Skip to content
The Browns Board
  1. Home
  2. The Browns Board
  3. Why I like football over baseball

Why I like football over baseball

The Browns Board
8 5 1.2k

  • And the fact that there are countless former Indians playing in the post season this year. Manny Ramirez,Jim Thome,Ronny Belliard,Cliff Lee,Victor Martinez,C.C. Sabathia,Casey Blake and probably many more. I am done with the Indians and have been for about two years now.

    hoortaH 1 Reply

  • great find, never saw that one before.

    thanks.

    3 seasons until our new head coach, let's hope they get it right this time.
  • ? Guest

    And the fact that there are countless former Indians playing in the post season this year. Manny Ramirez,Jim Thome,Ronny Belliard,Cliff Lee,Victor Martinez,C.C. Sabathia,Casey Blake and probably many more. I am done with the Indians and have been for about two years now.

    TheJokersWILD said:

    And the fact that there are countless former Indians playing in the post season this year. Manny Ramirez,Jim Thome,Ronny Belliard,Cliff Lee,Victor Martinez,C.C. Sabathia,Casey Blake and probably many more. I am done with the Indians and have been for about two years now.

    Oh, you nailed it why baseball sucks. Until there's revenue sharing, the Indians and KC are just farm teams for the Yankees, Red Socks, and Dodgers.

    The GipperT 1 Reply

  • Watching the MLB postseason, here are the former Indians list I came up with:

    Paul Byrd - Boston

    Victor Martinez - Boston

    Mark Derosa - St Louis

    Cliff Lee - Philly

    Ben Francisco - Philly

    CC Sabathia - New York

    Carl Pavano - Minnesota

    Rafael Betancourt - Colorado

    Ronnie Belliard - Los Angeles

    Casey Blake - Los Angeles

    Jim Thome - Los Angeles

    Manny Ramirez - Los Angeles

    Did I miss anyone? That's 12!

  • hoortaH hoorta

    TheJokersWILD said:

    And the fact that there are countless former Indians playing in the post season this year. Manny Ramirez,Jim Thome,Ronny Belliard,Cliff Lee,Victor Martinez,C.C. Sabathia,Casey Blake and probably many more. I am done with the Indians and have been for about two years now.

    Oh, you nailed it why baseball sucks. Until there's revenue sharing, the Indians and KC are just farm teams for the Yankees, Red Socks, and Dodgers.

    @hoorta said:

    Oh, you nailed it why baseball sucks. Until there's revenue sharing, the Indians and KC are just farm teams for the Yankees, Red Socks, and Dodgers.

    The problem in baseball is that the few big market owners, and the Players Association control everything...and they WANT the likes of the Yankees and Red Sox to have unfettered spending power.

    The "problem" however is that baseball has in fact been the one sport that the results have turned out to be more egalitarian. Since 1970 (roughly the beginning of divisional play and free agency) more different teams have won a World Series in Baseball than have won titles in the other major sports:

    Baseball has had 19 different teams win titles since 1970. (Orioles, Pirates, As, Reds, Yanks, Phillies, Dodgers, Cards, Tigers, Royals, Mets, Twins, Blue Jays, Braves, Marlins, Diamondbacks, Angels, Red Sox, White Sox) That is 63% of the existing teams.

    Football (NFL) has had only 15 different title winners since 1970: Colts, Cowboys, Dolphins, Steelers, Raiders, 49ers, Redskins, Bears, Giants, Packers, Broncos, Rams, Ravens, Patriots, Buccaneers. That is only 46.8% of the existing teams.

    Basketball (NBA only) has had only 14 different title winners since 1970: Knicks, Bucks, Lakers, Celtics, Warriors, Sonics, Bullets/Wizards, Blazers, 76ers, Pistons, Bulls, Rockets, Spurs, Heat. That is only 45% of the existing franchises.

    (this could be higher if you include ABA titles won by the Pacers and Nets)

    Hockey has had only 15 Stanley Cup winners since 1970: Bruins, Canadiennes, Flyers, Islanders, Oilers, Flames, Penguins, Rangers, Avalanche, Red Wings, Stars, Devils, Lightning, Hurricanes, Ducks. That is 50% of the existing franchises.

    The big market baseball teams and MLBPA always cite these facts for why there should be no salary cap. Of course they ignore the fact that the Yankees can buy up the best players and have a 200+ million dollar payroll where the Royals and Pirates, etc. can barely put together a 30 million dollar payroll.

  • @shepwrite said:

    The Lakers, the Trojans, the Dodgers, and the Angels... blow me, Pittsburgh. On top of that, Pittsburgh is in Pittsburgh.

    (Whereas the Chargers or Jaguars will be in the City of Industry in 2011.)

    If everyone of those teams you mentione pull a Chicago Cubs and don't win a title for the next 100 years, I wouldn't shed a tear.....but then I will probably be dead in 100 years. OK, so, we'll just limit it to my short life expectancy span.

  • @shepwrite said:

    The Lakers, the Trojans, the Dodgers, and the Angels... blow me, Pittsburgh. On top of that, Pittsburgh is in Pittsburgh.

    (Whereas the Chargers or Jaguars will be in the City of Industry in 2011.)

    But, I will make this deal with you, LA boy (of course that could be a reference to you as Lower Akron boy), I will allow The Clippers or the Kings to win a title in my lifetime.....don't say I never did anything nice for you.

Log in to reply