11/04/2009 10:03:58 PM EST

NYY World Champion Celebration Thread

posted by jarett

Ladies and gentlemen, your MVP:

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>7 - 1 Yanks in the bottom of the 5th
>No Lee

This series is over.

Start.  The.  Ticker tape.

Yanks fans, report in!

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NYY World Champion Celebration Thread | 14 comments (14 topical, 0 hidden)
Yankees fans? (none / 0)
It's like rooting for Goliath to beat David, or for Darth Vader to destroy Luke!

by Tom Hanc on 11/04/2009 10:24:10 PM EST

They're my home team, man. (none / 0)
Went to school four years 3 subway stops away from the Stadium.  It was a foregone conclusion :)

We have had PLENTY of bad years.  Just because our owner reinvests his money in the team doesn't mean we're somehow the evil empire everyone makes us out to be.

by jarett on 11/04/2009 11:32:26 PM EST

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On the other hand... (none / 0)
Just because you live next to the deathstar evil-empire thieving douche-bags doesn't make them not evil empire thieving douche-bags.

27th penant.  27th.  Bite me.

by designs on 11/05/2009 08:24:33 AM EST

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Yes, I agree. (none / 0)
The New York Yankees ARE the greatest team in the history of baseball.

by jarett on 11/05/2009 02:10:18 PM EST

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Awesome (none / 0)
If this is Matsui's last game as a Yankee, what a way to leave an impression.

As a former pitcher, I am in awe everytime I see Mariano Rivera pitch.  How effortlessly he gets guys out.  It's amazing.  He's been doing that for years.  The guy never ages.

Also, Jimmy Rollins is no Nostradamus.  He needs to stay out of the predicting scene.  

by sampson on 11/05/2009 03:05:42 AM EST

Woo Hoo (none / 0)
The team that has enough money to buy all the good players away from the other teams won? WOW

At least the big market clubs could thank the small market teams for running their farm systems for them.

Unfortunately, I used to be a baseball fan...but now I could care less.

At least ESPN can stop covering this stuff non-stop.

by jmzlaw on 11/05/2009 04:57:25 AM EST

haha (none / 0)
Are you a phillies fan?

by sampson on 11/05/2009 05:10:32 AM EST

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No (none / 0)
No, not a Phillies fan. BTW I thought that the "small market" comment would have alerted you to that fact. Don't get me wrong...if you live around New York and the Yankees are your team...God Bless.  Have a good time and enjoy it.

Just realize this league is totally broken and the point is to keep all the big market teams on top.  Red Sox, Yankees, Phillees, Dodgers, etc. winning over the rest of the league is like Tiger Woods beating my grandma....I don't think he would display that trophy with the same glee that the big market teams celebrate their fait accompli championships.

by jmzlaw on 11/05/2009 07:23:47 AM EST

The point (none / 0)
So how do we fix this?  Get rid of Bud Selig?  Institute real profit sharing reforms?

I would welcome anything that puts a little more competition into the league, and I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Yanks fan.

by jarett on 11/05/2009 02:40:19 PM EST

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Don't blame the Yankees... (none / 0)
they just do what it takes to win. If you want to make it fair, get baseball to introduce a revenue sharing plan. Also get them to introduce real testing for performance enhancing drugs. After you do all that, get government to introduce real campaign finance reform so we won't be fighting the banks, drug and insurance companies for a level playing field for consumers( you'll also get better seats at baseball games).

by mmosespt on 11/05/2009 10:44:04 AM EST

Proves one thing (none / 0)
you gotta spend moneyto make money.  A concept lost on the American voter apparently.

by Sock Puppet Fred on 11/05/2009 12:23:50 PM EST

lolyankees (none / 0)

This season was just proof you can still buy a world championship. If the league had a salary cap, the yankees would be dead last every season.  Their leadership sucks, their coaches suck, their farm system is non-existent.  The only reason they win is because they purchase the best players from other teams.  Baseball should be home grown, not exotic imports from other teams.

 

If you want a REAL team, look at a team like the Twins.  They have made it to the post season 5 out of the past 8 years.  Did they make it to the world series?  No, but it shows that their farm system is one of the best out there, and they have little to nothing in terms of salary.

by Pigbearman on 11/05/2009 01:23:51 PM EST

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You're delusional. (none / 0)
"If the league had a salary cap, the yankees would be dead last every season."

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Fact: This team would STILL be one of the best in the league because when it comes right down to it, the legends of baseball have always played in pinstripes.  The team has a legacy that has carried down through decades.  Your butthurt is delicious.

"Their leadership sucks,"

LOLWUT?

"their coaches suck,"

Hilarious!  Joe Girardi defied common wisdom and won a World Series two years after getting hired.  Lay off the weed, man.

"their farm system is non-existent."

The first thing you've said right in this whole post!  Sure, we've got the Single-A Staten Island Yankees, but they're not much to look at.  Whatever.  If you really believe we couldn't set up a first-rate farm system if we had to in the blink of an eye, you're hopeless.

by jarett on 11/05/2009 02:38:02 PM EST

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Truth. (none / 0)

by jarett on 11/05/2009 02:32:12 PM EST

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NYY World Champion Celebration Thread | 14 comments (14 topical, 0 hidden)
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