yanks2402 said:
The reason people hate the Yankees is they are just jealous that their team (1)doesn't spend money on their team and (2) doesn't win because they don't spend money on the team.
Not this people, pal. Ya see. I'm a baseball fan, not a winning-at-all-cost fan. There are many people just like me. We hate/dislike the Yankees specifically because of their owner, and the way he has basically ruined Major League Baseball. Because of his win-at-all-costs spending, he has made it nearly impossible to put together a contender without spending ridiculous sums of money.
Why do you think YES is so expensive for the carriers? Why do you think a f-ing hot dog and a beer will cost you $15? Or, a decent seat $40, $50 or more?
When I want to see decent baseball, and not pay an arm and a leg in the process, with players who play because they dig the game not the money, I go up to the Oakland Coloseum, and catch an A's game. Sure, it's the inferior AL with it's stupid DH. But, I prefer it to the $10 beers, $25 parking, and prima donna attitude of Barry Bonds over at SBC Park, as beautiful as it is.
The teams who don't spend the money are
not the problem. It's the teams that
do, who are the problem.
I know there are people who agree, or the Brooklyn Cyclones wouldn't sell out
every game at their 7000 seat park. I would imagine it's similar for the SI Yankees. People want to see players who play "for the love of the game". If I want to see people who do their job for the love of money, I just have to go to Whitehouse.gov.