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[HD MM]

The Pirates are the Lions of MLB.

Very good analogy. :up

 

[Paul Wozniak]

The Pirates are the Lions of MLB.

Well, I guess somebody has to be. If the Clippers are the "Lions" of the NBA, who are the "Lions" of the NHL?

 

[HD MM]

Well, I guess somebody has to be. If the Clippers are the "Lions" of the NBA, who are the "Lions" of the NHL?

The Blue Jackets don't have a long enough history to take that title. hmm.....

 

[Paul Wozniak]

I think I'll drop that Q in the NHL thread.

 

[cybok0]

Well, I guess somebody has to be. If the Clippers are the "Lions" of the NBA, who are the "Lions" of the NHL?

NY Islanders.

 

[Minsk1]

Although, having CC last year was a fun, and Brewers will miss him, I think that they will be overall a better team: one more year of experience under the belt, playoff feelings, better coach, Ben Sheets is a good player, but Brewers never had 100% from him because of all his injuries.
Go Brewers:

 

[SabresRule]

The Pirates are the Lions of MLB.

REBUILDING SINCE 1992!

 

[mccoyrj]

Ok, some of you are going to laugh, but go ahead. The Reds will compete for the division IF their young pitching continues to go good like last year for Volquez and Cueto, also if Arroyo and Harrang come around and pitch like they have in the past.

 

[mccoyrj]

REBUILDING SINCE 1992!

So true.

 

[Madtown HD Junkie]

I hate that team, actually I hate them more than the Reds and Mets, but I still hate the Cubs the most.

You hate the Brewers? they have sucked since 82'. Why hate them? Shift the hate to the Yankees and their overspending unfair playing field existence.

 

[Jimbo]

Shift the hate to the Yankees and their overspending unfair playing field existence.

Except till there's a REAL CAP, the yankees are doing nothing wrong.

None of this , pay us extra if you want to abuse the existing cap.
There should also be a minimum, the min. should go on a 3 year avg. and be set at like 40 - 50 M.

Of course if the did put a cap on, it would be something that most teams can't reach, so it wouldn't effect the yankees anyways.
200M per year ...
They would still be able to work around it because they just move the money over x amount of years, but there has to be a better way of doing things.

Jimbo

 

[cybok0]

You hate the Brewers? they have sucked since 82'. Why hate them? Shift the hate to the Yankees and their overspending unfair playing field existence.

Prince Fielder is an ASS.

It doesn't bother me with how much they spend, one day it will bite them in the ass.

I wish the Pirates would spend half of what they spend, do you know back in 1992 when the Pirates last when to the playoffs, their payroll wasn't that much lower than the Yankees.

Pirates -$32,589,167 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics - The Baseball Cube

Yankees - $35,966,834 1992 New York Yankees Statistics - The Baseball Cube

 

[Paul Wozniak]

Prince Fielder is an ASS.

It doesn't bother me with how much they spend, one day it will bite them in the ass.

I wish the Pirates would spend half of what they spend, do you know back in 1992 when the Pirates last when to the playoffs, their payroll wasn't that much lower than the Yankees.

Pirates -$32,589,167 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics - The Baseball Cube

Yankees - $35,966,834 1992 New York Yankees Statistics - The Baseball Cube

Times have changed haven't they? The Yankee's spend almost that much just on A-Roid.

 

[cybok0]

Times have changed haven't they? The Yankee's spend almost that much just on A-Roid.

And the Pirates only spent around 16 million more than their 1992 figure in 2008.

 

[Jimbo]

Pirates -$32,589,167 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics - The Baseball Cube

Yankees - $35,966,834 1992 New York Yankees Statistics - The Baseball Cube

Wow, what a difference ...
16 years later, 200M more spent for the yankees ....

 

[Madtown HD Junkie]

Prince Fielder is an ASS.

It doesn't bother me with how much they spend, one day it will bite them in the ass.

I wish the Pirates would spend half of what they spend, do you know back in 1992 when the Pirates last when to the playoffs, their payroll wasn't that much lower than the Yankees.

Pirates -$32,589,167 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics - The Baseball Cube

Yankees - $35,966,834 1992 New York Yankees Statistics - The Baseball Cube

Agreed on Fielder. Braun is the real deal.

I like the Pirates when it was Stargell, Garner, Parker, Tekulve, the candy man....back in the 70's.

back when baseball was fun and salaries not so absolutely insane.

 

[Paul Wozniak]

Kent Tekulve - there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. That guy was "lights out" in '79.

 

[mccoyrj]

Kent Tekulve - there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. That guy was "lights out" in '79.

I loved that guy. That underhand fastball he had was a killer. I see him now on FSN Pittsburgh. He's an analyst after the Pirates games. Like all of us, he's put on the lbs over the years.

 

[cybok0]

I like the Pirates when it was Stargell, Garner, Parker, Tekulve, the candy man....back in the 70's.

back when baseball was fun and salaries not so absolutely insane.

Agreed.

 

[cybok0]

Kent Tekulve - there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. That guy was "lights out" in '79.

I loved that guy. That underhand fastball he had was a killer. I see him now on FSN Pittsburgh. He's an analyst after the Pirates games. Like all of us, he's put on the lbs over the years.

And it wasn't just one inning, more like three, and it seemed like he pitched in every game.