    - My reaction has been more apathy about baseball in general. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 05:52
    - I don't see it much if at all and nowhere near the vitriol that people have/had when the Yankees were winning. - Krusty Oct 19, 05:51 5
      - You're probably not seeing it nearly as much because you're team isn't the center of the criticism. -- (edited) - Inigo Oct 19, 05:54 4
        
        It used to be discussed on ESPN, in the sports pages, on this site and everywhere. Not so with the Red Sox, Giants and Dodgers. I don't see any - Krusty Oct 19, 06:01 3
        
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        Anecdotally, I've seen a lot of hate for the Dodgers about this. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 06:03 1
        
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    - People were excited when they won that ‘first’ one back in the ‘90s, but there was also a good stretch where they were like 30-50% higher than the #2. - mafic Oct 19, 06:29 7
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        Looking it up, they were 3rd in 1994, 1st in 1995. But it's relative - Reagen Oct 19, 06:50 1
        
        (it's back down to 17th) -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 06:51
        
        Pretty sure they were #1 in ‘96, and possibly ‘98. For me I noticed payroll the griping getting bad when the spread got insane. -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 06:48 3
        
        So quick check says #1 every year 1995 to 2013 except 1998, and 2001 was basically a tie. - mafic Oct 19, 07:00
        
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        They were #1 in 1996 but only by $4 million over the Orioles. But the O's were #1 in 1998. -- nm* - Krusty Oct 19, 06:57
    - The only sports franchise that's easier to hate than the Yankees is the Dallas Cowboys. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 19, 05:58
    - *plays world's smallest violin* -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 05:43 11
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        She sounds... fun. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 06:17 5
        
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        I thought my ellipses were clear! - Reagen Oct 19, 06:41 3
        
        Clearly, you don't hate Boston enough!!! Speaking of Boston...OILERS! -- nm* - Shaun Oct 19, 06:42 2
        
        Yamamoto's snipe was sick. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 06:44 1
        
        Ok I'll go watch the highlights. -- nm - Shaun Oct 19, 06:47
      - It's okay for people to admit all that hate was about jealousy and not money. -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 05:45 3
        
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        People hate winners. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 19, 06:02 1
        
        partly yes. It is more about the how they are winning. - groiny Oct 19, 06:49
- Absolutely. Highest payroll in the AL paying dividends. -- nm - CQ Oct 19, 05:10 3
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    - But you're right. No one has a word to say but if it was us it would be the major talking point. -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 05:39
    - Heh -- nm - CQ Oct 19, 05:20

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