There's a ticker tape parade tomorrow. My office building will be in “parade mode” with additional security and most of the entrances locked to keep out the riff-raff. I hate when they do this.
JorgeBurrito said: They should be winning this every year considering their payroll is more than twice MLB average and 50 million more than the nearest team.
yes because money always wins, just ask the Mets...RIGHT?
katzmandoo said: JorgeBurrito said: They should be winning this every year considering their payroll is more than twice MLB average and 50 million more than the nearest team.
yes because money always wins, just ask the Mets...RIGHT?
and who was in the WS last year...THE RAYS!
there goes that dumb argument...
Don't you see though, that is what makes it funny. They should be winning every year and yet they don't. As a Yankee fan I would be embarrassed that my team spends so much more money than everyone else (a third more then the nearest team), yet most years are lucky to make it to the playoffs at all. Just so you don't think I am biased, I laugh my ass off at the Mets and Redsox for this same reason.
would your argument be the same during the first 20 world series wins before the steinbreners owned the franchise? keep in mind the new york yankee logo is one of the most recognizable brands in the world- people buy the memorabilia/ fan gear and have never even set foot in the U.S- that is our bankroll.
your yankee hate is funny though... a texan pitched a great game (with a peruvian closing it), a puerto rican catching and a japanese guy was his own homerun factory. yo, this is america's team
Are you referring to me? I hate the fact that baseball has no true salary cap, and it results in teams in big markets like New York and Boston having such an advantage over the rest of the league. The fans then come and talk shit saying how much better their team is than everyone else...all I am pointing out is that they better damn well be considering the payroll disparity. I don't know why this offends you, it is a simple fact.
The Yankees did this year exactly what they should be doing every year as long as they are spending 50 million more than the nearest team. I don't think they deserve a particularly large amount of credit for that.
JorgeBurrito said: Are you referring to me? I hate the fact that baseball has no true salary cap, and it results in teams in big markets like New York and Boston having such an advantage over the rest of the league. The fans then come and talk shit saying how much better their team is than everyone else...all I am pointing out is that they better damn well be considering the payroll disparity. I don't know why this offends you, it is a simple fact.
The Yankees did this year exactly what they should be doing every year as long as they are spending 50 million more than the nearest team. I don't think they deserve a particularly large amount of credit for that.
Boston is the fourth highest payroll, and hadn't won a series in 86 years prior to 2004. Not fair to lump them in there. They've had a good runs in a couple of recent years, but any Boston fan who sounds off like that clearly hasn't been one for long.
The two other teams whose payroll was higher than Boston's? Cubs and Mets.
not referring to you at all. "your" is meant to be general in both instances.
i agree, but the bigger and more popular the city/ region, the bigger the budgets. you know that. boston fans do the same thing when it comes to smack talk, angels too. royals are a bit more humble and well tampa bay was a fluke year just like the marlins had. that's a home town thing bud. whoever your team is, you probably do the same- its just when ny does, it's louder.
when i say it's americas team, we do pool players from more countries in the world than any other in mlb.
Ya, BFD, the Yankees win every year. more importantly, we just moved and I can't get Versus network on TV here. This sucks because I gotta pay extra to watch hockey.
JorgeBurrito said: Are you referring to me? I hate the fact that baseball has no true salary cap, and it results in teams in big markets like New York and Boston having such an advantage over the rest of the league. The fans then come and talk shit saying how much better their team is than everyone else...all I am pointing out is that they better damn well be considering the payroll disparity. I don't know why this offends you, it is a simple fact. Just look at Cleveland. The last two AL Cy Young award winners were Indians (CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee...., the WS game 1 starters), but Cleveland had to trade them both away because we couldn't afford to pay them. Major market teams are able to stack the deck with their payrolls. MLB has a large number of "feeder" teams that are in the majors in name only.
JorgeBurrito said: katzmandoo said: JorgeBurrito said: They should be winning this every year considering their payroll is more than twice MLB average and 50 million more than the nearest team.
yes because money always wins, just ask the Mets...RIGHT?
and who was in the WS last year...THE RAYS!
there goes that dumb argument...
Don't you see though, that is what makes it funny. They should be winning every year and yet they don't. As a Yankee fan I would be embarrassed that my team spends so much more money than everyone else (a third more then the nearest team), yet most years are lucky to make it to the playoffs at all. Just so you don't think I am biased, I laugh my ass off at the Mets and Redsox for this same reason.i agree. i like the yankees, but it is a little ironic how they get paid so much and yet can't manage to buy every world series.
i don't agree that they're america's team. i agree that they're recognizable in that their fans span the globe, and i don't have a problem with that. and i'm sure it's swell for them that they won, since they hadn't done so in 10 yrs. but all the same, a yankees win in the world series somewhat makes me *yawn*
violentkoala said: would your argument be the same during the first 20 world series wins before the steinbreners owned the franchise? keep in mind the new york yankee logo is one of the most recognizable brands in the world- people buy the memorabilia/ fan gear and have never even set foot in the U.S- that is our bankroll.
your yankee hate is funny though... a texan pitched a great game (with a peruvian closing it), a puerto rican catching and a japanese guy was his own homerun factory. yo, this is america's team
I don't watch baseball but even I hate the arrogant Yankees. A Braves is America's Team, NY Yankees is NY's team but New Yorkers just thinks they are America.
moonbeam said: There's a ticker tape parade tomorrow. My office building will be in “parade mode” with additional security and most of the entrances locked to keep out the riff-raff. I hate when they do this.
