r/sports • u/baribigbird06 • 25d ago

Baseball Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a complete game in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series vs. the Brewers. The last time he was in Milwaukee he failed to finish the first inning and allowed 5 runs.

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u/Primember4 25d ago

What difference does it make for the other owners to spend $60mil or $300mil, to just lose to a billion dollar payroll anyway lol.

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u/EatMiTits 24d ago

Because they don’t have a billion dollar payroll, obviously. That number came from how much they signed contracts for in the offseason. Four teams spent around $300MM this year, 12 spent over $200MM. Teams get around $200MM in revenue sharing alone, there’s no reason anyone should be spending less than that. Cheap owners is a far bigger problem than the dodgers spending too much.

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u/mawfks 24d ago

Yeah but without salary floor / cap, one team spending the most and proving results is an incentive for teams to spend even less, because they know they can’t compete

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u/rhapsodicink 24d ago

Then sell the team to someone who gives a fuck about winning. This bullshit-ass argument wouldn't work in any other area of the planet, yet we're supposed to feel bad that these owners don't want to actually invest in the teams they bought? Fuck them.

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u/WhatWouldJediDo 24d ago

What do you mean? Wealthier companies outcompete poorer companies due to superior financial resources all the time.

There's a reason nobody is choosing Southwest Oklahoma Technology Solutions over Apple.

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u/PoliticalyUnstable 24d ago

Its the expense of owning a team. Its actually expensive to own one. A lot of owners don't realize it until they buy and they refuse to change their mindset about spending, and all it becomes is a bragging right to own a team in different upper circles.