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Originally Posted by Swaggs
Sounds about right if things keep moving in their current direction.
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I hate the Yankees as much as anyone, but this is hyperbole. The Yankees have been resurgant since 1995. Since then, they've won 4 World Series - that's 4 in the last 10 years. They haven't won it since 2000. The success of the late-'90's Yankees was as much to do with wise management of their resources as it was spending a ton of money. In fact, it's really only been in the last 4-5 years that the Yankees spending has gotten ridiculous, and it's served to prolong the playoff appearences of an aging team, but nothing more.
George is going to flip his lid sooner rather than later and do something dumb like fire Cashman and/or drive Torre away. There's no guarantee that he'll hire better people to replace them. George spent a lot of money willy-nilly in the '80's too but it didn't do him much good. At some point the same thing is going to happen again to the Yanks, and they'll have a down cycle.
The idea that the Yankees will dominate MLB for the next 100 years to the tune of winning 60% of the World Series titles is exaggeration.