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I think the biggest problem people have with the Yankees isn't even so much the Yankees, but their fans and Steinbrenner. The Yankees aren't to blame for other teams' stupid GMs. There's more to it than just money. But I think what gets most people is the act by Yankee fans and Steinbrenner that money has nothing to do with the Yankees success and the complete disregard for other teams.
People like to use business as a comparison, but it's invalid. Microsoft doesn't need other software developers to make competing products in order to be successful. If Microsoft was, in fact, a monopoly, the products would still be there. If the Yankees and baseball's financial situation shut down the competition, baseball (at least MLB) ends, because the Yankees NEED competition. Nobody will pay to watch them scrimmage themselves 162 times a year.
Don't bash the Yankees so much for having the money, but understand the real reason (IMO) why so many people hate them.
GH
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