All free agency years. When FA was born the Yanks sure took advantage and bought up Catfish Hunter (who every team tried to sign), Reggie jackson, Tommy John, Goose Gossage and the list goes on.
There's two things people say about the Angels World Series - they either earned it or got lucky. With the Yankees people say they either earned it or bought it. Personally I think it's a bit of both, and if you have the tools I think a good approach is to "small ball" your way to the playoffs and hope for some luck. I've seen it time & time again with the Angels, they play teams that cant do the little things so the Angels beat them by one run LOL.
So bottom line? All good Yankee victories are hogwash
just kidding.