It's total insanity right now. My office building is completely surrounded by thousands and thousands of drunk dumbasses. I feel bad for the police and security assigned to do crowd control.
FrugalFreak said: violentkoala said: would your argument be the same during the first 20 world series wins before the steinbreners owned the franchise? keep in mind the new york yankee logo is one of the most recognizable brands in the world- people buy the memorabilia/ fan gear and have never even set foot in the U.S- that is our bankroll.
your yankee hate is funny though... a texan pitched a great game (with a peruvian closing it), a puerto rican catching and a japanese guy was his own homerun factory. yo, this is america's team
I don't watch baseball but even I hate the arrogant Yankees. A Braves is America's Team, NY Yankees is NY's team but New Yorkers just thinks they are America.
There is no "America's Team". Hell.. i'm even pissed off that it's called "World Series". It's a true World Series if teams from all around the world are allowed to participate. Yankees aint world champions, they're just US (+ Toronto for blue jays) champions.
KayK said: There is no "America's Team". Hell.. i'm even pissed off that it's called "World Series". It's a true World Series if teams from all around the world are allowed to participate. Yankees aint world champions, they're just US (+ Toronto for blue jays) champions.
the team most recognized and synonymous with America is the New York Yankees. other than soccer, the next most popular international sport is baseball... and who has won the most world series? the New York Yankees. just becasue your little town doesnt have the $$$, don't hate, change the channel, but that would be pretty tough since our ws parade is probably on your local news right now..
i'm not trying to offend anyone here, but this is my home and many other people on fw call it the same. and ny'ers more than any other defend our home.
violentkoala said: other than soccer, the next most popular international sport is basketball... fixed. The Chinese love basketball. There are basketball courts in between the Forbidden City and the gate with the giant picture of Mao.
violentkoala said: the team most recognized and synonymous with America is the New York Yankees.No.other than soccer, the next most popular international sport is baseball... and who has won the most world series? the New York Yankees.Cricket is way more popular than baseball. How many countries play baseball? 6? 7? 10 at max.just becasue your little town doesnt have the $$$, don't hate, change the channel, but that would be pretty tough since our ws parade is probably on your local news right now.. It would be.. i'm in NY area.. But other than NY area i highly doubt anyone else gives a shit about Yankees.i'm not trying to offend anyone here, but this is my home and many other people on fw call it the same.one true statement by youand ny'ers more than any other defend our home.lol.
Xnarg
Senior Member - 5K
posted: Nov. 6, 2009 @ 2:12p
KayK said: There is no "America's Team". Hell.. i'm even pissed off that it's called "World Series". It's a true World Series if teams from all around the world are allowed to participate. Yankees aint world champions, they're just US (+ Toronto for blue jays) champions.I think it's terrible that Gold's Gym isn't made of gold.
"The Yankees win, THHEEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES WIINNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!"
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tiburonxshark
Broke Member
posted: Nov. 6, 2009 @ 3:06p
Xnarg said: KayK said: There is no "America's Team". Hell.. i'm even pissed off that it's called "World Series". It's a true World Series if teams from all around the world are allowed to participate. Yankees aint world champions, they're just US (+ Toronto for blue jays) champions.I think it's terrible that Gold's Gym isn't made of gold.And how come the Super Bowl has nothing to do with bowling?!? Ridiculous!
Xnarg
Senior Member - 5K
posted: Nov. 6, 2009 @ 6:36p
KayK said: There is no "America's Team"....There should be a public option/government-owned baseball team so that all of us could own part of a baseball team.
We could root for "Team America."
We'd save a lot on owners' income.
And they could pay the players less, too, none of them really deserve their millions.
Then, ticket prices would be a lot lower and we could all afford to go to games.
It's only fair because so many stadiums are built with public funds anyaway.
Xnarg said: There should be a public option/government-owned baseball team so that all of us could own part of a baseball team and then we could root for "Team America."
We'd save a lot on owners' income. And they could pay the players less, too, none of them really deserve their millions.
Then, ticket prices would be a lot lower and we could all afford to go to games.
This is a great idea, it is about time you finally started making sense Xnarg. The government will have to heavily regulate the cost of concessions though to make it truly affordable (paying $6 for a beer is outright stealing from the American public).
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