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Jack Valentino

(1,510 posts)
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 08:30 PM Oct 28

My "socialist" theory of baseball championships---

That money should not be allowed to predominate (buying up the best players, etc)---

so the New York Yankees ought to be disallowed from winning so many World Series, by virtue of new rules which would limit such from happening, and give other teams a fair chance!---

No ONE TEAM ought to be allowed to BUY 27 world series championships out of 100 or so!

(I never got further into the particulars, but presumably there would have been a particular formula about league championships, and how many had been won by any particular team within a particular number of years....)


As such, I am very happy to see the Los Angeles Dodgers leading the Yankees 3-0 in Game 3 of this year's 'World Series' championship..... headed towards their 3rd win in this world series, in front of the New York crowd, no less!


Sorry Yankees fans---- but you've won more than ENOUGH in the past 100 years!

However, it has been one hell of a competition throughout--- pitching duels in every game, even though each side scored a number of runs...
That first ever World Series GRAND SLAM homerun by LA in extra innings of Game One was certainly a historic moment!



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My "socialist" theory of baseball championships--- (Original Post) Jack Valentino Oct 28 OP
Who determines how many is too many? So those teams basically get a time out? rsdsharp Oct 28 #1

rsdsharp

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1. Who determines how many is too many? So those teams basically get a time out?
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 08:56 PM
Oct 28

They don’t (won’t) compete because they can’t win. How long does that last? Who compensates the clubs for the lost revenue?

Who says they “bought” the championships? Did they buy them in 1923? 1937? 1956? 1961? 1977? Why didn’t they win in 1921? 1942? 1957? 1963? 1981? Why didn’t they win the pennant in 1924? 1934? 1946? 1954? Why didn’t they win between 1965 and 1972 when CBS owned the team? Certainly, CBS had more money than the other owners. For that matter, why haven’t they won every World Series since free agency began in 1976?

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