My 7-year long dinner with Andre....

A similar thing here with high priced sluggers.
There are certainly other worthy batters in the league, but this only concerns the highest paid sluggers.

This does highlight Andre Martin's Ruthian presence, but take a look at the underrated Pedro Cruz of the Yankees. And pity poor Mike Bradley.

Not at all like that old Kinks song....

..."Low Budget".

You'll have to click the image to get a better look.

This list above has the higher priced/more effective Starting Pitchers of Gehrig's first 7 seasons.
I started with some obvious ones, and then also checked the prior Cy Young award winners and checked the career leaders in some key categories.

Someone broke a mirror in the state of New York

More chart *nerdiness* here. Above are the win totals, per year, for all the teams still run by their original owners.
New York has more wins than anyone in this 7-year span, with 671. They are followed closely by Rochester with 665.

However, all these wins have amounted to just 2 LCS championships, by NY all the way back in season 1 and by Rochester last year.

Budget Fun, part deux

Above is the payroll history of the entire AL for the past 8 seasons.

The highest average payroll for this period belongs to the Kansas City franchise - a little over $108 million. KC has a checkered past to be sure - 3 different teams in the Lone Star state, plus stops in Louisville and Tampa Bay. This high payroll has resulted in no post-season appearances.
Good luck eric!

The lowest average payroll belongs to the near-ubiquitous threester and his Seattle Pilot franchise (under $72 million). This cheapskate has produced 2 World Series championships.
But good news everyone - his payroll shot up this year so maybe we have a shot.

Hypnotoad out.

Budget Fun

Here's a Player Payroll history for the AL North - I'll try to cover the rest of the AL when I have some more time.

There are 3 World Series championships here - Seattle in seasons 2 and 7; and Scranton in season 3.

Although Rochester and Seattle have remained in place, the other two teams have a more transient history.
Scranton played in Minnesota for the first 2 seasons. Montreal started out as the first Pittsburgh Pirates, then moved to Buffalo and Augusta, before finally finding a home in French Canada in Montreal.

New Blood

Just wanted to formally introduce the new blood to the Gehrig world. Just remember that is normal for domi to talk about hot tubs.

In the AL South:

Kansas City Kansans (ericbergson)
Richmond Rebels (jacoby66)

Making a comeback to Gehrig in the NL North:

Pawtucket Rainbows (spit_ballerz)

In the NL East:

Indianapolis Hoosiers (schindlerjm)
Philadelphia Phillies (spanglerb_02)

In the NL South:

Charleston Harbor Kings (socalzamboni)

In the NL West:

San Diego Friar Tux (tyd2k1)

World Series Champions

Season 1. San Juan Clementes (mazz993)
Season 2. Seattle Pilots (threester)
Season 3. Scranton Shrutes (mookie79)
Season 4. Jacksonville betelnut (cpkung)
Season 5. Jacksonville betelnut (cpkung)
Season 6. Wichita Wallabies (jdbkaput)
Season 7. Seattle Pilots (threester)