Reply #42: untrue

[DaveinMD]

When the Angels won, they were a mid market budgeted team.

And they along with the Marlins proved that making the playoffs gives you as good a shot as any to make a run at a title. The short series is a crapshoot. Luck is largely the determining factor. The fact that Oakland has had a chance to win their division 5 straight years and Minnesota has won their's 3 straight years proves that the small market teams can compete.

The Dodgers have had a high payroll for years and last year was their first postseason in a long time. The Mets have been at the top of the National League in payroll and had only two postseasons the last 10 years. The Cubs have one postseason I believe. The mid payroll SF Giants compete just about every year. Mid Market Houston has been in the postseason mix just about every year.

Seattle fell off the face of the earth last year after several seasons at the top of competitiveness. They had the best record ever one year. They were beat by a Yankees team that wasn't as good as them.

The system is no longer flawed. There is a lot of revenue sharing and a massive luxery tax on the top teams. This tax kept the Yankees from signing Beltran, so it worked. More than half the teams have a great chance at postseason. That's more than the NBA can say. Its as much as the NFL can say. The NFL where the Patriots are about to win their 3rd in 4 years. Nothing like that in baseball since the new CBA. And the level of play is better in baseball. The playoffs in baseball have been much more competitive than anything we've seen in football lately. I see no need to bring the mediocrity of the NFL to baseball.