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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
Please explain 1947-64 where the Yankees made the World Series 15 times out of 18 seasons, all without free agency and outbidding other clubs for the services of top players.
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They still bought the best players, it just happened differently.
There has never been a point in baseball's history where being successful and spending a pile of money weren't related. Sometimes that meant spending the most on scouting and buying the best talent, sometimes it meant buying minor league teams, sometimes it meant buying players from other teams, whatever. Connie Mack would probably laugh at the whole notion that buying success is something new in baseball.
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Last edited by Jason Moyer; 11-06-2009 at 11:39 PM.
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