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So I guess all those years that the Yankees won the world series in the 20s 30s 40s 50s etc etc etc

Baseball was fake since they had to have the highest payrolls in those years too with their all star teams..
 
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So I guess all those years that the Yankees won the world series in the 20s 30s 40s 50s etc etc etc

Baseball was fake since they had the highest payrolls in those years too.
Without a doubt those championships are compromised. I mean they definitely ARE Championships but they were definitely BOUGHT.

Bringing it up to modern times though, all sports need to have a salary cap. What the Yankees did in the late 90s and 2000s was outright piggish and what the Dodgers are doing now is even worse.

Hey look, if you can win that way and be happy with it it's fine. If the Rams had acquired both Myles Garrett and Trent McDuffie NOT by trading draft picks, but by buying them and having a payroll far out distancing the rest of the league and 90% of the teams, I personally would be disgusted and would not take great joy in winning the Super Bowl that way.

I'm so glad and it's a big reason why Football is my favorite sport by far.
 
Even though the Yankees had huge payrolls in those years, I still had hope the Dodgers would win in those years.

And damn if they didn't make it close during the Garvey Cey Lopes Russel era.

That one world series still erks me no end when Jackson moved his hips.
 
LOL, trying to make the Dodgers the Rams who do it completely above board. Let's see the Dodgers win a title while spending the same as the rest of the league as the Rams do. As the Seahawks did last year. As the Chiefs did all those years. THATS impressive. Dodgers, and they're 150 million dollar luxury tax bill, not so much.
So you’re telling me if your team spent more than the boys in blue, you’d bitch about it and dismiss it if they won? Ha! I call bullshit. Dodgers are above board and playing by the rules. Other teams have had huge payrolls and have surpassed the Dodgers in previous years, yet have no rings to show for it. Sucks for them.
 
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Even though the Yankees had huge payrolls in those years, I still had hope the Dodgers would win in those years.

And damn if they didn't make it close during the Garvey Cey Lopes Russel era.

That one world series still erks me no end when Jackson moved his hips.
Yes the Dodgers got screwed by that Reggie non-call. Most likely would have won that series. It's okay, got sweet revenge in '81.
 
And then 1981 when Fernando led the Dodgers to a world series win.
 
So you’re telling me if your team spent more than the boys in blue, you’d bitch about it and dismiss it if they won? Ha! I call bullshit. Dodgers are above board and playing by the rules. Other teams have had huge payrolls and have surpassed the Dodgers in previous years, yet have no rings to show for it. Sucks for them.
Nah, it's reached the point where it borders on ridiculous. You know that. Everybody knows that.
 
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Nah, it's reached the point where borders on ridiculous. You know that. Everybody knows that.
When they change the rules I’ll worry about it. Until then I won’t pretend to be riding on a high horse and just enjoy the ride.
 
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Yes the Dodgers got screwed by that Reggie non-call. Most likely would have won that series. It's okay, got sweet revenge in '81.
And thats a point. Even though the Dodgers have a huge salary, they still have to win it.

And even the last two years, we barely won with first bullpen games (and none of them were that high of a salary) and then last year without a bullpen.
 
Nah, it's reached the point where it borders on ridiculous. You know that. Everybody knows that.
I will admit it's reached a point where only 6 to 10 teams can win it, but the Dodgers are only 1 of those 10.
 
And thats a point. Even though the Dodgers have a huge salary, they still have to win it.

And even the last two years, we barely won with first bullpen games (and none of them were that high of a salary) and then last year without a bullpen.
Yes but that tremendous payroll disparity GIVES them those edges. And the Ohtani Contract with the deferrals are fugazy as Hell.
 
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Not only that but I will always want any of my teams to do whatever they can within the rules to win. Period. End of story.
Yes, it's not that they are not within the rules. The point of this whole thing is that the rules need to be CHANGED. Too many are not understanding that. Until that happens, enjoy your championships. I couldn't win that way and I'm glad the Rams CANT.
 
Yes but that tremendous payroll disparity GIVES then those edges. And the Ohtani Contract with the deferrals are fugazy as Hell.
Other teams had higher payrolls than the Dodgers but I will say the Ohtani contract is weird as hell.

But I can give an example in football that is very similar.

The Eagles with their voidable years. Do you say the Eagles winning the Super Bowl two years ago is similar to the Dodgers winning the world series. I say it is when compared to other teams in the NFL.
 
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I will admit it's reached a point where only 6 to 10 teams can win it, but the Dodgers are only 1 of those 10.
It's not a guarantee that the Dodgers just win every World Series, of course the Blue Jays came within a pube hair of beating them. Anyone can win a single series from any team. This premise shows up more regular season wise and also postseason.