Did anyone else watch the YANKS kick ass??

[lost-in-nj]

they won.....

big time on Weds (tonight)???
the kept the Angels at bay

I will be in Yankee Stadium on Sunday for the last game....

Boston should just not show up.....


YANKS

well

ROCK!!!



lost

[TK421]

1. Wish I could celebrate with you! I don't follow the Yankees...I don't know much about them

but I'm happy that you're happy Lost!! :D

[lost-in-nj]

2. thanks hon

:hug:


lost

[madinmaryland]

3. Sorry, but I hate the Yankees. Considering they own baseball and have

completely ruined any competition.

Thanks, Steinbrenner and Selig.

[KamaAina]

21. Completely ruined any competition?

They only have one world championship this millennium (if you count 1/1/00 as the beginning of it).

Although, come to think of it, that's actually pretty good by comparison... :evilgrin:

[msanthrope]

22. Really? So no one but the Yankees won the last, say 5 to 10 World Series?

I mean, as a Yankee fan, I hear this complaint all the time. But mostly I hear it from fans whose teams suffer from owners who aren't willing to put the money into farm talent, administration, managing, and finally, players.

Who do you root for? If you tell me it's the Orioles, I'll tell you what's wrong with your team---Peter Angelos. He is the reason you've got an under .500 w/l. Not Steinbrenner.

[madinmaryland]

30. Well, first of all, I'm not an Oriole fan. What is the problem, is the there

is not an equitable revenue sharing plan in baseball as there is in most every other sport. An equitable solution has never been implemented in bb due to owners like Stienbrenner. God forbid anyone raid their cash cow. BB is a FUCKING JOKE the way it is set up. Had assholes like Steinbrenner not thwarted revenue sharing, maybe they would have a system that would force the smaller market teams be competive with the large market teams.

FFS, if the NFL had the lack of planning baseball did, Green Bay would not have had a winning season in 30 years.!

[msanthrope]

32. How is the Yankees fault that you have teams that get more

money through the share system then they spend on their players?

The Yanks are the biggest contributors to the revenue sharing plan....it's Stienbrenner's fault that MLB allowed the 2005-2006 Marlins to firesale and pocket their share? Tampa Bay did the same thing.

And that's somehow the Yankees' fault? You are right--it's NOT equitable when teams who receive the share aren't made to spend it on being competitive.

[madinmaryland]

33. *snort*

The agreement that Steinbrenner signed on to allowed him to spend endlessly on whatever he wants. When was the last time you heard of a team in the top five or even ten doing a fire sale. Maybe if they were truly doing revenue sharing as it is done in the NFL and even the NBA, it would set up a plan that would force teams at the bottom to put a quality team on the field and not allow a team like the NY to outspend it nearest competitor by nearly 2-1. That is a disgrace.

Don't forget that Steinbrenner and the Yankees hide much of the revenue in their television network (do you see anything like that in the NFL??) and their marketing networks?? The answer is no. Look at the NFL and you will see a league that is designed around parity and taking money out of the factor. Revenue is shared (between teams, players, and the television contracts).

Yes. The Steinbrenner/Selig model of baseball has ruined the sport.

[msanthrope]

39. The Marlins firesaled their World Series team. Twice. I would

call getting rid of talent on a top 5 team.

Now, I agree with you that MLB needs to force the teams at the bottom to put a quality team on the field, BUT, how is it George Steinbrenner's fault when other owners aren't willing to spend? The fact is, NO team should be pocketing their revenue share, but they do it.

As for the YES network, what prevents any baseball team from doing the same? I live in the 4th largest television market in the US. So do the Phillies. Does the ownership group get off its collective geratric ass and start a network? No, they let Comcast hold fans hostage. Think the BoSox couldn't get a network together?

And please don't lump George with Pud. George despises him, and Selig routinely likes to play games--the Yankees weren't allowed to end the 2008 season at home, in Yankee Stadium. They've been fighting over the DH issue for decades, and the WBC for years.

