Re: LOl - Here goes Damon's shoulder again

On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:31:19 -0500, "Erasmus \"The Mannequin\" Brown"
<hotsoup@xxxxxxxx> quacked:


:
: NYY did have some high priced guys who were important to their late
: 20th century success and a solid group of good home-grown players. So?
: Winning as many as that team did in a row was good luck, and not
: winning with the purchased stars in this century was bad luck. Anyway,
: the complain is not so much about the NYY teams of the late 20th
: century --- although even then the NYY payroll was way above anyone
: else's. The complaint is about the heavy money teams of recent years,
: where NYY just went out and bought everything in sight.
: --McDuck

The Sox bought as many players as the Yankees did. The problem isn't that
the Yankees bought players. The problem is the players they bought.


I don't care a whole lot about buying or not buying players --- not my
issue. Or about home grown, except that, as a fan. I enjoy watching
players develop though the system (as do many NYY fans).

The RS did buy some guys v. important to the 2004 team. NYY just had a
lot more money. I do think the huge money differential favoring NYY is
a problem for baseballl, even if NYY has not always spent the money
wisely.
--McDuck
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