Did the Dodgers buy a Pennant ?
Fact: The Dodgers have the highest payroll in baseball. At $265,149,292, it holds the number one spot by a wide margin of 40 million more than the second highest team. But can we please stop pretending they bought their way to the World Series? It’s only been a couple days since the Dodgers clinched their NL pennant and this narrative has already popped up. When I checked my phone Friday morning, the Bleacher Report headline read, “$265M Dodgers Finally End 29-Year Pennant Drought.” This headline is appropriate I guess because it states the truth but jeez does it sound like the Dodgers’ accomplishment was diminished. I mean, this is the same Dodgers team that finished with 104 wins, was on pace for a historic amount of wins at one point, and has won their division in each of the past five years. People bring up the 29-year pennant drought yet they don’t mention that this really good run of Dodger teams has been due for greatness for some time now, and they’ve final...
