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WabUfvot5 · 09-21-2006, 01:52 AM

Still waiting for proof the A's suck

I'd like to see KC really compete but so far there are only two teams who've shown they've can without a huge payroll: Oakland and Minnesota. Minnesota has been particularly impressive. Their offense is really clicking and as long as they keep getting good pitching I don't see how they won't take the division, especially with Detroit and Chicago faltering.

W.HI.P your claim about the Marlins is beyond absurd. Payroll isn't a direct correlation to wins. If that metric were true the Yankees suck because they haven't won 973 (or at least 152) games by this point. Have the Marlins done good given their resources? Hell yes. Do they have a shot at the playoffs? Of course not, they are 17.5 games back of a team that spent 8X what they did. Nobody can tell me they wouldn't have done better if they had a Carlos Delgado or Billy Wagner on their team.

09-21-2006, 01:52 AM	#11
WabUfvot5 Operations Operative Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 634	Still waiting for proof the A's suck I'd like to see KC really compete but so far there are only two teams who've shown they've can without a huge payroll: Oakland and Minnesota. Minnesota has been particularly impressive. Their offense is really clicking and as long as they keep getting good pitching I don't see how they won't take the division, especially with Detroit and Chicago faltering. W.HI.P your claim about the Marlins is beyond absurd. Payroll isn't a direct correlation to wins. If that metric were true the Yankees suck because they haven't won 973 (or at least 152) games by this point. Have the Marlins done good given their resources? Hell yes. Do they have a shot at the playoffs? Of course not, they are 17.5 games back of a team that spent 8X what they did. Nobody can tell me they wouldn't have done better if they had a Carlos Delgado or Billy Wagner on their team.