Completely different narratives. One relies on great front office and coaching skills to bring in great players in a league that encourages parity. The other simply spends more money. It’s not that hard when your payroll is at least 3 times more than most of your competitors. I enjoy your writing but please stop with the fairness of Major League Baseball
That's a wild exaggeration. Their projected 2025 payroll is $389M, counting luxury taxes. Ten other clubs are over $200M. If it were "not that hard," then the Dodgers would have more than one full-season championship in this run. It's also not the Dodgers' fault that the players' union has not insisted on a salary floor, like hockey has, that would make the Athletics, Marlins, etc. maintain a certain salary level. Note: The NLCS Most Valuable Player in 2024 was Tommy Edman, whose salary was $2.3M.
Completely different narratives. One relies on great front office and coaching skills to bring in great players in a league that encourages parity. The other simply spends more money. It’s not that hard when your payroll is at least 3 times more than most of your competitors. I enjoy your writing but please stop with the fairness of Major League Baseball
That's a wild exaggeration. Their projected 2025 payroll is $389M, counting luxury taxes. Ten other clubs are over $200M. If it were "not that hard," then the Dodgers would have more than one full-season championship in this run. It's also not the Dodgers' fault that the players' union has not insisted on a salary floor, like hockey has, that would make the Athletics, Marlins, etc. maintain a certain salary level. Note: The NLCS Most Valuable Player in 2024 was Tommy Edman, whose salary was $2.3M.
11 division championships in 13 years. Just because they choked doesn't mean that they haven't bought their way to the playoffs every year.
Great! - as usual.
For an unabashed liberal I can't believe you even wrote this.
I have no idea what that means.
Rooting for the well to do rich in a rigged system
Chiefs no. Dodgers yes. When the obscenely rich can skirt the rules why root for them? Just society playing out on the diamond.
What rules are the Dodgers skirting?