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Sunday, February 15, 2004I’m no Branch Rickey, but…Am I the only one who thinks the Yankees have a remarkable amount of holes for a team with a near $200 million payroll? It seems to me that the Yankees have solved their third base problem by creating a second base problem. And I don’t like the back end of that rotation much either. I’d like to think that if I had $200 million dollars to put together a team, it would be rock solid. ESPN’s poll question yesterday was something along the lines “are the Yankees good for baseball?” Yankee-haters always ask this question to affirm their complaints about competitive balance and buying championships. Of course the Yankees are good for baseball! In fact the Yankees represent all that is right about America! Don’t get me wrong- I hate the Yankees. However I can admit that the Yankees have earned the right to have a $200 million dollar payroll and the best players in baseball by implementing a sound business model and the will to win. If the Yankees can out spend every team in baseball that means they must out earn every team in baseball- kudos to them. There’s an old Libertarian saying: “Capitalism is social justice.” I applaud you Mr. Stienbrenner! You keep buying up every player in baseball keep that payroll soaring. This game needs more Stienbrenners and less McClatchys and Seligs. What a game it would be if all teams had the Yankee’s commitment! Maybe then all the Yankee-haters would learn to hate everybody equally! |
