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Originally posted by mbyron
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Originally posted by Carl Childress
The Yankess play in the largest media market in the United States. They drew over four million fans this year. They are in the business to make money, and winning teams make money because they bring in more paying customers and have higher TV ratings. If the team wins a championshihp, they make even more money.
It's just plain ignorant to hate the Yankees because they spend money to improve their chances of winning. Suppose the Colorado Rockies had the resources of the Yankees. Don't you think they would spend some of it to put together a better team?
There's nothing wrong with hating the Yankees. But pick a logical reason, like: They almost always beat my team.
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This apology for Steinbrenner presupposes that he runs his club in a vacuum, and that his operations have no pernicious effects on baseball.
Both of those claims are false.
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Doc:
A better plumber in my town has a pernicisou effect on all the other plumbers.
It's amazing how "communists" come out of the woodwork when someone begins using "capitalism" as it was intended.
It's a business, for crying out loud. They've already got profit sharing. All that nonsense is an attempt to keep losing franchises in business.
What's wrong with market corrections? If the Twins can't cut the mustard....
Don't use the mores of amateur sports in the same breath with the professional game.
Everybody seems upset that player salaries are sky high. The American way is for the worker to get what he can. If somebody wants to pay six million a year for a guy who bats .245, more powser to him.