Yankees win it all

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by striperman36

Money buys results.

WRONG !!!
Ever stop to think the reason they are the richest team in baseball may be because of their winning history !!!
Just like anything else in this country, a great product = $$$

[striperman36]

Nope. its all about the money, nothin else. It's a business nothing more or less

[Mike P]

The Steelers have 6 NFL titles--all Super Bowl titles--not 5

Also, in addition to the 5 WS titles as the Philadelphia Athletics, the franchise has 4 more as the Oakland Athletics.

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

WRONG !!!
Ever stop to think the reason they are the richest team in baseball may be because of their winning history !!!
Just like anything else in this country, a great product = $$$

Money buys success in pro sports

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by striperman36

Money buys success in pro sports

I guess the Sox have never spent much on salaries !!!

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

WRONG !!!
Ever stop to think the reason they are the richest team in baseball may be because of their winning history !!!
Just like anything else in this country, a great product = $$$

It has nothing to do with their Winning history....Its because they own one of the Biggest Media Outlets (YES Network) in one of the Biggest Sports Markets (think Merchendising) in the Country.

Plenty of great talent comes out of all the Cities in the country, but the problem is that the markets are so small they can't possibly generate the revenue to compete financially with the Yank-mees. They can afford to keep maybe 1 or 2 high level athletes but thats it....come free-agency no matter what they offer it can get trumped by the yanks...who don't bat an eye at an extra 10 mil.

Teams in other big sports markets can keep up to some degree(i.e. the Sox, Phillies) but even their total salaries were 65-75 million less than the Yanks.

Its now become where the bottom 10-12 teams are now pretty much the farm system for the higher tier teams and the yanks are at the top of the food chain and have money to burn.

Steinbrenner and Boras have ruined baseball

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

It has nothing to do with their Winning history....Its because they own one of the Biggest Media Outlets (YES Network) in one of the Biggest Sports Markets (think Merchendising) in the Country.

Plenty of great talent comes out of all the Cities in the country, but the problem is that the markets are so small they can't possibly generate the revenue to compete financially with the Yank-mees. They can afford to keep maybe 1 or 2 high level athletes but thats it....come free-agency no matter what they offer it can get trumped by the yanks...who don't bat an eye at an extra 10 mil.

Teams in other big sports markets can keep up to some degree(i.e. the Sox, Phillies) but even their total salaries were 65-75 million less than the Yanks.

Its now become where the bottom 10-12 teams are now pretty much the farm system for the higher tier teams and the yanks are at the top of the food chain and have money to burn.

Steinbrenner and Boras have ruined baseball

I don't agree with you ! If what your saying is true how come the Dodgers don't win ??? They are in a major market and their owner has plenty of $$$
Like him or hate him, George Steinbrenner has been a better business man that most of the other owners and he puts his $ back into his team
(unlike our Bruins owner)

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

I don't agree with you ! If what your saying is true how come the Dodgers don't win ??? They are in a major market and their owner has plenty of $$$
Like him or hate him, George Steinbrenner has been a better business man that most of the other owners and he puts his $ back into his team
(unlike our Bruins owner)

Thats what I said.....You said it was because of their Rich Winning History and i said it was because they had money to burn.

The Dodgers do put as good of a product as possible on the field and spend a sizeable chunk of change of change, they had the 6th highest payroll in 2009.

As seen by the Yanks the last few years, high payroll doesn't always equate into a championship, sometimes you gotta have heart but the law of averages does take effect when you keep scooping up the biggest free agents around......last year they grabbed THE 2 biggest and then dished out another 80 Million for Burnett.....they spent HALF A BILLION dollars on those 3 guys.....that has nothing to do with "Rich Yankee History"

And if it wasn't about money then why don't you see players taking less than other teams offer to play for them just to be a part of this Rich Winning History

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Thats what I said.....You said it was because of their Rich Winning History and i said it was because they had money to burn.

The Dodgers do put as good of a product as possible on the field and spend a sizeable chunk of change of change, they had the 6th highest payroll in 2009.

As seen by the Yanks the last few years, high payroll doesn't always equate into a championship, sometimes you gotta have heart but the law of averages does take effect when you keep scooping up the biggest free agents around......last year they grabbed THE 2 biggest and then dished out another 80 Million for Burnett.....they spent HALF A BILLION dollars on those 3 guys.....that has nothing to do with "Rich Yankee History"

And if it wasn't about money then why don't you see players taking less than other teams offer to play for them just to be a part of this Rich Winning History

Yous'e set it all. Its the MONAYAH!!!

And to have fans STOOPID ENUF to pay 1500 for a single seet