Baseball's best and highest paid fell flat when it mattered most.Owning the most wins during the regular season, backed by the largest payrolls in the Major's, New York and Philadelphia bowed out in the first round to Detroit and St. Louis, respectively.
For the Davids of the world, watching the highest paid players on these "greedy" Goliath's tap out with their seasons on the line had to be overwhelmingly gratifying.
Alex Rodriguez struck out to end a series and New York's hopes of a 28th World Championship for the second consecutive year.
Ryan Howard recorded the final out for the $172.9 million Philadelphia Phillies this year on an infielder tapper, a year after taking strike three looking to send the San Francisco Giants into the World Series. Neither one played as a picture of health; Rodriguez missed significant time during the regular season with a bum knee and thumb, while Howard sat out some games down the stretch with foot and ankle pain.
But it still proves that while money can buy good players and make good teams, there is more to winning than lots of zeroes.
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