Re: Petition(LOL!)
Alright... I've gotten many an ulcer from discussing this beat-*** topic, so I'm stating my 0.02 now and i'm done..
The Yanks are NOT the only reason baseball is in a horrid state of affairs. They are not the one's that signed A-Rod, they are not the ones that started the escalating payrolls, HOWEVER, once the high payrolls started, Yankees did it, and did it, and did and did it again... Jeter, Giambi, Posada, most notably are paid more than I believe they are worth... if any of those three are worth the money they are paid, i'd go with Giambi. No slight on the guys, they are all good ball players, but I think the amount they are paid severely skew the payscale around the league, and I'm sure it's not going to end there either.
Now don't get me wrong, I've done my share of Yankee bashing in my day, but to be honest, I've come to the realization that it's not the Yankees I dislike, it's that piece of steamy monkey crap George Steinbrenner..
I'll apologize now for jumping around here a little, I just got a handful of points and they are all fighting to be posted here...lol.
Now, I don't believe money is the ONLY reason the Yanks are successful, it's also a product of good scouting, good training, and, to be honest, stern management.. Joe Torre is old-school.
Now let's see the Yanks make a poor decision and dump a buttload of money on a prospect and he doesn't pan out *cough*Henson*cough*, what happens? Nothing. They chalk it up as a loss and go after another guy to dump money on, and with scouting like the Yanks got, they tend to only put money on quality players and it works out. Now go to the same scenario for a small-market team... They dump a buttload on a prospect and he doesn't pan out... they are eventually forced to bring him up and play him so as not to make a total waste of their money (ie: Pirates with Chad Hermanson) and eventually either eat the extent of the contract or release him and STILL have to pay it, and in turn will NOT be able to sign help they need to cover that previous flop.
Basically put the MLB has turned into a big old game of "a$$hole"...where the a$$shole loses his hand and has to give up his two best cards in the next hand to the guy that won the previous hand... thus making it essentially unlikely to climb out, not impossible, but VERY VERY difficult.
Alright... I've gotten many an ulcer from discussing this beat-*** topic, so I'm stating my 0.02 now and i'm done..
The Yanks are NOT the only reason baseball is in a horrid state of affairs. They are not the one's that signed A-Rod, they are not the ones that started the escalating payrolls, HOWEVER, once the high payrolls started, Yankees did it, and did it, and did and did it again... Jeter, Giambi, Posada, most notably are paid more than I believe they are worth... if any of those three are worth the money they are paid, i'd go with Giambi. No slight on the guys, they are all good ball players, but I think the amount they are paid severely skew the payscale around the league, and I'm sure it's not going to end there either.
Now don't get me wrong, I've done my share of Yankee bashing in my day, but to be honest, I've come to the realization that it's not the Yankees I dislike, it's that piece of steamy monkey crap George Steinbrenner..
I'll apologize now for jumping around here a little, I just got a handful of points and they are all fighting to be posted here...lol.
Now, I don't believe money is the ONLY reason the Yanks are successful, it's also a product of good scouting, good training, and, to be honest, stern management.. Joe Torre is old-school.
Now let's see the Yanks make a poor decision and dump a buttload of money on a prospect and he doesn't pan out *cough*Henson*cough*, what happens? Nothing. They chalk it up as a loss and go after another guy to dump money on, and with scouting like the Yanks got, they tend to only put money on quality players and it works out. Now go to the same scenario for a small-market team... They dump a buttload on a prospect and he doesn't pan out... they are eventually forced to bring him up and play him so as not to make a total waste of their money (ie: Pirates with Chad Hermanson) and eventually either eat the extent of the contract or release him and STILL have to pay it, and in turn will NOT be able to sign help they need to cover that previous flop.
Basically put the MLB has turned into a big old game of "a$$hole"...where the a$$shole loses his hand and has to give up his two best cards in the next hand to the guy that won the previous hand... thus making it essentially unlikely to climb out, not impossible, but VERY VERY difficult.
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