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Originally Posted by ChuckElias
First of all, there are no stupid questions; only stupid people who ask questions.
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And there are people who make stupid statements...
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Honestly, I share this sentiment. One of the things that Red Sox fans liked about the Red Sox is that they didn't build a team simply by throwing money at people. That's what the Yankees do. Yeah, so the Yankees had a miserable first half.
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errrr....17-19 is hardly a half, it's not even a quarter and it's hardly miserable in any event. But as I said... :shrug:
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They'll spend another $80 million at the trading deadline and win the division. It's legal, but it's not particularly sporting if you can simply buy your way to the playoffs every year.
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I am so tired of hearing this old idiocy it makes my teeth hurt. We're talking about a multibillion dollar per year industry, the teams that go to the playoffs at the MLB level make that much more in revenue. Somehow it's OK for Microsoft to "buy" their way to success in the SW business but in sports, and particularly in baseball, and particularly for the Yankees, it's not "particularly sporting". Oh well, as I said...
btw, there was a time when CBS owned the Yankees and were not willing, as a business entity, to "buy" talent. Those were the glory days of Horace Clark and Fritz Peterson playing at home to crowds of 14, maybe even 15 hundred fans.
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But now, that's exactly what we've done with the Drew and Matsuka signings. Instead of opposing the Yankees, we basically are the Yankees, without all the World Series trophies. If we win another World Series, who's gonna complain, right? But I'll still like the '04 win better, with only 2 big free agents on the team (Manny and Schill).
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So it's OK to "buy" your championship if you limit yourself to only 2 free agents...