You missed a lot. I believe Wayne H. (owner of Blockbuster) said after the world series win that he was going to have to gut the roster because he couldn't afford it. I thought it was bare bones 2 yrs ago. But they found a way to get rid of more last summer.

>They must have really done some other translactions that I wasn't aware of. Last time I looked, their payroll was about 45mil. May have been 2 years ago ago, right after they had beaten the Yankees for the WS. Insane!
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>>In 2006, the Florida Marlins have the lowest payroll in MLB, with a total team salary of 14.3 million.
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>>In the same season, the Yankees have five players with salaries higher than the entire salary of the Marlins....and 11 players making 7 figures...
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>>1. Alex Rodriguez 25,680,727
>>2. Derek Jeter 20,600,000
>>3. Jason Giambi 20,428,571
>>4. Mike Mussina 19,000,000
>>5. Randy Johnson 15,661,427
>>6. Bobby Abreu 13,600,000
>>7. Johnny Damon 13,000,000
>>8. Hideki Matsui 13,000,000
>>9. Jorge Posada 12,000,000
>>10. Gary Sheffield 10,756,171
>>11. Mariano Rivera 10,500,000
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>>The second lowest team payroll belongs to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, with a payroll of 35.4 million. So the Marlins are the only team with a total payroll less than A-Rod and other Yankee players.
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>>And what's disgusting about all this - the Marlins are going to finish with about 77-78 victories. And Joe Girardi will reportedly be fired at the end of the season. For a team that's only been in the league for 14 seasons, they have quite a history. They've only made the playoffs twice, but won the world series both times.
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>>Kevin