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Originally posted by Skipaway
I think everyone can complain about the finances. If I were the Yankees, I would say the current system discriminates against the riches. Why would I have to pay the Twins for them to try to beat me?
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Thats the biggest point about all this, baseball puts in rules to stop the Yankees from improving, both talent wise, and financially... Those luxury taxes are directed towards the Yankees, not enyone else. Just because Steinbrenner spends his money wisely, people want to criticize the Yankees for being overated, and over paid... The sad part is, when watching this World Series, if the Yankees were all clicking at once, it would be scary what they do to opponents.. They won the AL East this year having had 4 of their best players on the DL at any given time, plus Giambi playing through eye infections, and taking crap for not hitting, and they still beat the Sox for the division. People when never give credit where its due.
I can sympathize with all of you who think the Yankees ruin the game because they win all the time. I felt the same way when the Bulls were winning every year in basketball, i even quit watching basketball because of it, and never went back to watching it, because it bored me... I just say, you will all get your chancd to feel relief when the Yankees start to rebuild again. And we have teams like the Twins, or Blue Jays winning like it was 10-15 years ago, and people think this is the most un-watched World Series in history, wait until those teams are there.. Hell, even Barry Bonds and the Giants facing the Angels last year had some of the lowest ratings ever for a World Series.. There were talk shows with more TV shares.