Are the Yankees ruining Baseball?

[dbackjon]

Yet you hate the Cardinals because they beat a team in your user bar

[wideright82]

Yet you hate the Cardinals because they beat a team in your user bar

Not just beat, sent them on the hell of a path that we have been on since then. I actually don't hate them all that much, not like my true team hatreds. I just despise them. I loathe even abhor the other teams I hate.

[bench]

Yet you hate the Cardinals because they beat a team in your user bar

Not just beat, sent them on the hell of a path that we have been on since then. I actually don't hate them all that much, not like my true team hatreds. I just despise them. I loathe even abhor the other teams I hate.

NFL playoffs - Dallas Cowboys = no Romo

[wideright82]

Not just beat, sent them on the hell of a path that we have been on since then. I actually don't hate them all that much, not like my true team hatreds. I just despise them. I loathe even abhor the other teams I hate.

NFL playoffs - Dallas Cowboys = no Romo

NFL Playoffs - Dallas Cowboys = NO JERRY JONES!!!





and Tony Romo, but I hate Jerry

[JMU DJ]

no homo?

[wideright82]

Actually, more hinting at REVENUE SHARING, which the NFL isthe master of...

And I hear bitching from both, more so from baseball players.

Ok I ate so now I can develop less of a cop out response. First of all, the Yankees do participate in revenue sharing, but the response I had come up with was about the less competitive point of FA signing. That was my beef. I was too hungry before to think apparently.

[slycat]

Yes. Baseball will die without a salary cap.

[wideright82]

Yes. Baseball will die without a salary cap.

How per se do you expect it to survive after implementing one?

[slycat]

Yes. Baseball will die without a salary cap.

How per se do you expect it to survive after implementing one?

I dunno. I think the league may need to scale back a few teams. Teams like Florida and KC are struggling.

[dbackjon]

Yes. Baseball will die without a salary cap.

How per se do you expect it to survive after implementing one?

NFL does just fine with the Salary cap.

It would actually help, because every team would have a chance. A salary floor and cap, like the NFL, would be needed - put the minimum in the $75 Million range.

[AZGrizFan]

Actually, more hinting at REVENUE SHARING, which the NFL isthe master of...

And I hear bitching from both, more so from baseball players.

Ok I ate so now I can develop less of a cop out response. First of all, the Yankees do participate in revenue sharing, but the response I had come up with was about the less competitive point of FA signing. That was my beef. I was too hungry before to think apparently.

Yeah, they share.....in the city of New York's revenue.

[AshevilleApp]

How many World Series have the Yankees won lately? Paying high dollars for established veteran stars may help you win, but it's certainly not a guarantee. Sometimes you get a guy who's career has already peaked.

Smaller market teams can stay competitive by taking the luxury tax money that the Yankees pay and building up their farm systems. Florida, for all their lack of fan support, has done a great job doing this.

[dbackjon]

I miss wideright...

[Gil Dobie]

It's called professional baseball, you got money, you spend it.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

I miss wideright...

epic bump...

[BlueHen86]

How many World Series have the Yankees won lately? Paying high dollars for established veteran stars may help you win, but it's certainly not a guarantee. Sometimes you get a guy who's career has already peaked.

Smaller market teams can stay competitive by taking the luxury tax money that the Yankees pay and building up their farm systems. Florida, for all their lack of fan support, has done a great job doing this.

Florida never knows when they will be good, so they don't sell as many season tickets as the Yankees, Red Sox or Phillies; whose fans expect to contend every year.

It's a flawed economic model but I don't blame the Yankees for exploiting it. Sure, small market teams will win it all every now and then, but over the long haul, it will be the teams with revenue that win

[Gil Dobie]

I think there has been a good mix over the years.

MLB Salaries in Millions and last World Championship

New York Yankees $202.7 2009
Philadelphia $173.0 2008
Boston $161.4 2007
Los Angeles Angels $139.0 2002
Chicago White Sox $129.3 2005
Chicago Cubs $125.5 1908
New York Mets $120.1 1986
San Francisco $118.2 2010
Minnesota $112.7 1991
Detroit $105.7 1984
St. Louis $105.4 2006
Los Angeles Dodgers $103.8 1988
Texas $92.3 Never Won
Colorado $88.0 Never Won
Atlanta $87.0 1995
Seattle $86.4 Never Won
Milwaukee $85.5 Never Won
Baltimore $81.6 $85.3 1983
Cincinnati $76.2 1990
Houston $70.7 Never Won
Oakland $66.6 1989
Washington $63.7 Never Won
Toronto $62.5 1993
Florida $56.9 2003
Arizona $53.6 2001
Cleveland $49.2 1948
Pittsburgh $46.0 1979
San Diego $45.9 Never Won
Tampa Bay $41.9 Never Won
Kansas City $36.1 1985

[Ivytalk]

no homo?

Is that BDawk in the love saddle, or is it tampajag?