The most overexposed teams in the MLB

by Timothy De Block on Nov 18, 2009 7:48 AM CST

Joe Posnanski had an in interesting post discussing the cy young and got a little bit into overexposed teams, which I responded to via email. But I though I'd bring it over here at TCB to see what some of your thoughts were.

Here's what my thoughts were:

1. Yankees
2. Red Sox
3. Phillies (only here because they've been to the WS the past 2 years)
4. Mets
5. Cubs

Being an Astro fan I went by how many players I can name on the other team, and I tried not to be biased towards the NL Central teams because I see those teams quite a bit more. Obviously though I think the Cubs outside of the NL Central get over exposed because of their 100+ years of failing to get to a World Series, the Cardinals come close but they only have 1 overexposed player in Albert Pujols and you could throw LaRussa and Dave Duncan in their. They are probably ranked 6th for me but the Cubs and their curse trump a prince and a couple masterminds. The Phillies being a good team the last few years they make my list, if they're bad they actually fall off the list which can't be said for the other 4 teams. If the other 4 teams are bad they'd still be within the top 5 of the overexposed teams.

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I would put the Cubs ahead of the Phillies and Mets.

by clack on Nov 18, 2009 7:58 AM CST reply actions

I tried to go with my instincts, first team to pop in my head. The other thing is I can name more players off the Phillies than I can off the Cubs or Mets this year.

by Timothy De Block on Nov 18, 2009 8:05 AM CST up reply actions

I’d put the Dodgers in their somewhere (tied for 5th?). Sure the left coast is more laid back than the east, however it seems like Torre heading west brought ‘legitimacy’ back to Dodgers baseball. And of course Manny and his ‘reality TV’ personality – can’t seem to keep that out of the media.

It would be interesting to see the headline counts for 2009 and which players dominate the list.

by astro_boy on Nov 18, 2009 9:11 AM CST reply actions

The media is pretty obsessed with the Giants’ pitching too, thanks to Lincecum.

by OremLK on Nov 18, 2009 9:16 AM CST up reply actions

Zito’s resurgence, and Sanchez threw a no-hitter this year.

by Timothy De Block on Nov 18, 2009 10:09 AM CST up reply actions

Having a player nick named kung fu panda doesn’t hurt either =P

by Timothy De Block on Nov 18, 2009 10:09 AM CST up reply actions

I hadn’t even thought of the dodgers, the Manny mania has settled down a bit since his arrival. The media has cooled on covering him to since his suspension. I think replacing the Cubs with the Dodgers would be fair.

by Timothy De Block on Nov 18, 2009 10:08 AM CST up reply actions

I think the cubs should stay

Having them on Fox Game of the week, just about every week it seems. And watch ESPN and hear Cubs news almost every night. I think they are more then LAD

by Silentjay on Nov 19, 2009 12:50 PM CST up reply actions

Ever since the launch of the MLB Network I’ve been fortunate enough to avoid the four letter network entirely (I typically go to SI.com for my sporting news).

The Cubs also do have most of their games broadcast on WGN.

by Timothy De Block on Nov 19, 2009 1:23 PM CST up reply actions

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