Define expansion team, the Royals have been around since 1969, so 55 years, appeared in 4 WS and winning two of those times. The Marlins, have won 2 championships since landing in Miami.
I think you have defined expansion teams.
How many more years have the Royals been around compared to the Marlins? Both are poorly ran franchises. Build up, win and then cannot afford to keep it going, it been the history of both teams for decades. Do you actually think once this core of players for the Royals start approaching FA, that they will be resigned and still playing for Royals?
Are we changing the subject on the Royals being the most successful expansion team in MLB history?
The Rockies are like 95% of the teams in MLB, if you lose, people are not going to come out and spend what it costs to go to a game anymore. The Cardinals found that out last season, they had been in the top 3-5 in attendance for the past 30 years, but when they stopped spending and the team struggled, within 2 seasons they went from being at the top of the attendance group to the middle. The Rockies set records for attendance when they entered the league, but people are not going to support losing season after season in many places. The Royals had those fans, for a couple of decades out of Colorado as their was no team closer to them, but when the Rockies were founded they not only lost them, but fans in western Nebraska and other states. To be successful in MLB you have a regional franchise, that claim fans from multiple states across your region or be like the Braves and Cubs on TV for years and get people hooked on going to see you play. The Royals have none of that, while the Rockies at least have a region to draw from, but they have to win to do it.
Give the Marlins a couple more decades and if they have not appeared in a couple more WS, then you might have something to brag about.
They had less people attend their games last year than the Royals (by far). When exactly to you expect the Marlins in the post-season?
The Royals fan base was hurt when Denver got a baseball team. The fanbase once stretched clear out to Colorado. That was of course during the 70s and 80s when they were consistently winning.
That is not true at all, once it was announced that Houston would be leaving the National league to go to the American League the Royals were given the opportunity to be the team that switched places with them. They turned it down, and Selig said he former franchise would take the change. It was a wise choice by Brewers to switch leagues and a silly one by the Royals to turn it down. How has staying in the AL helped the Royals attendance wise? The Brewers quickly found out getting the Cubs to come to your stadium instead of the WS brings in a lot more fans, same withe Cardinals instead of the Twins. The Cubs and Cardinals just have more fans. The Royals screwed up not making the change when given the chance.
Baseball used to be way bigger and yes the Royals fan base one stretched all the way out to Colorado. The Royals won pretty consistently from the late 70s up until the early 90s.
This is true in a way because no team had more success after expansion faster than the Royals. But that was 40-50 years ago now. Expanded in 1969 won 90 some games in 1975 then won the division 6 out of the next 9 years with 2 WS appearances and one Championship.
The Royals played played in the worst division for years, while the Marlins have to beat the Mets, Braves and Phillies. Lets be honest here, which division is the easier to win.
In 2015, KC had 2.7 million fans attend (out-drawing the Brewers), and they won the World Series. So stupid of them.
