Re: Tyler Clippard to A's for Yonil Escobar?
Posted by:
Tony Tarasco
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Date: January 18, 2015 04:30PM
for sale Wrote:
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> Exactly. And, when it does, you've bought
> yourself a championship. See how easy that was
> for you to admit!
Top 5 annual MLB Payrolls in this century...
2001: Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Mets, Indians
2002: Yankees, Red Sox, Rangers, Diamondbacks, Dodgers
2003: Yankees, Mets, Braves, Dodgers, Rangers
2004: Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, Mets, Phillies
2005: Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, Phillies, Cardinals
2006: Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, White Sox, Mets
2007: Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, Mets, White Sox
2008: Yankees, Mets, Tigers, Red Sox, White Sox
2009: Yankees, Mets, Cubs, Red Sox, Tigers
2010: Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs, Mets, Phillies
2011: Yankees, Phillies, Red Sox, Angels, White Sox
2012: Yankees, Phillies, Red Sox, Angels, Tigers
2013: Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox, Phillies, Tigers
2014: Dodgers, Yankees, Phillies, Red Sox, Tigers
Just four times in fourteen years has the eventual World Series winner come from among the 70 entries on this list. The list of course doesn't tend to change much from year to year. The same teams spend and spend and spend. Usually to no avail. That's because you can't buy a championship.