You wouldn't want that much Purdue information anyway.

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There it is!

Hey look, Rick is a baseball dummy!

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A lot of that was his doing (not Dunn of course). That's why I said he needs to have the balls to correct his mistakes in season. Also, I don't believe in dead years.

I guess Cubs fans also make things up to suit their argument!

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It just doesn't work that way. You dont just spend a bunch of money for spending's sake and get a lot better. You make smart moves.

Im saying to make smart shrewd moves and somehow you are arguing against that point.



No, the ranking does not matter. The team that spends the smartest has the best chance.



I dont think you know what you're saying.

You're setting arbitrary payroll goals without giving thought to need. That's insane in any business including MLB

You barely follow baseball. You've admitted this several times. Why is it a problem when I restate what you've said?

You follow baseball about as much as I follow NCAA football and similarly I come off less knowledgable in those discussions.

But I can admit that while you seemingly can convince yourself you are an expert on any and all given subjects.

I think a lot of your ideas about baseball are wrong and uninformed and obviously the opinion of someone who doesnt follow the game.

Im sorry if that hurts your feelings. I still think you're a great poster and knowledgeable about many things.

THERE GOES THE CREW HURTING PEOPLE'S FEELINGS AGAIN. ISN'T IT TIME FOR YOU PEOPLE TO START ANOTHER NEW BOARD?

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My first thought after hearing this "This could be the left-handed Scott Linebrink." Relievers are so damn volatile, he could just suddenly become completely useless after a year or two.

I see others had a similar thought here...

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Not really. You've essentially been saying for two days the Cubs and Sox need to spend money on something

Try again without arguing against things I'm not saying. Do not start by thinking I am saying to spend foolishly.

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Hey look, Rick is a baseball dummy!

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I quoted you


Both these quotes advocate spending foolishly


Could not acheive that without a couple horrible free agent signings


And here you seem to be advocating overpaying for players because the Sox have the money


Foolish spending. That's what you have been asking for.

Do we really have to specify baseball?

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Sort of how I feel about Razorback information...

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Well thankfully you don't get to much of that then, I didn't even brag about them winning their 1st conference game in almost 2 years yet.

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Hey look, Rick is carrying himself like an authority on a subject he doesn't really even follow.

ALERT THE MEDIA!



So, take note everyone. If you think you know more than Rick about anything, you're wrong and a JERK

There is a difference between overpaying and spending foolishly, but what do I know? I'm a baseball dummy!

Keep on holding onto that small little "Top 8 next year" even as I have acknowledged that it may take two years to do it though!

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You mean you didn't start a topic about how Ryan Mallett is better than Joe Montana?

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The Sox overpaid but you can live with it. A great bullpen can get you to the WS.

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GO BEARS!!!

You still dont even get it. They could go another three years before they get there and be fine. (Again...SEE GIANTS and PHILLIES )

Your whole outlook on payroll and its relationship to winning is wrong.

Is it real hard for you to admit someone might know more than you on a given subject? Do you go into this dummy routine in real life when someone is more versed on a subject?

Not yet

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Cliff Politte and Neal Cotts agree

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I'll defer to your knowledge. Happy?
No, but it's not like I'm surrounded by people saying "Trust me. I know more than you".

Sorry for having an opinion on something that you don't think I'm qualified to discuss. I'll learn my place better from now on.

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Ok, so the answer is a resounding YES, you have a hard time with it.

Its not that you have an opinion. It's that you somehow convince yourself that your opinion is fact and then you just go on and on.

How many rounds of you making those uninformed statements about payroll ranking are we supposed to go through?

Its like when you explained that ND was gonna be ranked lower than MSU. What if I had just kept responding all day that "No, you're wrong"

You ended up being right. Because you know more. Because you follow it more. And that's....ok

Aren't you convinced that your opinion is fact here?

Since I'm a baseball dummy, I did some research and there is evidence that payroll is correlated with winning percentage even though it is smaller than it was in the 90s.

Sounds like you are basically saying "Rick, I know more than you, just trust me".

I'll stick with my idea that it would be better if the Sox had a top 10 payroll than if they had a bottom 10 payroll, but what do I know?

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This one is getting quoted the next time you ask me to answer for somebody else's comments, when we argue about weed.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Looks like I'm in trouble.

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I don't mean to come off arrogant

There are a few guys in the board that know and follow baseball more than me.

You don't. You barely follow it. So when we have these discussions and come to a (I'm right, no I'm right) stalemate I can't help but think "well my opinion is probably more informed here"

That might still be arrogance, I dont know


And yes back in the 90s it was different. Basically since 96 teams have needed a core of homegrown players. Even the Yankees stopped winning when they went Fa crazy (Giambi, Mussina, Brown) as opposed to the Championship teams


The 01 DBacks are an outlier. Literally every other team had a core of homegrown players (not to say you can't add a FA here and there)

Also, a lot of these high payrolls are a result of resigning great homegrown players.

That's the way to raise your payroll. Develop and resign great players like The Philiies, Giants and even the Red Sox and Yankees in recent years.

So while a high payroll is fine, the idea of spending to some limit, rather than just filling needed positions is a bad one.