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Article: BASEBALL INSIDER; An aberration, or a return to days gone by? This year, the best teams in baseball are also the teams with the highest payrolls.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- September 13, 2009
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Byline: JOE CHRISTENSEN; STAFF WRITER
Commissioner Bud Selig calls it an aberration, and the Twins hope he's right, but the teams spending the most are winning the most this season.
According to USA Today's latest payroll calculations, seven of the nine highest-paid teams would make the postseason if it started today.
That was a recurring story line in the late 1990s, but earlier this decade, successful low-budget teams such as the Twins and Athletics helped change the dynamic.
In 2007, the Indians (with baseball's 23rd highest payroll), Rockies (25th) and Diamondbacks (26th) all reached the second round of the postseason. Last year, ...