Since baseball is a pretty boring and never generates much discussion here, one thread for all playoff and world series discussion might be all we need.

I read this and it cracked me up:

From ESPN

I'm staring at the Yankees' payroll -- $203 million, including $46.5 million paid to pitchers who aren't even on the postseason roster (Kevin Brown, Carl Pavano, Jaret Wright, Steve Karsay, Mike Stanton, Paul Quantrill and Felix Rodriguez).

They had three designated hitters on the team -- Jason Giambi, Ruben Sierra and Bernie Williams -- making about a combined $27 million. But they had no center fielder.

Their $25 million MVP candidate knocked in zero runs in the series and grounded into a double play in the ninth inning.

Their $8 million left fielder left eight runners on base in this game. Of course, he's one of the lower-paid players on the team.
The discussion in that article goes on to slam A-Rod about 500 more times, which was pretty amusing and, frankly, deserved.