Is What the Yankees Doing Bad for Baseball?

**BlackcatAlum** · 12-23-2008, 09:33 PM

The New York Yankees, the most successful baseball franchise in the history of the MLB have the 4 highest paid baseball players on their team.

Is what the Yankees doing bad for baseball? Why?

ROOKOC · 12-24-2008, 03:04 AM

yes it is bad for sports. They have too many egos to be successful.

guyfawkes · 12-24-2008, 03:36 AM

Yes, and I hope once again, that the Yankees find out that you can't buy a championship, and I hope all of their big spending doesn't pay out, but I agree that the ego factor will be hard to conrol, they'll really miss Joe Torre now.

blackcat_mvp6 · 12-24-2008, 05:16 AM

Yes, every free agent is being bought by them. They are never going to win with all these super stars. Get a team that works together.

**Brittany0121** · 12-24-2008, 06:24 AM

I hate the Yankees, and everytime they do this, it makes me happy when they don't win the World Series, and instead it is someone like the Rays. I know they didn't win, but heck they were there. They just keep raising the bar for contracts, and who knows where it is going to end. That is the part that is ruining baseball. The dollar amounts are going to keep going up and up and, in my opinion, talent is going down. So many stupid injuries these days. You can't count on anyone anymore. Instead of throwing all this money around, why not use it to spread around to those who truly need it in this time of economic crisis? Donate to some worthy charities, anything. C.C. Sabathia could never throw another pitch and never need money again. Same for Tex now. And A-Rod, and Jeter... et cetera, et cetera.

**JackRabbitSlim** · 12-24-2008, 08:12 AM

Brittany0121 Wrote:I hate the Yankees, and everytime they do this, it makes me happy when they don't win the World Series, and instead it is someone like the Rays. I know they didn't win, but heck they were there. They just keep raising the bar for contracts, and who knows where it is going to end. That is the part that is ruining baseball. The dollar amounts are going to keep going up and up and, in my opinion, talent is going down. So many stupid injuries these days. You can't count on anyone anymore. Instead of throwing all this money around, why not use it to spread around to those who truly need it in this time of economic crisis? Donate to some worthy charities, anything. C.C. Sabathia could never throw another pitch and never need money again. Same for Tex now. And A-Rod, and Jeter... et cetera, et cetera.

Look up Boston's payroll...It's within a few million of the Yankees, and last year they were almost neck and neck. So to single them out is really unfair. I know they have a reputation for this, but if the rest of the teams could do it, they would, and I think the Yankees just paniced after last year and went crazy. If anyone can find a link with all the payrolls for each team I would really like to see it, thanks.

**Johnny Ringo** · 12-24-2008, 11:23 AM

They should have given some of these millions to Joe Torre, let's see if their through Christmas shopping, I think there might be a slim chance that they possibly sign Manny too.

**Brittany0121** · 12-24-2008, 12:50 PM

JackRabbitSlim Wrote:Look up Boston's payroll...It's within a few million of the Yankees, and last year they were almost neck and neck. So to single them out is really unfair. I know they have a reputation for this, but if the rest of the teams could do it, they would, and I think the Yankees just paniced after last year and went crazy. If anyone can find a link with all the payrolls for each team I would really like to see it, thanks.

Oh yeah, I know. I hate the Red Sox as well. The thread was just titled about the Yankees so thats who I stuck with.

**Amun-Ra** · 12-24-2008, 01:44 PM

If I had the money they do then I would spend it too. It isnt their fault that their franchise is in the biggest market in the world.

I dont like it but it is what it is.

I dont like the Yanks by the way.

IRISH4 · 12-24-2008, 02:31 PM

I thought the new management (younger Steinbrener) was going to build the team the right way through the draft. I guess that thought didn't last very long...however, the Marlins won the world series a few years ago with the lowest salary in baseball and the Rays made it to the world series with one of the lowest salaries in all of baseball this past season. I think that the Yankees will win some games, but too many "superstars" on the team to create unity and will ultimately self-destruct.

**BlackcatAlum** · 12-24-2008, 06:40 PM

JackRabbitSlim Wrote:Look up Boston's payroll...It's within a few million of the Yankees, and last year they were almost neck and neck. So to single them out is really unfair. I know they have a reputation for this, but if the rest of the teams could do it, they would, and I think the Yankees just paniced after last year and went crazy. If anyone can find a link with all the payrolls for each team I would really like to see it, thanks.

Team payrolls...
http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/salaries

**Stardust** · 12-25-2008, 02:52 AM

How many championships in the 2000's has it bought NY. It drives the salary base up for all of Baseball, but that's not the Yankees fault.

Protect_This_House26 · 12-25-2008, 04:46 AM

Honestly, who cares. If they think paying each player $100M a year, then let them. It's their money. It's not like they are gonna win a WS anyway. They've had the best team around baseball the past few years and still haven't got anything to show for it. I say let them do what they want and continue to bring in the big names and continue to lose.

**Stardust** · 12-25-2008, 10:45 PM

Protect_This_House26 Wrote:Honestly, who cares. If they think paying each player $100M a year, then let them. It's their money. It's not like they are gonna win a WS anyway. They've had the best team around baseball the past few years and still haven't got anything to show for it. I say let them do what they want and continue to bring in the big names and continue to lose.

I agree

Mario#1 · (This post was last modified: 12-28-2008, 12:02 AM by BlackcatAlum.)

Protect_This_House26 Wrote:Honestly, who cares. If they think paying each player $100M a year, then let them. It's their money. It's not like they are gonna win a WS anyway. They've had the best team around baseball the past few years and still haven't got anything to show for it. I say let them do what they want and continue to bring in the big names and continue to lose.

thats what im talking about. All that talent and they have been choking all these years!!

ImagineThat! · 12-28-2008, 12:07 AM

Yes, IMO, it is terrible for baseball. It's not just the Yankees, it's all the big market teams. MLB needs to implement a salary cap like what the NFL has implemented. This will even the playing field for all teams. Look at the Dolphins last year (1-16) and this year (one win from winning the AFC East). The luxury tax that MLB has is like chicken feed to some of these teams. I just think that it would make MLB more fun to watch. Also, it would make GM's actually have to work to get the best team with what salary cap they have instead of just trying to out-spend everyone else.

Bengal4Life · 12-28-2008, 02:42 AM

I was a die hard Yanks fan until Joe Torre. But, ever since he left i just think the Yankee franchise fell apart.
I hope they prove me wrong!

**JackRabbitSlim** · 12-28-2008, 06:39 AM

BlackcatAlum Wrote:Team payrolls...
http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/salaries

What is funny is the Yankees, after all they have done this off season is still under their payroll from last season, but it looks bad because they have done the most of any team in the off season. Something else that's funny is that 88 million alone came off the books from last year with Giambi, Carl Pavano, Bobby Abreu, Mike Mussina, Pudge Rodriguez and Andy Pettitte

Cover3 · 12-29-2008, 03:02 AM

The baseball salary situation is bad for the sport! It just doesn't make sense.

Enter The Dragon · 12-30-2008, 02:35 AM

I hate the Yankees but if they are foolish enough to spend this type of money on flashy free agents instead of devolping minor prospects its a free country. Since Emperor Steinbrennar has started doing this in the early 2000s the Yankees world series titles have dried up. Just because you have an all-star team full of hired gund out there doesnt mean youre gonna win anything.