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General => Sports => Topic started by: daigong on November 06, 2009, 11:01:25 AM

Title: Who was Baseball's Team of the Decade?
Post by: daigong on November 06, 2009, 11:01:25 AM

With the Yankees win, one begs the question...

Who was Baseball's Team of the Decade?

(http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8758/redsox.jpg)(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7374/redsoxyankees.jpg)

Yankees and Red Sox come straight to mind. The League's two biggest payrolls, and most consistent playoff and regular season records. Curses end. 27th Championships. The storylines are endless. Even the Phillies or Cardinals with a title and runner up appearance.

DEBATE!!

Title: Re: Who was Baseball's Team of the Decade?
Post by: kuro808 on November 06, 2009, 11:18:58 PM

I go with the Red Sox based on this point, even though Yankees has been in more over the period but they have consistency without certain important players and that is my sticking point.  Red Sox 2-0  Yankees 2-2

Title: Re: Who was Baseball's Team of the Decade?
Post by: Saburo on November 06, 2009, 11:47:03 PM

I guess the damn Yanks.  More playoff appearances, two World Series titles and probably the most wins in the decade (didn't check but there's a lotta 97-101-win seasons.

Title: Yanks. Again.
Post by: Saburo on November 06, 2009, 11:53:00 PM

Rob Neyer shows how close it really isn't (http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/1266/yankees-leave-sox-in-aughts-dust).

Title: Re: Who was Baseball's Team of the Decade?
Post by: kuro808 on November 07, 2009, 02:37:25 AM

He does provide the facts to prove it but I think that the previous season of them missing the playoffs has some weight on it to