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Originally Posted by Tom the Fish
The Yankees have proven that all you need to do for a team that missed the playoffs for a year is go spend money on the top three free agents. Problem solved.
Of course, if any of them turn out a bust, well, you can always buy more next year. Why can't the other teams see this?
So glad I can follow NPB now. Go Fighters!
Tom
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Well, it's great that the NPB has such even payrolls!
2009 NPB Team Payroll Ranking NPB Tracker
Take a wild guess which team from that list has a trophy case that reads the following (I count 34 championships, the Yanks have some catching up to do!):
League championships 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009