As you all may know by now the Yankees BOUGHT A World Championship but there are a couple things I need to get off my chest about this season. First I hate Yankee fans especially since they fail to realize they are killing Baseball by making it that fans in cities such as KC, Pittsburgh, Oakland, Washington, Baltimore, Toronto, Cincy, and many others give up on their teams because they realize they can't compete with the Yankees check books. The MLB draft means nothing because most of the teams will lose the players they draft and develop to teams who are willing to spend more. Also this whole #27 thing really annoys me I promise you the 25 men celebrating right now don't care if it is #27, #100, or #1 they just won the world series. I know you guys have the most titles in US sports but there are teams out there such as REAL MADRID who have 31 championships so until you pass them shut up. Furthermore is it just me or are there more Yankee fans coming out of nowhere with no real strong connection to the team and are just fans because they are winning. For the interest of full disclosure I am a Cardinals fan but I have been one since 1998, when I first truly started following and understanding baseball so I am not a fair weather fan like most Yankee fans.
Now there are a couple things baseball needs before it gain even come close to touching football or even basketball in terms of popularity. First as you can probably guess I feel baseball needs some sort of salary cap. If they don't want to go to a complete salary cap like the NFL then go to a system like the NBA where not only is there a larger luxary tax but teams get an advantage in terms of the years and money they can offer to keep their own players this is why legends like Tim Duncan and Karl Malone stayed in small markets such as San Antonio and Salt Lake City and why most people see Lebron and Wade staying put next summer. Furthermore baseball needs to stop awarding homefield in the world series to the all star game winner, it is completly moronic the 3 most important people to the AL's victory this year (Carl Crawford, Adam Jones, and Curtis Granderson) did not even make the playoffs and yet that is why the AL got homefield. Another change baseball must make is to expand replay to the bases and the fair/foul line because the goal is to get the call right. Critics of replay say it slows the game down but not as much as a manager arguing a call or frequent visits by a catcher to a pitcher (posada and Pettite). This brings me to my next point visits by a catcher or another player to the mound need to be limited to 3-4 per inning and only 1 per batter this would speed the game up immensly. One more change is baseball needs to condense its post season schedule it is NOVEMBER 5th and the world series just ended. The Angles and Yankees waited 4 days after the won the ALDS to start the ALCS which is insane and breaks up all momentum a team has. Lastly baseball needs to improve drug testing and make results public especially those 100 names left from the 2003 list to give fans more knowledge and faith in the game and to clear the clean player's name.
In conclusion the Yankees and their fans fit the description given to the Harley Riders in the most recent episode of South Park, The F word, and baseball needs to make changes to save itself. PS 151 days to Opening Day 2010... GO CARDINALS (HOLLIDAY WILL RESIGN).
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First, you need to understand that the Yankees are apparently the only team doing what it takes to win a championship. They understand that by having so many good players on their team instead of having to face those players the Yanks have a better chance of winning. If your team or the smaller market teams aren't willing to spend the money so be it. If they can't spend the money then it is obviously the MLB's fault and they need to do something to increase the competition level across the league.
ReplyDeleteQuick FYI, Real Madrid doesn't count, soccer isn't a real sport. Not to mention, give the Yanks like 6 years and they will have more championships then them.
Until the MLB does something to stop the Yanks from getting players and giving themselves the best chance to win, the Yanks are doing exactly what they should do. The Yanks in no way should roll over and not try to win like most of the teams out there. To end this conversation all I will say is this, the New York Yankees might have won their 27th World Series this year, but over the past two years, the Washington Nationals have taken four of six games from New York...
Dan Soccer is not a real sport I dare you to say that outside of this country where soccer is a religion. Dan you are only saying that because you are a Yankee fan imagine if you are a Rangers fan watching the World Series or an Indians fan and seeing some players your team drafted and developed being bought off by another team. In less then a year Royals fans will have to watch their Cy Young pitcher, Zach Grienke, pitch for some big market team most likely the Yankees.
ReplyDeleteAlso you say that the Yankees are the only team trying to win yeah other teams such as the Marlins and Rays try to work for 5-10 to get one chance at winning before selling their players off because they can't afford him. Now teams with top 10 salaries the Angles and Cardinals are most likely not going to be able to afford to keep key players cause the Yankees price them out of it.