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    A little OCD?
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    So you are saying that the Nats are a big market team. Because that was really the argument. Everything not in the top 10 is small comparatively. As I said, the Twins at #12 were under consideration to be eliminated through contraction in 2002. Has their market increased so materially since 2002? I don't think so. MLB is comprised of a few big dogs and a bunch of small fish. The Nats are still small fish, but making a bold effort to move out of that category.
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    Minnesota is ranked at #12, but as recently as 2002 MLB considered contracting and eliminating the Twins franchise. That shows just how close the bottom 2 0 are bunched together with relation to market size and value.
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    But yet you are compelled to repeatedly try to prove that some are wrong in this steaming pile.
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    He got traded to the Guardians.
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    That's why I am the King, and only a small percentage of my post have been bitter.
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    http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2012/02/yes_there_are_s.html Great!! Wakefield is on the short list.
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    Wow! The Yankee manager feels that he needs more weapons. Thank goodness our manager is content with his roster.
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    You are such a bitter kill joy.
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    Bring back Lenny DiNardo--the same thing and almost no cost.
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    They are still closer to the small market teams than the big market teams. The #23 team is only 10% less valuable than the Nats at #16. If you jump up 7 spots from the Nats, the #9 team is 33% more valuable. All the small guys are bunched together in the bottom half of the rankings. The lower you go the less difference there is in valuation between teams. Like I said earlier, there are the big boys and everyone else. In any ranking, there is always the top, middle and bottom. With regard to baseball franchises the teams in the middle are much closer to the bottom than the top. There is a lot of bunching in the bottom 20. One thing is certain is that they are not a big market team. The Nats could turn things around, but they will have an uphill battle generating a loyal following. IMO their problems are not solvable merely by building a winning team.
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    paps sucked in 2009? Your standards are very high. Don't you remember what 9th innings were like before Papelbon? With the exception of 1 year of Keith Foulke, they were very frightening. Even in his 1 good year Foulke blew 7 saves. By comparison, Paps had only 3 blown saves in 2009. And doesn't the 5th spot in the rotation matter? Who will that be?
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    Nursing home? Big talk from a guy that plays baseball in a wooden shoe league. So you are not gloom and doom. Good for you, but I am sure that if Oswalt gets signed you will be saying that we never should have doubted Ben Cherry. If that happens, we will both be happy. I'll be happy, because Ben will fill a need that I have gone on record about, and you will be happy even though you didn't think we needed him.
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    That remark might have started the discussion, but almost the entire argument was about whether the Nats were a large market team. Read the thread. If you want to create some baseball middle class, fine, but I never really read about this mid market. In baseball, there are the big boys (Yanks, Mets, Boston, White Sox, Cubs,Angels, Dodgers) and everyone else.
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    Moore looked like a stud for the Rays.
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    I have a problem with this too. Keep in mind that since 2008 he has not been much help even when he has been healthy.
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    Finishing 16 out 30 on Forbes list of MLB franchises doesn't mean that they are not a small market team. There are many more small market teams than big market teams. After the top echelon of teams, the market values of the rest are probably not hugely divergent, so an argument could be made that there are 2 categories-- Big market and small market teams. Are you on a mission to build a middle class in baseball? I'm not sure the point that you are trying to make. I thought the argument/discussion was with regard to whether the Nats were a big market team? Clearly, they are not.
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    Are you concerned about Beckett or Buchholz breaking down?
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