December 23, 200916 yr Gonna miss Melky, but with the pitching getting stronger I'm OK with the trade. I was upset when we got rid of V in 06. Johnny Damon not gonna be resigned as of right now, need a left fielder. Hope we can buy one.
December 23, 200916 yr That isn't the Yankees fault. ? Never said it was...it's baseballs fault, and that's why it sucks, and one reason it will always play second fiddle to football. Some teams pocket more in revenue sharing than they spend on their entire payroll. That's because most owners run it as a business rather than a hobby. When you are in big markets such as NY, Boston, LA, Chicago, and others. Everyone once in a while a team like Tampa Bay comes around, gets good young players, makes a run.....and then the big market teams start throwing obscene amounts of money around. I get tired of all the big named players only going to NY/Boston/LA/Chicago. You can try and spin it anyway you want, but the bottom line is, the lower market teams get screwed and it's always the same teams getting the best players.
December 24, 200916 yr :lol::lol::lol: I'm all about facts too. That's why you probably need to do a little bit of research before you spout off against something. So you are saying that every team has the ability to exceed a $200 million pay roll? I assume your sarcasm is because you don't have any real facts of your own to back up your claims.
December 24, 200916 yr It's a million and one, two, three, four now. I have no disagreement with anything you've said.....but I don't dislike the team because of the system that MLB has in place. It's the way that it is....there's not much that can be done about it. Later. I don't think you should dislike a team because of this. If the Yankees are your favorite team, you should be very happy that they can sign every big name player available (to an extent). I'm just saying it would be better for the sport (IMO) if there were some sort of a salary cap in baseball.
December 24, 200916 yr 2009 Team by team payroll New York Yankees $201,449,189 New York Mets $149,373,987 Chicago Cubs $134,809,000 Boston Red Sox $121,745,999 Detroit Tigers $115,085,145 Los Angeles Angels $113,709,00 Philadelphia Phillies $113,004,046 Houston Astros $102,996,414 Los Angeles Dodgers $100,414,592 Seattle Mariners $98,904,166 Atlanta Braves $96,726,166 Chicago White Sox $96,068,500 San Francisco Giants $82,616,450 Cleveland Indians $81,579,166 Toronto Blue Jays $80,538,300 Milwaukee Brewers $80,182,502 St. Louis Cardinals $77,605,109 Colorado Rockies $75,201,000 Cincinnati Reds $73,558,500 Arizona Diamondbacks $73,516,666 Kansas City Royals $70,519,333 Texas Rangers $68,178,798 Baltimore Orioles $67,101,666 Minnesota Twins $65,299,266 Tampa Bay Rays $63,313,034 Oakland Athletics $62,310,000 Washington Nationals $60,328,000 Pittsburgh Pirates $48,693,000 San Diego Padres $43,734,200 Florida Marlins $36,834,000 Now tell me the Yankees don't have a clear advantage.
December 24, 200916 yr It seems like any time there is a free agent or player up for trade the Yankees are in the mix to get the player... Just not fun...
December 24, 200916 yr It seems like any time there is a free agent or player up for trade the Yankees are in the mix to get the player... Just not fun... ...or they will put their name in the hat (knowing they are not going after him) to drive the price up.
December 24, 200916 yr Yankees 1963 won the series, didn't win it again until 1977. I was a diehard every year. Won it 2009, went 9 seasons before winning it again. I don't feel sorry to anyone.
December 24, 200916 yr So you are saying that every team has the ability to exceed a $200 million pay roll? I assume your sarcasm is because you don't have any real facts of your own to back up your claims. Or it's not sarcasm at all and you honestly have no clue what you are talking about. But it's the Christmas season so I'm all about helping out. Step 1: Go to http://www.google.com Step 2: Type in "MLB Revenue Sharing" Step 3: Click on Google Search Step 4: Report back to me on whether or not the MLB has revenue sharing.
