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Originally Posted by PhillieFever
There's no way players like Ramirez,Ken Griffey,Bobby Abreu,Orlando Cabrera,and their ilk would be available in past years.
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The economy has certainly had an impact on this but I also think that the revoloution going on inside baseball of sabermetric decision making has also had a impact.
All of the players you mentioned are very old players asking for a lot of money over long term contracts or very old players just looking for a chance.
Or in the case of Orlando Cabrera a player who is just league average at his posistion and declining defensivly.
This season and next should be interesting in seeing if revenues still break records or for the first time in over two decades decline.