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What happened between 1997 and 1998


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On 8/18/2023 at 9:46 AM, Say O! said:

It was a VERY old team. In fact, all batters with more than 300 ABs were on the wrong side of 30yrs old and bb-ref has the average age as 33.4 for 1998 team.  In contrast, the 2023 team has average of 27. 

Pretty much and most fans that were paying attention knew that team was built to win now and the veteran laden roster was due for a drop off. It didn't help that the help they brought in for 1998 was also older talent in Joe Carter and Doug Drabek. 

Under Angelos ownership the farm system was being neglected and it caught it up in 1998 when the core of the team got too old.

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On 8/15/2023 at 3:30 PM, RavensNOsGuy said:

The only memory I have of the 98 season is Benetiz plunking Tino Martinez and starting that massive brawl at Yankee Stadium. Think everything went downhill after that.

I still think that was worth it.

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