Comments on: Quote of the day II: Steve Bisciotti on salary caps http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/03/quote-of-the-day-ii-steve-bisciotti/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sat, 18 May 2013 23:30:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Scott http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/03/quote-of-the-day-ii-steve-bisciotti/comment-page-1/#comment-28079 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:45:51 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3746#comment-28079 He is aware that contracts don’t come with a player termination option for Cy Young seasons right?
Why doesn’t anyone make the following observation about salary caps: The difference is SMART teams dominate salary cap sports regardless of ownership cash, whereas baseball requires smarts AND money for continued dominance.
No matter what, you will see a lack of parody: In the two salary capped sports, NBA and NFL, we may see teams break the Loss record within two years of each other (2008 Lions, 2008-09 Nets).
However it’s worth noting the worst teams in NBA and NFL have far worse winning percentages than those in baseball. There’s a sample size argument for football, but the NBA has an 82-game schedule (half a baseball season). When’s the last time a baseball team started the year 10-80?

]]> By: Alex K http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/03/quote-of-the-day-ii-steve-bisciotti/comment-page-1/#comment-28078 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:28:46 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3746#comment-28078 Tag Gold!

]]> By: IdahoMariner http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/03/quote-of-the-day-ii-steve-bisciotti/comment-page-1/#comment-28077 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:26:58 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3746#comment-28077 I was (probably unreasonably) disappointed to click on the tag and see that this was the only article indexed thereunder (oooo, legalese). I was hoping there would be more articles to read that celebrated my distaste for all things pro (and, really, every other kind because it all feeds into pro) football. And I used to be a HUGE fan when I was a kid. But then I learned to think for myself and not just follow my three older brothers around. And I realized it was just…not right. In soooo many ways.

]]> By: Gelardia http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/03/quote-of-the-day-ii-steve-bisciotti/comment-page-1/#comment-28076 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:31:42 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3746#comment-28076 So the Yankees should be penalized because their owner spends his money to improve his team while other owners prefer to pocket any profits they get?
Oh wait, the Yankees are penalized. It’s called the luxury tax and teams like the Yankees are floating the rest of the league.
Bottom line, if you can’t afford to be competitive, you shouldn’t own a team, period.

]]> By: Phil http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/03/quote-of-the-day-ii-steve-bisciotti/comment-page-1/#comment-28075 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:10:37 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3746#comment-28075 …is no longer worth my time.
So I guess this means you are taking your wine, your ad hominem attacks and making like horse s**t and hitting the trail. Don’t let those swingin’ doors hit you in the kiester on the way out.

]]> By: gumbercules http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/03/quote-of-the-day-ii-steve-bisciotti/comment-page-1/#comment-28074 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:03:02 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3746#comment-28074 A thousand burning suns? Really? I’d have gone with a billion suns, but that’s just because I’m a Mudhoney fan.

]]> By: JBerardi http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/03/quote-of-the-day-ii-steve-bisciotti/comment-page-1/#comment-28073 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:02:32 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3746#comment-28073 “All you have to do is buy the last Cy Young Award winner every year.”
Yeah, of course. It’s just like I’ve been saying: if Cashman was smart, he’d have signed Tim Lincecum by now. Twice! I can’t understand why he doesn’t…
In all seriousness, Bisciotti really ought to understand that you can’t win 130 games in baseball. There’s too much luck involved in each individual game. If the Colts play the Lions 100 times, they beat them damn near 100 times. If the Yankees play the Royals 100 times, the Royals probably win 30-35 of those games. The difference in talent is similar, but the game itself tends to even those difference out more. This pretty much invalidates his entire point, and it should be obvious to anyone who thinks about it for more than three seconds.
Finally, someone please make a joke about dunking this guy in coffee. I can’t think of a good one.

]]> By: Xpensive Wino http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/03/quote-of-the-day-ii-steve-bisciotti/comment-page-1/#comment-28072 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:52:20 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3746#comment-28072 Anyone who thinks that baseball hasn’t been destroyed by salary arbitration and no salary cap, is an absolute idiot. Any sport that allows one team to spend over 200 million on players while another is spending 35 million, is no longer worth my time.

]]> By: lessick http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/03/quote-of-the-day-ii-steve-bisciotti/comment-page-1/#comment-28071 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:48:53 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3746#comment-28071 Salary caps do little else than make owners rich. Oh wait, Bisciotti is an owner…..

Love the tag as well!

]]> By: Phil http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/03/quote-of-the-day-ii-steve-bisciotti/comment-page-1/#comment-28070 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:38:09 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3746#comment-28070 Love the tag, but for my part you can drop the “pro”.
Well, in the last 46 seasons, most of which occurred in the era of free agency, the Yankees have won 7 championships. In the 40 seasons prior to that, all of which occurred with the reserve clause intact, the Yankees won 20 championships. Clearly, indentured servitude is the way to go.

]]> By: YankeesfanLen http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/03/quote-of-the-day-ii-steve-bisciotti/comment-page-1/#comment-28069 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:36:18 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3746#comment-28069 To Steve Bisciotti in the manner of Rex Ryan:(/middle finger/)
To Craig: Second your tag

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