No

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  by David Skolnik

  Created on: May 27, 2010   Last Updated: May 28, 2010

  Baseball salaries, including those mega-superstar contracts, will never buy championships. What they

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  by Barry Tadmore

  Created on: August 22, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  When asking this question, all you have to do is look at the New York Yankees. George Steinbrenner,

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  by Fred Tolleson

  Created on: August 22, 2007   Last Updated: April 30, 2011

  Baseball owners attempt to improve their teams by buying the talents of "proven" major league players.

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  by Pete Partin

  Created on: April 23, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  Absolutely not. Case in point... the New York Yankees. The Yankees have spent more money assembling

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  by Phantom Hitckhiker

  Created on: August 13, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  No. Baseball salaries provide the basis for a shot at the championship, but not even that is a necessary

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  by Author Name Withheld 96

  Created on: April 29, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  Well Forbes has come out with their annual list of the most financially successful baseball franchises.

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  by Matt Frost

  Created on: October 07, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  Baseball is a great game in the sense that chance, opportunities, and execution produce successful teams.

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  by Bruce Bostwick

  Created on: March 09, 2008   Last Updated: August 29, 2010

  Do baseball salaries buy championships? It is not guaranteed to do such a thing. In fact, the only thing

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  by Neil Wagner

  Created on: August 24, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  Actually, the answer to the question is "maybe." All you have to do is look at the ineptitude of the

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  by CG Media

  Created on: August 22, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  Money won't buy happiness, and it won't buy a World Series ring either. Look no further than the New

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  by Sonny Ward

  Created on: August 23, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  Salaries definitely do not buy a team a championship, in any sport let alone baseball. Baseball probably

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  by Matt Risko

  Created on: August 23, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  No amount of money in the world will buy you luck and good fortune, which are as important as good players

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  by Derrick Kelly

  Created on: November 15, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  While there are many teams that have large payrolls that are consistently in the hunt for the trophy,

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  by Steve Mcdevitt

  Created on: December 08, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  No. Large salaries will often allow your team a chance to compete however it does not guarantee a championship.

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  by Jennifer Clark

  Created on: August 22, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  $110 million dollars was the difference in payroll between the 2003 World Series Champion Florida Marlins

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  by Sean Curtis

  Created on: August 22, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  Money can usually buy you the playoffs, but it won't buy you championships. Statistics show that the

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  by Mike Howard

  Created on: August 22, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  Baseball teams with high payrolls are virtually guaranteed to be competitive. But they're not guaranteed

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  by Unstoppable Force

  Created on: August 23, 2007   Last Updated: November 17, 2010

  The idea that salaries buy championships is beyond ludicrous. While most people would disagree with

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  by Sebastian Talon

  Created on: August 22, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  Is it possible for high salaries in Major League Baseball to buy a championship?

  On the surface of the

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  by Tim Delamatter

  Created on: August 22, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

  Baseball and Salaries! This is something that has been debated since The Babe laced them up.

  I will