beckdawg
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I'm not a WAR or sabermetrics geek. I watch enough baseball and have for years to know who is good and who isn't. I don't agree with all that you have to say but you are doing a good job stating your beliefs/opinion. I can respect that.
Yeah I don't got a problem with you either. I see where you're coming from about the ticket price thing. I think most pro sports are over priced anymore honestly which is why I generally watch via TV unless I get free tickets. And I think part of the reason I'm a WAR/Saber geek is because of all these horrible contracts I see year in and year out.
I think a lot of this board's issue are two sides to the same coin. My problem is the willful waste of money on bad FA contracts because it stops you from bringing in better cheaper FAs. Your problem is the lack of spending at all. It's a fine line to walk. Personally, I always suggest conservative moves because they are easy to recover when they fail. But going big can work. The dodgers are in first place. However, I'm curious to see if they sustain success because they gave a lot of their farm away recently. And I've seen a lot of teams succeed for a few years and then get slammed by huge contracts.
I'd like to see a strong farm system where they sign their young stars, bring in good value FA and rarely have to pay for $75 mil+ FA's.