i kind of go back and forth on the issue of how owners should run their teams. owners like mcclatchey and pohlad run their teams like a business, and it is their right to do so, but it hurts them in the eyes of their fans. i agree that a couple of owners can ruin the whole situation, in either direction.
the only problem i have with most owners is that they made their own beds. they over-expanded, and they are the ones who sign the paychecks. i know that the market moves as a whole, and that there are situatons where small market owners get screwed, but for the most part owners are to blame for the bad contracts. it is often their own ego that makes them act the way that they do. take the a-rod contract for instance. texas was only bidding against themselves to get a-rod. boras told them that a-rod was worth 250 million over ten years, and thathe wouldnt take less. and even though no one else offered within 100 mil of that number, texas gave it to him! that i just one example, but i am sure there is one for every team like that. (manny for my sox, jason kendall for you, etc.)
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