Yankees are world champions

beginish said:

Congrats to the Yanks on a great win . They beat the toughest team in the NL, hands down. A couple of pitches here and there, and the series could have turned out the other way. I'm disappointed that the Phils didn't repeat, but there's no shame losing to that team. I look forward to a rematch next year!

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Obsessed said:

Nice post, but good sportsmanship is not going to lead this thread anywhere interesting.

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strat1117 said:

Exactly. There is no point in responding to someone who has become irrational on a relatively unimportant subject, for reasons at which one can only begin to guess.

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AJ72 said:

There is absolutely no jealousy here since I am not a baseball fan period. I watch football only and my team is the Steelers. I'm am just against unfair play and the rules of baseball allow big market teams to outspend the small market teams which provides an uneven playing field. There needs to be a salary cap as in other sports to even the playing field and let true management and talent win championships. If the Yankees would have won the championship by beating an equally paid team or higher paid team, I would have been the first to congratulate them. Why were you persistently defending an "unimportant subject" anyway. I'm sure anybody who is not a Yankees fan can do the math. There is no need to guess, the saying goes "you get what you pay for" and that's exactly what the Yankees paid for.

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strat1117 said:

The only thing I'm defending is people's right to be happy that their baseball team won the world series without having some wet rag with an axe to grind try to ruin it for them.

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jmallen5 said:

Parva leves capiunt animas

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ouch said:

I have the same problem with the housing market. Why should someone who is willing to spend more money get to live in a better house than I do?

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beginish said:

You know, for all that we can snipe about the way baseball is run as a business, there is something about the game that just refuses to be turned corporate. As hard as it can be to lay hands on prime seats at places like Fenway, Yankee and Dodger Stadiums, etc, I was heartened to find that on a business trip to Chicago a couple of years ago, I was able to plunk down $22 and get 12th row seats at Wrigley. For every superstar primadonna, there are 10 guys on the same team making the league minimum....and they're genuinely nice. This summer I took my 7 yr old daughter down to BP before the Phils-Pirates. We made our way down to the front row in left field, way off to the side, away from the throngs of people waiting to nab a ball. The pitchers were in the outfield shagging fly balls, and Ryan Madson snared one. He turned around and looked at the crowds yelling for him to throw them the ball. Then he looked over to the side and saw my little girl who was just standing there, not yelling anything, at which point he gestured to me and threw the ball for her. She yelled "Thank You!" and he waved back. Point is that most players are still accessible and remember that it's the fans' game. No other major sport can say that.

I wanted the Phils to win. They'll get 'em next year and baseball will still be fun. And my girl will still have a memory for a lifetime.

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beginish said:

You know, for all that we can snipe about the way baseball is run as a business, there is something about the game that just refuses to be turned corporate. As hard as it can be to lay hands on prime seats at places like Fenway, Yankee and Dodger Stadiums, etc, I was heartened to find that on a business trip to Chicago a couple of years ago, I was able to plunk down $22 and get 12th row seats at Wrigley. For every superstar primadonna, there are 10 guys on the same team making the league minimum....and they're genuinely nice. This summer I took my 7 yr old daughter down to BP before the Phils-Pirates. We made our way down to the front row in left field, way off to the side, away from the throngs of people waiting to nab a ball. The pitchers were in the outfield shagging fly balls, and Ryan Madson snared one. He turned around and looked at the crowds yelling for him to throw them the ball. Then he looked over to the side and saw my little girl who was just standing there, not yelling anything, at which point he gestured to me and threw the ball for her. She yelled "Thank You!" and he waved back. Point is that most players are still accessible and remember that it's the fans' game. No other major sport can say that.

I wanted the Phils to win. They'll get 'em next year and baseball will still be fun. And my girl will still have a memory for a lifetime.

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beginish said:

You know, for all that we can snipe about the way baseball is run as a business, there is something about the game that just refuses to be turned corporate. As hard as it can be to lay hands on prime seats at places like Fenway, Yankee and Dodger Stadiums, etc, I was heartened to find that on a business trip to Chicago a couple of years ago, I was able to plunk down $22 and get 12th row seats at Wrigley. For every superstar primadonna, there are 10 guys on the same team making the league minimum....and they're genuinely nice. This summer I took my 7 yr old daughter down to BP before the Phils-Pirates. We made our way down to the front row in left field, way off to the side, away from the throngs of people waiting to nab a ball. The pitchers were in the outfield shagging fly balls, and Ryan Madson snared one. He turned around and looked at the crowds yelling for him to throw them the ball. Then he looked over to the side and saw my little girl who was just standing there, not yelling anything, at which point he gestured to me and threw the ball for her. She yelled "Thank You!" and he waved back. Point is that most players are still accessible and remember that it's the fans' game. No other major sport can say that.

I wanted the Phils to win. They'll get 'em next year and baseball will still be fun. And my girl will still have a memory for a lifetime.

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AJ72 said:

I was referring to the players who actually contributed to this championship (Damon, Matsui, Sabathia, Burnett, Teixeira, Rodriguez, who collectively made $111,400,000.00 alone this year!!!!!!!!). Wow, $111,400,000.00 for 6 players only in ONE YEAR! If that's not purchasing championships I don't know what is. The entire Phillies payroll is $111,209,000 less than the 6 Yankees players I mentioned above. Carlos Ruiz earns $475,000/year and J.A. Happ earns $405,000/year. That's earning championships not buying them.

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Obsessed said:

Again with the pleasant comments indicating a well-adjusted personality. How did you get in here?

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jmallen5 said:

Madson was probably trying to bean her! Hows that Obsessed?

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