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Fact because like it or not, Baseball is driven by TV revenue which is driven by big market teams and "stories" such as the Bos/NY rivalry and the "Curse".
While Anihiem, or Minnesota may have good teams and Minnesota is a great story of a team that isn't really "big market" yet still competes w/o whoring itself the way Oakland has to, it won't get people to tune in.
Bos/NY has the teams, the markets, the stories and the big names... Schil, Martinez, Rameriz, A-rod, Jeter, etc... Stienbrenner.
Babe, Murderers row, Williams, Yaz... etc... etc...
The question is, if the sox make it, what will make a better WS... STL has the team to beat... but the return of Bagwell, who the sox delt away for a setup guy to help get them to their last WS and of course Clemens... now part of the story is gone w/o Pettite and Jimmy Williams but would still be a fun story... Curt vs. Clemens, especially when Curt credits Clemens for turning his career around.
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