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Originally Posted by packs
Why do people say things like "you can't buy your way to a pennant"?
The Orioles tanked their way into the playoffs. Why would anyone prefer to sit through two plus decades of horrible baseball just to say "see we didn't buy our way in"?
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Many fans prefer homegrown guys. And if you tank and build up like the Astros and Orioles, you'll have much longer window of contention. Trying to buy your way to a title often ends up like this years Mets and Padres
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