December 24, 200916 yr 2009 Team by team payroll New York Yankees $201,449,189 New York Mets $149,373,987 Chicago Cubs $134,809,000 Boston Red Sox $121,745,999 Detroit Tigers $115,085,145 Los Angeles Angels $113,709,00 Philadelphia Phillies $113,004,046 Houston Astros $102,996,414 Los Angeles Dodgers $100,414,592 Seattle Mariners $98,904,166 Atlanta Braves $96,726,166 Chicago White Sox $96,068,500 San Francisco Giants $82,616,450 Cleveland Indians $81,579,166 Toronto Blue Jays $80,538,300 Milwaukee Brewers $80,182,502 St. Louis Cardinals $77,605,109 Colorado Rockies $75,201,000 Cincinnati Reds $73,558,500 Arizona Diamondbacks $73,516,666 Kansas City Royals $70,519,333 Texas Rangers $68,178,798 Baltimore Orioles $67,101,666 Minnesota Twins $65,299,266 Tampa Bay Rays $63,313,034 Oakland Athletics $62,310,000 Washington Nationals $60,328,000 Pittsburgh Pirates $48,693,000 San Diego Padres $43,734,200 Florida Marlins $36,834,000 Now tell me the Yankees don't have a clear advantage. The last team on that list finished with a winning record and actually finished 17 games ahead of the #2 team on the list. It's not about the money as much as it's about player evaluation.
December 24, 200916 yr Or it's not sarcasm at all and you honestly have no clue what you are talking about. But it's the Christmas season so I'm all about helping out. Step 1: Go to http://www.google.com Step 2: Type in "MLB Revenue Sharing" Step 3: Click on Google Search Step 4: Report back to me on whether or not the MLB has revenue sharing. I clearly stated in my post that I wasn't sure whether or not MLB teams shared revenue. REGARDLESS, if you think that the Yankees still don't have more money to put into their payroll, you are fooling yourself. If you really want me to read about MLB revenue sharing you can provide a link and quit the tomfoolery. When I said "fact of the matter is" it was quite obvious I was talking about the clear advantage the Yankees have in regards to payroll (not revenue sharing, in which I admitted that I did not know much about). Yes a major part of winning is talent evaluation, but a major part of consistently being a good team is about money as well. There is a reason the Yankees have by far the most world series championships in baseball. Isn't there? Are you saying it has nothing to do with their enormous payroll? Because if so, then it looks like you have no clue what you are talking about. BTW the Yankees have 27 world series championships. The second most is.... 10. The Yankees have played in 40 world series championships out of 105.
December 24, 200916 yr The last team on that list finished with a winning record and actually finished 17 games ahead of the #2 team on the list. It's not about the money as much as it's about player evaluation. Most of the teams near the bottom did not do very well, correct?
December 24, 200916 yr The Top 10 New York Yankees $201,449,189 - 103-59 (World Series Champs) New York Mets $149,373,987 - 70-92 Chicago Cubs $134,809,000 - 83-78 Boston Red Sox $121,745,999 - 95-67 Detroit Tigers $115,085,145 - 86-77 Los Angeles Angels $113,709,00 - 97-65 Philadelphia Phillies $113,004,046 - 93-69 Houston Astros $102,996,414 - 74-88 Los Angeles Dodgers $100,414,592 - 95-67 Seattle Mariners $98,904,166 - 85-77 8 out of 10 with winning records. The Bottom 10 Kansas City Royals $70,519,333 - 65-97 Texas Rangers $68,178,798 - 87-75 Baltimore Orioles $67,101,666 - 64-98 Minnesota Twins $65,299,266 - 87-76 Tampa Bay Rays $63,313,034 - 84-78 Oakland Athletics $62,310,000 - 75-87 Washington Nationals $60,328,000 - 59-103 Pittsburgh Pirates $48,693,000 - 62-99 San Diego Padres $43,734,200 - 75-87 Florida Marlins $36,834,000 - 87-75 6 out of 10 with losing records.
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