Good Luck, New York Yankees

[WarEagle]

I'm a Red Sox fan, and I've long since given up on our postseason chances. So I offer my best wishes to the Yankees in the postseason. Oddly, since I follow all things Red Sox-Yankees, I have a strange admiration for and familiarity with the glorious bastards from the Bronx.

Funny how that works. Good luck to the Bombers from Gotham.

[Ibleedburgundy]

Screw the Yankees and their $250 million team. My nephews could build a chamionship team with that kind of advantage. I'm sick and tired of people talking about how tough the Yankees are. You lost Shef and Matsui (boo freakin who) so you go out and buy Bobby Abreu. Real tough there. :rolleyes:

[MONK_in_HOF]

Screw the Yankees and their $250 million team. My nephews could build a chamionship team with that kind of advantage. I'm sick and tired of people talking about how tough the Yankees are. You lost Shef and Matsui (boo freakin who) so you go out and buy Bobby Abreu. Real tough there. :rolleyes:

Seriously, I mean the size of their payroll is beyond absurd. They have such an advantage that it will be an embarassment if they don't win it all. If they do win I would think it almost has to feel like cheating.

[BostonSkins]

I feel the exact opposite.

I will be rooting for anyone and everyone BUT the Yankees.

[ryflan47]

LETS GO YANKEES!!! :D

[RedskinsDave]

The second highest payrolled team is going to miss the playoffs. Money is an advantage but it's not everything. Afterall, you same crybabies who talk about the Yanks payroll are the same ones who are quick to call everyone on the Yankees overpaid. Well if they're overpaid then I guess it evens things out. I should keep all the preseason assessments by Chowder heads that rattle off position by position telling us the Sawks are better. It sure is funny how the mantra changes as Theo's Army goes down the crapper. HA HA HA HA

[BostonSkins]

The second highest payrolled team is going to miss the playoffs. Money is an advantage but it's not everything. Afterall, you same crybabies who talk about the Yanks payroll are the same ones who are quick to call everyone on the Yankees overpaid. Well if they're overpaid then I guess it evens things out. I should keep all the preseason assessments by Chowder heads that rattle off position by position telling us the Sawks are better. It sure is funny how the mantra changes as Theo's Army goes down the crapper. HA HA HA HA


Go back to the season previews we posted in general sports. I had the Sox missing the playoffs, it does not mean that I am not bitterly disappointed.

BTW - Go back and read how bad we all overrated the Indians....yikes

[RedskinsDave]

I guess we all picked the fluke Central team this year.

[MONK_in_HOF]

The second highest payrolled team is going to miss the playoffs. Money is an advantage but it's not everything. Afterall, you same crybabies who talk about the Yanks payroll are the same ones who are quick to call everyone on the Yankees overpaid. Well if they're overpaid then I guess it evens things out. I should keep all the preseason assessments by Chowder heads that rattle off position by position telling us the Sawks are better. It sure is funny how the mantra changes as Theo's Army goes down the crapper. HA HA HA HA

Money isn't everything, but regardless if the Yankees players are overpaid or not, and who gave them those contracts, the fact remains that the Yankees are the only team, except for maybe the Red Sox, who can afford to collect a multitude of players with enormous salaries. Maybe the Sox or the Mets can but not many teams can compete with that spending power. The rest of the league doesn't have the resources to annually stockpile all-star caliber players from non contending teams trying to cut their payroll. While it obviously isn't against the current MLB rules, it certainly is a distinct advantage.

I am not a Red Sox fan, so I am not speaking from that perspective.

[RedskinsDave]

Money isn't everything, but regardless if the Yankees players are overpaid or not, and who gave them those contracts, the fact remains that the Yankees are the only team, except for maybe the Red Sox, who can afford to collect a multitude of players with enormous salaries. Maybe the Sox or the Mets can but not many teams can compete with that spending power. The rest of the league doesn't have the resources to annually stockpile all-star caliber players from non contending teams trying to cut their payroll. While it obviously isn't against the current MLB rules, it certainly is a distinct advantage.

I am not a Red Sox fan, so I am not speaking from that perspective.

Well the Mets have spent and, until this year, missed the playoffs. The Red Sox will miss the playoffs. Money is not a cure all.

[MONK_in_HOF]

Well the Mets have spent and, until this year, missed the playoffs. The Red Sox will miss the playoffs. Money is not a cure all.

I agree, and it has been proven by the A's, Marlins, and other smaller market clubs most recently, but it definitely gives those 2-3 top revenue teams (Yanks,Mets,Rsox) a distinct advantage IMO. It is skewed to the point where these teams are able to miss on FA signings and still go out and get more high dollar, quality players. It also gives them the option to price out other clubs competing for the same players in FA. Basically my opinion is they have a much greater margin for error due to their surplus resources.

[RedskinsDave]

I agree, and it has been proven by the A's, Marlins, and other smaller market clubs most recently, but it definitely gives those 2-3 top revenue teams (Yanks,Mets,Rsox) a distinct advantage IMO. It is skewed to the point where these teams are able to miss on FA signings and still go out and get more high dollar, quality players. It also gives them the option to price out other clubs competing for the same players in FA. Basically my opinion is they have a much greater margin for error due to their surplus resources.

So what free agent have the Yankees paid so much that other teams could not afford? People always forget it's the Tom Hicks of the world who run salaries up.

[MONK_in_HOF]

So what free agent have the Yankees paid so much that other teams could not afford? People always forget it's the Tom Hicks of the world who run salaries up.

The one I can think of off the top of my head would be Pavano. Even though Tom Hicks boosted the market with A-Rod's deal, there were really only 3 teams that could afford his services once the Rangers put him on the market. Most teams couldn't even think to make a run at A-Rod and if they did it would leave insufficient funds for the supplemental cast. It is my point that the Yankees can afford a franchise player like A-Rod and easily go out and get a few more top echelon players and not even think about the total sum. It's nobody fault, it is how the system is in MLB, but the Yankees have so much more to spend than 90% of the other teams in the league that I think it does create an advantage and thus makes them easy to root against if you are not a fan of the team.

[RedskinsDave]

Plenty of teams could have had Pavano. That Yanks were the unlucky winner of that bad lottery.

[ryflan47]

Well the Mets have spent and, until this year, missed the playoffs. The Red Sox will miss the playoffs. Money is not a cure all.
The Mets money is looking well spent at this point.

[WarEagle]

Without Pedro, I'm less enthusiastic about the Mets.

Great to see Detroit in the World Series. The Motor City is so poor and decayed, the citizens there could probably use the boost.

[ryflan47]

I'm pulling for the choke-artist cardinals to beat the Mets.

[Skins57]

So lets see... NY will likely go after Bonds, Zito and Kerry Woodsand have a 300 mill payroll this just so they can get beat in the first round again this year.. sorry. I do believe the yanks have an unfair advantage, would be the same advantage we would have as Skins fans if Danny was allowed an uncapped year. We as fans would love it and defend it but it still does not make it right.

[halter91]

I'm a Red Sox fan, and I've long since given up on our postseason chances. So I offer my best wishes to the Yankees in the postseason. Oddly, since I follow all things Red Sox-Yankees, I have a strange admiration for and familiarity with the glorious bastards from the Bronx.

Funny how that works. Good luck to the Bombers from Gotham.

Reverse Psychology, I love it!!