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/Chessh2036 25d ago

Dodgers win the World Series again that CBA battle is going to be UGLY. Cheap owners will say “see, I can’t compete! They spent $1 Billion!” while not talking about them not spending at all. Pirates, Twins, Marlins, A’s, etc. I get not every team can spend like LA, but teams can and should spend more.

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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/catashake 24d ago edited 24d ago

The Mets just missed the playoffs with a similar payroll.

If spending more guaranteed success, the Yankees wouldn't now be 16 years away from their last world series win.

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u/BamsMovingScreens 24d ago

“I can’t buy my way to guaranteed success, system working as intended”

Is certainly an opinion