Why do you "YANKEES" spend over 200 million on players? There's no guaranteed they'll win it all.
402764
the hardest thing to do in sports:\n\nhitting a round ball with a round stick...\n\ni.e. hitting a baseball, where doing 30% of your job (batting .300) is a damn good thing!!!
726683
I think spending 52 million dollars, JUST TO TALK TO HIM, is absolutely ABSURD! Even after the 52 million, they still have to negotiate a contract, and Scott Boras (his agent) has stated that he won't accept anything under 13 million dollars. I think that this is going to turn into a total bust for the Red Sox and a complete waste of money.
1182024
I don't think it makes any difference.I don't think A.Rod is as good as they say but he still is good.The Yankees have all the money they could want so getting rid of him won't really make that much difference financially because money isn't an issue for them.At this point they couldn't get rid of him.No one would pay him that kind of money.
644243
I don't believe in the salary cap. It would ruin the game bu making free agency an overly used option. I like seeing the same players on teams. If George Steinbrenner wants to spend $200M a year, that is his choice and his choice only. MLB currently has a luxury tax. Teams that pay a total of X for their team has to pay this tax and it is spread around to the other teams.
1114495
The yanks are not done because the have a gajillion dollars to waste. They will pick up a bat and a pitcher before the end of the month for cash and a player to be named later. They will still challenge the Jays for the wildcard spot.
290669
I'm a Mets fan, and being from NY all I hear is that the odds makers pick the Yankees EVERY year. Nothing new there. In the AL the Chisox could do it again. In the NL, who knows? My Mets are bound to improve (they can only go up!), so let's just watch and see. Play Ball!!
1030580
Because Yankee fans, like Steinbrenner, have to find a scapegoat. They can't face reality, and that is that the Yankees this year are mediocre at best. So, what better scapegoat is there than the guy they "bought" to win a pennant last year and failed. So now his high salary and his reputation force the crying Yankee fans to bellow and cry foul!!
902643
As a Tiger fan I can tell you none of them are ready for The Bigs.\nThey won't be ready for the Majors until 2008 at the earliest.\n\nIf the yankees do bring them up they are chancing hurting their arms and rushing thier progress.
1142948
assuming that you in fact are a yankees fan, they really cant do anything but rely on the redsox to at some point fall apart.....theyve been plagued by numerous injuries to key personell on their team that really prohibits them from being the yankee organization that we all remember them to be. me being a diehard redsox fan, i am surprised at their current position now being 3.5 games behind, which really isnt that much considering last year it was up to 7 games we lead the AL EAST, but in dramatic fashion, the yankees snuck up and stole the al east once again from us........
22266
It will help them lose more money from having an overpaid roster that loses in the  1st round playoffs again.  The Yankees are not put together to win divisions;  but championships  Too bad Damon cant pitch and neither can those scrap heap has beens who got lucky last year down the stretch.
635651
If it was just about the payroll, then the Yankees would win every year.  (Their payroll is almost double that of the Red Sox, by the way.)  I do agree that watching the game should be fun, although for me the rivalries are part of that fun.  It's a shame that some people take it too seriously and ruin it for other fans.
796658
Absolutely behind u on that.Some of these smaller cities have but one news paper,so naturally NY would dominate.Besides there is a lot of money behind them and they want to keep their jobs.It has been biased from day one.If these smaller franchise could spend money on players like the Yankees have, they wouldn't have won all those championships.
59680
Dear fellow Met fan: I hate the Yankees because the BOSS spends oodles of money on players who don't bring him a championship. Back in the day before Steinbrenner got Giambi, ARod, etc; Jeter, Tino Martinez and Paul O'Neill helped bring the Yanks to multiple titles. I guess I don't hate the Yankees all that much, but I seriously dislike them. When the BOSS is out, then I'll give them a little more respect. The same respect I have for guys like Joe Torre.
204591
Steinbrenner? Cuz he ain't earning his 19 mil on the field
1107721
i hate the damn Yankees, every year thy try to buy a World Series Championship by signing all these superstars, its funny tho how thy keep failing.
876521
The Yankees also pay the most in revenue sharing.  I agree that some other team's owners are not putting the money they earn back into the team.  And the team with the biggest payroll does not always win the World Series.  It increases the team's odds of making it to the post season but I would rather have a team with good players, chemistry, and a strong-will to win rather than a team of high-priced superstars that can't seem to win for the glory of the game.\n\nTwo good articles are attached:
1080174
They do not have the $ for the players and every few years they lose their good players and can't pick up anyone that is good. They have young pitchers that aren't that bad but they will be leaving pretty soon!!!