Yanks Don't Suck?
By lefty
Joe, somehwere in cyberspace says;
The Yankees are a very good baseball franchise. To say that they "suck" is rather foolish, because clearly they don't. To use a cliche, "don't hate the players, hate the game".
It is not the Yankees fault that they have the most money and are the team most willing to spend the money that they have. They are playing by the rules, no matter how bad the rules are. To hate the Yankees is stupid, you should hate Bud Selig and especially the players union because they are the ones keeping baseball from reaching a salary cap agreement. The Yankees run their organization completely legally, and do so with class.
Never has a Yankee victory resulted in a riot in which the city was torn down. The fans understand that they help represent the city and the team. We cheer for our team, not against our opponants, unlike some other fans. The Yankees do not have a stranglehold on baseball, seeing as how they have not won the World Series for three years. In fact, the last three teams to win it (the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Anaheim Angels and the Florida Marlins) were all low budget, small market teams. I applaud Mr. Steinbrener for his unselfishness and ungreediness. Continue to spend money and invest in your franchise, something the other owners in baseball have declined to do. Until a salary cap is set, the Yankees will continue to spend money and hopefully have success. Besides, doesn't having a team to root against make baseball that much more fun?
