October 16, 2008

Sports Radio Moment of the Day

A caller to Howard Eskin Wednesday made the contrarian argument that it would actually be a bad thing if the Phillies won the World Series. Why's that? Because they "never spend money," and a Series win would embolden that strategy and cause the team to dump all their players after the season.

The argument that the Phils (2008 payroll: $105 million) are too cheap is usually that they don't spend sufficiently to win a championship; therefore, you would think a championship would invalidate the thesis' key argument. Especially if it comes against their likely opponent, the Rays (2008 payroll: $44 million.) That caller, though, is showing that clinging to the "Phillies are cheap" idea is more important to him than a title.

Eskin, despite being a longtime spreader of the "Phillies are cheap" lie, slammed the caller down, to his credit.

Posted by Stephen Silver at October 16, 2008 12:51 AM
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