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Originally posted by spookyfish
That's a broad statement, isn't it? I suspect there's a lot of grudging respect between the two fan bases, as there seems to be with all great rivalries.
I'm not denying it's true. My point is, that the Yankees are easy to hate, because their success is largely based on their enormous financial advantage over most other teams. They are able to buy the players that they need to be dominant at will, and the attitude that goes with that is unbearable to fans of other teams. I know from what I speak, as my team basically served as their Triple-A club through most of the 70's. It's like rooting for IBM, for God's sake.
Besides, it's my birthright to hate the Yankees.
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Okay. Understood.
But, what is Steinbrenner supposed to do? His team is successful. Successful teams make money. He puts a hell of a lot of money back into the team to ensure their success. He plays by the rules. Other teams love to take his money when he buys their overpriced players (they don't all come via free agency), but then they bitch about how unfair it all is.
Like I said, no one said a fucking thing when Georgie spent and spent and spent all his money on the wrong players in the 80s. It's only become an issue since he hired the right people and spent in the right places.
Let's see what Boston does in the off-season. That should be interesting. It's not like they don't have the money to keep their guys. They just don't want to pay them. They run players out of town all the time by either insulting them or by short-changing them. Then they turn around and point at the Yankees and scream, "Unfair!"
And, please. I don't want to hear about Yankees fans being unbearable. No matter which team wins, their fans are unbearable. That's the way it goes. You just think Yankees fans are more unbearable than others because we have more opportunity to be unbearable.
So, what are you really so pissed about? Free agency? The way MLB is set up? Or is it the fact that the Yankees spend their money on the team and don't put it directly in their pockets instead?
TM
