Name change for Steelers ...

Good memories huh?

I grew up in Armstrong county an hour north of Pittsburgh and it was so remote we could only get 3 TV stations, but only one at a time. There was always a ladder leaning against the house so I could go up on the roof and turn the antenna to the position for the channel mom and dad wanted to watch.

But KDKA was on every evening no matter what we were doing.

 

Or, when you're perpetually mediocre then, one season, you spend a bunch of money on players like Schilling and Johnson, win the series then, get rid of the high dollar players

 

I did that too and I often threw the ball 20 feet over the batters head

And then along came the Pens!

Trivia question........is there another city whose professional sports teams all adopted the same colors?

 

Damn you, now I got to research that. I remember the PENS had those blue jerseys which I liked at first but was glad they switched to black and yellow.

 

Trivia question........is there another city whose professional sports teams all adopted the same colors?[/QUOTE]

I cheated and Googled

 

Seattle?

 

I cheated and Googled[/QUOTE]

And?

I really don't know, I just think it's cool that Pittsburgh did it and I can't think of anyone else off the top of my head.

 

Similar colors, but not exact

 

I was looking at the new Seattle Kraken logo and it looks like they took the stylized S that the Mariners use for their initial logo offering.

 

The Marlins did buy their first World Series. They brought in a bunch of high-price veterans through trades and free agency, won it all, then started gutting the team before the parade.

I bring up 2009 because the Yankees proved it is possible to buy a World Series. Rodriguez, Matsui, and Damon were a big part of the reason the Yankees already had the highest payroll in the game before they went on their spending spree in the offseason between '08 and '09. It's not as if any of those guys were homegrown talent. Matsui, for example, was in the final year of a four-year, $52 million deal in 2009, which was a big deal at the time. That team had three of the top four individual salaries in MLB in 2009 and three more in the top 25. Due to a quirk in his new contract, Sabathia was only 18th in the majors in salary in 2009. He jumped to second in the majors in salary in 2010, when the Yankees had the top four salaries in MLB. That team may not have one a World Series, but they were still paying for the championship the previous year.

 

You have to put that number in context. In 1997, the Yankees had the highest payroll in MLB at $59 million. The Marlins were seventh. That also shows just how quickly salaries have skyrocketed. A team payroll of $53 million was among the highest in the game 23 years ago, but would have them at or near the bottom now. In fact, the Rays were dead last in MLB in team payroll at $53 million in 2019.

I already mentioned why people talk about the '97 Marlins buying a championship. They spent big before the season, and if I remember correctly, they really did start getting rid of the big contracts before the parade.

 

Boy has this thread been hijacked.

 

Kinda like championships in baseball or basketball.

 

You lost me when you claimed that trades can't be part of a team buying a championship. When teams make trades that take advantage of another team dumping payroll, that is part of buying a championship.

My point is that teams can buy a World Series and that the deck is clearly stacked heavily in favor of the high-revenue franchises like the Yankees. I do realize that Yankee fans have a great deal of trouble accepting that argument.

 

I just explained how they are. One way teams buy talent is by taking on large contracts. Take the Giancarlo Stanton trade. Sure, it hasn't worked out the way the Yankees would like due to his health issues, but that was all about money, not talent.

We are talking about teams buying championships. Those are both examples. The 2009 Yankees just happen to be the most blatant example of it in recent memory.

 

And?

I really don't know, I just think it's cool that Pittsburgh did it and I can't think of anyone else off the top of my head.[/QUOTE]

Only Pittsburgh used the exact same colors for all 3 teams.

 

We haven't even got into selling world series championships.

Baseball...

 

What the hell is this nonsense?

 

Sexual frustration lol

 

Puberty?

Troll?

 

You got the thread back on track. Although I was the one who got it off track and on to the excitement that is pirate baseball