{"id":127139,"date":"2025-12-01T07:49:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T07:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=127139"},"modified":"2025-12-01T07:49:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T07:49:41","slug":"%f0%9f%94%a5-dodgers-drama-dodgers-executive-claps-back-at-jason-kelce-after-his-claim-that-la-buys-championships-insiders-say-the-response-has-sent-shockwaves-across-spor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=127139","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd25 DODGERS DRAMA: Dodgers executive claps back at Jason Kelce after his claim that LA \u201cbuys championships\u201d \u2014 insiders say the response has sent shockwaves across sports media..ll Read more \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Dodgers president and part-owner Stan Kasten responded to former NFL center Jason Kelce, who criticized the Dodgers and MLB after LA won their second World Series in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce spoke about the World Series on the New Heights podcast, saying he didn&#8217;t care about the seven-game thriller because the result was as he expected.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ac_109374377\">\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re telling me I\u2019m supposed to get excited about a Canadian baseball team and a team who just spends more money than everybody else?\u201d Kelce said. \u201cWho the f\u2014 cares about either?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-ad\">\n<div id=\"div_ub_inpage20\" class=\"adsconex-banner-parallax\" data-ad-placement=\"banner20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fdad1-4.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/592316978_734331296346765_7209935622928749431_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=100&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=hhRlQH3BvCcQ7kNvwHv5ycY&amp;_nc_oc=Adlg6HqdqsS991Hnisc4m2Tkt_5lK1yGt9h_98Gi7bljkxq_UwwkCcP8klH7q9_khV0&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fdad1-4.fna&amp;_nc_gid=j9C000pJdXgwlAJ7rVLwoQ&amp;oh=00_AfisKPfFQM8u3n1BLbp0NhsOjTmZIR514Er7k-UpebG4QQ&amp;oe=69332ED0\" alt=\"C\u00f3 th\u1ec3 l\u00e0 h\u00ecnh \u1ea3nh v\u1ec1 v\u0103n b\u1ea3n cho bi\u1ebft 'CHAMPIOL JASON KELCE SAYS MONEY BOUGHT THE DODGERS A DYNASTY, BUT STAN KASTEN CLAPS BACK WITH FACTS- PAYROLL MAY OPEN THE DOOR, BUT DEVELOPMENT, DEPTH AND EXECUTION ARE WHAT MAKE RINGS REAL.'\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why baseball sucks. You just buy World Series championships\u2026 Everybody knew this was going to happen before the season. We just had a bunch of meaningless s\u2014 happen before it, then it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_109374378\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote data-twitter-extracted-i1764555046590144326=\"true\"><p>\u201cBaseball sucks. You just buy World Series championships. It\u2019s the dumbest thing in the world.&#8221; -Jason Kelce<\/p>\n<p>Kasten responded to Kelce&#8217;s comments on the\u00a0Starkville podcast<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, history demonstrates that\u2019s not true,&#8221;\u00a0Katsen said.\u00a0&#8220;Usually the team with the highest payroll doesn\u2019t win the World Series. I hate to throw facts at him, but I will throw one quote from someone in his city, and that\u2019s Bryce Harper, who said the only people complaining are losers. I think he\u2019s exactly right.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhat got us to the position we\u2019re in, the position of being able to have lost the World Series at any point in the World Series, 20 different ways, was because yes, we had a high payroll. But those people need to be led and developed, and we need to be backed up by a farm system that is productive year in and year out. Without that, we couldn\u2019t compete.<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-ad\">\n<p>\u201cAnd just buying a world championship, if it were true, more teams would certainly be trying that approach. It\u2019s not true. You need everything to succeed, and I use my teams in Atlanta to remind people. Everyone describes those teams in Atlanta as Glavine, Maddux, Smotltz. But remember, the three of them were acquired by the Braves in the three different ways you acquire players. One was developed, one was acquired in a trade and one was signed as a free agent. That\u2019s what every team needs to do. Use all the tools to get there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-ad\">\n<div id=\"div_ub_inpage21\" class=\"adsconex-banner-parallax\" data-ad-placement=\"banner21\">\n<p>\u201cSo I will refrain from making anymore caustic responses to Jason. I\u2019m glad he\u2019s watching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers were one of three teams to have a payroll higher than $300 million in 2025, and well outperformed the other two: the New York Yankees and New York Mets. 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