World Series Title $201 Million, Not Priceless
Thursday, November 5, 2009 11:55
Congratulations to the Steinbrenners for buying the New York Yankees another World Series Title. Ah, the glory in being able to outspend other teams! Is that really the type of championship of which one can be proud? Regardless, Yankee fans will enjoy this victory like any other, but, to everyone else who follows baseball, the Bombers’ latest title is another case of spending ability over playing ability following New York’s $240 million off-season spending spree. Shameful, not triumphant. Trust me, Yankee fans, every other baseball fan views this as a purchased World Series, only a handful of steps less dubious than if the Yanks had a roster consisting solely of A-Roids.
To put things into perspective, the Yankees $201 million payroll in 2009 was $52 million more than the next highest team (the Mets, $149 million). That difference is more than the entire payroll of three other teams: the Pirates ($49 million), the Padres ($44 million), and the Marlins ($37 million). Even currently exuberant Yankee fans, if the least bit rational, must admit that such a disparity is disgusting and detrimental to the game. If you don’t… wow. That would make you even more myopic than most sports fans.
That baseball desperately needs a salary cap to restore competitive balance has long been accepted by pretty much everybody other than the Major League Baseball Players Association. But the situation has sunk to a new low when fans everywhere considered the World Series championship to be “bought”.
2 Responses to “World Series Title $201 Million, Not Priceless”
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monty
says:
November 5th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
You sound like a jealous Red Sox fan, I bet your favorite team is horrible. The only thing you were right about is the fact that we Yankee fans will enjoy this win. So get ready for next year, we have even more money to spend. By the way I like the ad below your story of the Yankee merchandise, thanks for your support in given my team more money.
Nate Barlow
says:
November 5th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
I'd like to feel jealousy but I don't. All I feel is sad for how this is destroying the game I love. I'd feel jealous if the Yanks won purely on talent and not because of the financial inequities of the game. Then it would be jealousy–they won, we didn't. I can't feel jealous about a complete farce.
I tried to give Yankee fans the benefit of the doubt, that even though the Yanks' outrageous spending benefited their team, it was bad for the game as a whole. I guess from your comment I gave you too much credit in regards to having intelligence.