I'm starting to sour on baseball. 2014 and 15 were awesome, but it's becoming more and more clear that it was lightning in a bottle. People can bitch about Dayton all they want, but he worked a near-miracle.
The reality is that we're up against teams working with 3 times our payroll or greater. And if their roster isn't already stacked enough, clubs like the Dodgers will just poach several top players to address any needs.
Our GM has 0 margin for error if we expect to even compete with a team like the Dodgers. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar:
I'm starting to sour on baseball. 2014 and 15 were awesome, but it's becoming more and more clear that it was lightning in a bottle. People can bitch about Dayton all they want, but he worked a near-miracle.
The reality is that we're up against teams working with 3 times our payroll or greater. And if their roster isn't already stacked enough, clubs like the Dodgers will just poach several top players to address any needs.
Our GM has 0 margin for error if we expect to even compete with a team like the Dodgers.
Heck I've been sour on baseball for a long ass time now. BUT it does make it all the much sweeter when we actually do succeed. The Royals did make it to 2 straight World Series. It sucks right now but all they need to do is build a team that can win enough to make it to the postseason, and hope they get hot at the right time. We don't have to play the Dodgers or the other big spenders every game. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar:
I'm starting to sour on baseball. 2014 and 15 were awesome, but it's becoming more and more clear that it was lightning in a bottle. People can bitch about Dayton all they want, but he worked a near-miracle.
The reality is that we're up against teams working with 3 times our payroll or greater. And if their roster isn't already stacked enough, clubs like the Dodgers will just poach several top players to address any needs.
Our GM has 0 margin for error if we expect to even compete with a team like the Dodgers.
Yeah, lifelong Royals fan but fuck this sport and the bullshit salary cap. 30 years between championships I'm sure makes them a lot more enjoyable than bigger market team fans experience but the lack of parity in the league is just stupid. [Reply]