Originally Posted by RB

In 2007, the teams with the two highest revenues (and coincidentally the two highest payrolls), the NY Yankees and NY Mets, showed losses of $47 million and $19 million, respectively. The only other team to show a loss that year was Toronto, with a much lower $1.8 million loss.

In contract, the smallest market teams in the league showed the following PROFITS:

Florida Marlins: $35.6 Million
Tampa Bay Rays: $29.7 Million
Colorado Rockies: $26.2 Million
Milwaukee Brewers: $19.2 Million
Minnesota Twins: $23.8 Million

This is far more of an issue on how the team is ran financially than big markets and small markets. You can get TWO all star players for the amount of profits these teams are pulling (net of exhorbant CEO salaries no less!).

This dichotomy clearly shows the differing mindsets of big market and small market teams: Yankees operate to win games. Small market teams operate to make money. They may get lucky and have a great season (Florida Marlins have won TWO championships since they came into existance, even the Arizona D-Backs have won a championship), but being competitive isn't necessarily their main interest.

Originally Posted by MQue

Seriously you guys will come back. That's the only thing I'm worried about. The first game you gave to us on a silver platter. That Matsui play was retarded

Originally Posted by MQue

Looks like it's going to be a east coats thangh:

Originally Posted by JessTD

you're forgetting one key part though RB ... consistently losing means loss of profits ... people dont go to see losing teams except for diehards, networks dont play games when it's shitty teams. while these teams are posting profits they have to have a decent record in order to make money. so to say they are their to make money and not win is a bit short sighted as without wins there is no money.

you can only go so long without a win before you start losing money regardless of your expenses.

my issue with the yankees is that with as much money as they DO spend they shouldnt be losing to teams they sometimes lose to nor should they go through any sort of dryspells of no championships. i can understand a year here or there but when you spend that kind of money you NEED to be winning everything