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| quote: | Originally posted by kid nyce
its so evident though, i mean would you rock a yankee hat in boston? all this hate towards the yankees, obviously boston is pissed about something? cmon its a game remember, lols clearly i dont see why the boston fans demonstrate so much support for their team that they exemplify hate toward any representation of the yankees. its great for baseball, boston and yankee rivalry, but does the rivalry necessarily mean personal hurt or injury? Why are you flexing so much muscle...I just think that boston being such a small city, that possibly they are closer and more united in the hate-yankee-aspect. its like the ones who join the fight rather than stopping it. i'd rather punch with everyone else then get punched...lols its soo funny IMHO...thats why I love boston fans.
people say the yankee's have the highest payroll, that we buy the players, like any franchise who if they had the money allocation to purchase players im sure they would. We are not saying we are monopolizing the league by having an all-star team. We clearly dont have one, the yankees are simply a well paid organization who need to show that they are working for their money. they play hard to win thats the objective, not to play nonchalantly and still get paid alot. as of right now i have to say the yankee team is just above average and im happy they are playing the way they are now. they are not OVER POWERING their opponents, they are playing just as hard to win these ballgames.
i think this year they have been playing great for the players they have. There is no one in our lineup that is a serious threat to other teams, giambi's out...bernie, a-rod, jeter, jorge are all solidified hitters, they aren't fence swingers like reuben and sheff, kenny lofton is shakey, matsui isnt a proven hitter, cairo and clark?? if you look closely the yankee's arent a threat. they just play a real tough game by being competitive and taking advantage of the other teams mistake...
and pitching wise, i honestly have to say with brown and messina out, they don't have much. el duque is trying to regain the confidence he had, contreras is hot and cold...gordon is over worked...all im saying is before you guys say the yankees have paid players stop and look...a-rod, jeter, bernie, and jorge are all seasoned hitters, the rest can be pitched too with good pitching. |
there are a lot of owners who have more money than steinbrenner does. i just think he has this wild obsession with winning at all costs. back in '96, they won in ways a real championship team wins. they had a core of solid, young, home grown talent. mixed in between were solid, middle aged (for baseball) veterans. there were no bonds', or canseco's, or thomas', or griffey's. (although there were fielder's). they won it through the depth of their minor leagues (which george had nothing to do with). george came back, fired buck, hired joe. now its free agents here, trading prospects there. there is a reason the randy johnson isn't a yankee yet. it's because the d-backs do not see anything they like in the yanks minor leagues. no team does. the yankees traded away all their prospects & signed free agents (which rid them of a 1st round pick). the only prospects they have left are dioner navarro (a light hitting catcher that doesn't come close to putting up any decent numbers) and robinson cano (decent numbers, but i hear his ceiling isn't very high). the yankees only formula for the next 5 - 10 years will be signing free agents because they have no minor leaguers to fill in any of their positions. and you think they're gonna go out and re-sign kenny lofton for center? no way, they're gonna go after the big bad carlos beltran. i could see them signing a carlos delgado or richie sexson for 1st base as well. i dunno... even if i were a yankee fan, i wouldn't be able to watch this team. the only 'yankees' are mo, posada, bernie and jeter. bernie's done. that leaves only three homegrown players on the team. with NO ONE on the horizon. unless steinbrenner dies or finally decides to go into a rebuilding stage (HAHA!) the face of the yankees will never be the same from year to year. the the 90s yankees are like the 70s yankees. and i'm sure you can guess what the 00s yankees are like...
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*can't imagine it feelin' much better...
i wish it would just last forever.
and so, to feel like that?
i'd pay any price just to get that back.*
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He'd be even nicer wearing a Mets uniform. Oh well... he's just another in the long line of good, young pitching that the Mets traded away. Seaver, Ryan, Isringhausen, Dotel... Kazmir.
