sturgis-
before you accuse someone of being "slow", you should proof-read your posts.
before you accuse someone of being "slow", you should proof-read your posts.
The Yankees SUK ! ! !
- Thread starter Sturgis Sledder
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good banter X2. it's nice to talk baseball with someone that knows more than just the seventh inning stretch song. cheers to you. do you listen to scott ferrall on sirius/xm? you bring up a lot of the points that he does about the yankees. good question regarding center field--i would say that they did spend big but it fell under your "bad investment" category. BTW-the Mrs. Milano thing stung a bit. ouch!
I have been a mlb fan since the early 70's, I sat behind third base at Wrigley for many years with my grandfather, who during the games would recount his experiences in Wrigley, like when he was at the first game that Jackie Robinson played there. I went to a game in Colorado with Vince Lloyd, a man that forgot more about baseball than most people ever learn (former WGN announcer for 20 years, talk about an incredible experience). He introduced me to Ernie Banks, and many other current and former Cubs. I remember the days when the Yankees were good (not just because they went out and bought the best players), the days of Catfish Hunter, Reggie, Ron Guidry, Bucky Dent, Bobby Mercer, Chris Chambliss, Rick Dempsey, Billy Martin, etc. I worked at Veteran's Stadium for a couple of years as well, and Phillie fans can live up to everything they are blamed for. Back when players cared about their team mates, winning, and the fans, not just themselves or their stats.
The Yankees of today thanks to the Steinbrenner clan have ruined baseball, and you will see a baseball salary cap sometime soon thanks to them. Hank Steinbrenner is no different than the clown John Henry in Boston, spend spend, spend and try to buy the championship. For that the Yankees SUK ! ! !
geez sturg.....
you really had me going there until the very last sentence. hey man, sounds like you have some incredible memories-especially the ones shared with your grandfather at Wrigley. to me, that is half the enjoyment of getting together for the game. hope you have a merry christmas, you grinch ***.
you really had me going there until the very last sentence. hey man, sounds like you have some incredible memories-especially the ones shared with your grandfather at Wrigley. to me, that is half the enjoyment of getting together for the game. hope you have a merry christmas, you grinch ***.
Yankees Win!
He said LAST YEAR which for another week is considered 2007. He did not say last baseball year, and he did not say last baseball season. Reading comprehension is supposed to be a required class.
Steinbrenner did not ruin baseball. Which payroll rules has he broken? Free agency (unions, again) is partially to blame, followed closely by 'roids, with third place being moving the fences in and lowering the mound.
The Yankees have made a lot of bad gambles with huge contracts...as was pointed out earlier. Lots of people pay to see the Yankees win. All the CEOs Hal & Hank are doing is giving the fans what they ask for. Why? Because they can. With all that payroll, the Yankees are still going to turn a profit. They have been successful for almost 90 years playing by the same rules as any other MLB franchise, just ask the BlowSux.
Let me ask you this - Why should the Yankees purposely spend less to put an inferior product on the field when they don't have to? Why would you or me or anyone even consider someone's complaints about unfairness for one second, when the rules dictate that things don't have to be fair? Sucks to be everyone else but until the rules are changed it's going to continue to suck. Personally I don't want a salary cap because sh!t gets boring when that happens. No one would love and hate the Yankees anymore when parity like the NFL occurs.
With that, Go Yankees!!
He said LAST YEAR which for another week is considered 2007. He did not say last baseball year, and he did not say last baseball season. Reading comprehension is supposed to be a required class.
Steinbrenner did not ruin baseball. Which payroll rules has he broken? Free agency (unions, again) is partially to blame, followed closely by 'roids, with third place being moving the fences in and lowering the mound.
The Yankees have made a lot of bad gambles with huge contracts...as was pointed out earlier. Lots of people pay to see the Yankees win. All the CEOs Hal & Hank are doing is giving the fans what they ask for. Why? Because they can. With all that payroll, the Yankees are still going to turn a profit. They have been successful for almost 90 years playing by the same rules as any other MLB franchise, just ask the BlowSux.
Let me ask you this - Why should the Yankees purposely spend less to put an inferior product on the field when they don't have to? Why would you or me or anyone even consider someone's complaints about unfairness for one second, when the rules dictate that things don't have to be fair? Sucks to be everyone else but until the rules are changed it's going to continue to suck. Personally I don't want a salary cap because sh!t gets boring when that happens. No one would love and hate the Yankees anymore when parity like the NFL occurs.
With that, Go Yankees!!
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MPS
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Yup the Yankees can kiss my a$$...and they can keep buying their championships.
aaahhhh RMSHA109....another dude that makes a baseball comment like that...haha, so what did you play in your younger years? Well I played college baseball in the sleet and snow....and 50 mph winds. I have been hit in the elbow by a 90mph fastball....I have had my hand/wrist cut up by cleats....I was hit in the head by a line drive, granted I was the idiot that didn't get my glove up in time while pitching. Whimpy eh? Have you stood in the box to hit a 90 plus mph fastball? Have you received chin music by a 90 mph fastball? gimme a break about the whimpy comment!
Last year in terms of sports, means the last season (as season and year are interchangeable, IN SPORTS and other businesses that operate on fiscal years and/or seasons, vice calendar years), if we were talking about the NFL would you say the team that won the Super Bowl last year was the NY Giants? They won it in the 2008 calendar year after all. EVERY other major sport has a salary cap, and those sports are just as exciting. Because there is not a salary cap you have MLB players signing FAT overinflated contracts, don't get me wrong, if someone offers them crazy money they should take it, but there are guys that are signing HUGE contracts that shouldn't be getting that much, but they get the offer because the market has been skewed by teams like the Yankees and Red Sox.
Fantards!!!! I am gonna have to reuse that line!!!