The NFL is about parity? For whom? The NFL, whose owners are pushing a lockout in 2011? The NFL, whose NFLPA is talking about lowering pension benefits and disability? The NFL's CBA is about to explode--because the owners want MORE money to them, and less to the player.

[flvegan]

4. Congrats on taking the division.

The Yanks really came on strong the second half of the season.

[bigwillq]

5. Yanks didn't win the division yet

they won at least the wild card (playoff berth).

[flvegan]

6. I thought tonight sealed up the AL East division for them.

My bad.

[bigwillq]

14. Yanks Magic Number is 4

to win the AL EAST.

Sox magic number is 4 to win the wild card.

[joeybee12]

16. It's now three...Texas lost yesterday...

...so they'll sew it up this weekend with a sweep over Satan.

[bigwillq]

19. Sweep?

You out your mind! :P

[joeybee12]

26. Actually, if either manager is smart, neither will sweep...

...at this point they both need to be looking towards the off-season...even if America's Beloved Team beats your Evil Do-ers, there's still 2 games to make up...probably wouldn't happen in a week, even with America's Beloved, All-Knowing, All-Good Team getting to finish the season at home with two cellar-dwellers.

[msanthrope]

28. We have a statistical playoff berth. Clinching the division

can happen, at the earliest, I think, on Sunday.

[MilesColtrane]

7. The Yankees are Satan's team.

Derek Jeter has to file his horns off before every game.

[TK421]

8. Where does he hide his demon tail?

:( not under there, I hope!

[MilesColtrane]

9. Two words:

Duct Tape

[TK421]

11. ......OUCH!!!!!!! Oh fuck!!!

[edbermac]

10. Remember 2004?

The Yanks really kicked Boston's ass then, didn't they? :rofl:

[msanthrope]

23. It ain't gonna take us 86 years to win our next one.....n/t

[Danger Mouse]

12. The yanks rock...at choking in the post-season.

[MissMillie]

15. heh heh

:thumbsup:

It's the curse of A-hole (I mean A-rod)

[NNadir]

13. I am rooting for whichever team can bring the most steroids into the locker room.

There was a time in my life...sigh...where I loved baseball and everything connected with it, but now I couldn't care less.

It's like watching the World Wide Wrestling Federation.

At least the WWWF doesn't pretend to be serious.

[VMI Dem]

17. So you were a fan when they were hyped up on amphetamines?

[msanthrope]

24. Sounds like someone needs to read "Ball Four" eh? n/t

[Initech]

18. Don't get too excited - we own your ass in October!

[msanthrope]

25. The Rally Monkey? It's just so National League.....n/t

[Initech]

27. Yeah the rally monkey is lame but don't discredit the team just for that.

[msanthrope]

29. Of course not. The team's playing will do that. (wink) n/t

[Sanity Claws]

20. I USED to be a Yankee fan

No more.
I am absolutely disgusted at the prices charged at the new Stadium, something the public helped fund. To hell with them and all other organized sports teams.

I haven't watched a game all year.

[Javaman]

31. But secretly deep down, late at night, in your private thoughts

When no one is looking, you are just sooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy they are doing well. :evilgrin:

[JonLP24]

34. Who the hell cares? Why is this crap posted here? Take your junk to the Sports forum.

Just kidding. :toast: Congrats to your Yankees though I'm a Rockies fan and hope they can clinch the NL WC soon!! :)

[madinmaryland]

36. Uhmm. We don't want this Skankee crap in the Sports Forum.

Remember what happened to the last "skankee" fan that joined DU and decided to post in the Sports Forum??

:evilgrin:

[JonLP24]

37. I've been wondering about him

I still don't know if he was really the third or fourth resurrection of Mr Attendance.

[madinmaryland]

38. "Mr. Attendance"

:rofl:

Either his third or fourth. I think he got one resurrection in while I was on vacation.

[ZombieHorde]

35. People should not kick others in the ass while yanking.

I know it is tempting to do this, but it is a bad idea.

[woofless]

40. Fuck the Yankees.