Only the Yankees can save baseball

[Seacrest]

Sam3 wrote:
Go Phillies!!

Whoa! How do I resize that?!?!

There's no resizing in baseball!!!

[RgrF]

My favorite team is whoever is playing the Yankees

GO PHILLIES!

[miK.]

Sam3 wrote:
Go Phillies!!

[RgrF]

freeradical wrote:
Yeah right...

What a surprise coming from the NYT. Blah blah blah...

"The Yankees have been away from the World Series for the last five years, and in their absence, baseball’s showcase has flopped on a national scale."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/sports....html?_r=1&hp

You didn't read the article did you? (typical for you) He was talking about competitiveness not about the Yanks and it was true, baseball needs a nail biter and they haven't had one for a while.

[Seacrest]

To hell with nail biters.
I want a Phillies sweep -- all blowouts.
(OK, I'll take seven close games, as long as Philly wins four.)

[Pam]

Seacrest wrote:
[quote=Pam]
[quote=miK.]
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Sour grapes.
Did you not see his sig image?


Nope. No sig image the way I see the forum

[Pam]

miK. wrote:
[quote=Pam]
Sour grapes. Yes Teixeira and Sabathia were good pick ups but they hardly won it single-handedly. There are a lot of guys on that team that were brought up by the Yankees and have been there for years. Sure they will be paid to stay. Why the heck not? Add Girardi's reversal on how the players were handled, i.e. turning them into a family-type team w/o divas, some really hard work over coming injuries, and a never say die attitude and you have the makings of a very good team. LA lost because they were out-played and out-pitched. I'd say out coached but I think Girardi made more flubs than Scioscia.

You can throw all the money you want at a professional team and that does not mean they will be the ultimate winners, just look around any pro sport or the previous several Yankee seasons or Tampa Bay of last year or the Twins of this year. When a team is on, playing as a team and not a bunch of individuals they stand a good chance. Lose that team mentality and that mental edge and all the talent and money in the world won't help you.

Good grief, if money created wins Minnesota should not have needed to pick up oldster/diva Favre to have anything other than a 50-50 season. Some teams spend better than others.

Um Pam, I'm a Yankee fan too. And while yes, the money isn't everything, let's not kid
ourselves while we sit there and watch multi-millionaires play a game, that it is still BIG
business! What other team has their own TV network? I will admit that as a team they have
jelled this year better than most, and I am there for the Pettitte-Mo-Jeter-Posada history
as well. Those 4 are the least diva-ish players you could ask for...
Oh if you want to talk about pro sport salaries and the income team organizations make, I'm in! It's absolutely crazy! I just don't know what can be done about it. Look at the Angels and how many players, really good players, are free agents for next season. The odds of them staying with LA according to this one writer are pretty low http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/news/ar...d=20091026&content_id=7555294&vkey=news_ana&fext=.jsp&c_id=ana. What do the teams do? What do the players do? Of course most will follow the money. And you can't blame them.

Spending also looks worse when the owner is independently wealthy and doesn't need profits from the team.

BTW, the viewing numbers are in and post season viewing was way up for the ALCS. It handily beat Sunday night football. Fox expects this years WS to be huge. It wasn't last year so the Yankee factor is very real.

[Seacrest]

RgrF wrote:

GO PHILLIES!

Wait.
Who are those four men?
And why are they on horses?