Olney's Latest: Teixeira, Sabathia, Ramirez, Burnett

If that's as high as the Yankees will go on Teixeira, I don't see them outbidding the Angels.

You hate the Yankees cause they spend money since you r a Mets fan u must love gag jobs. Go enjoy another season of your crappy junior varsity team choking.

haha Yankees fan talking trash. 3rd in the AL east - remember that.

good ol Yankee fans talking about the past

Hey what team are you a fan of, Larsen? I'm pretty sure that they don't have nearly as good of a history as the Yankees do. OK, the Yankees missed the playoffs this year for the 1st time in 13 YEARS. The Red Sox missed it in 06 and they came back to win the whole thing in 07. Anything can happen. People can't ever say something good about the Yankees because they're jealous of the money that they earn by doing well every single year and the money from the Steinbrenners. I'm going to get an argument about how we don't have any players from our farm system, but we do:

1. Chien Ming Wang- OUR ACE
2. Joba Chamberlain
3. Andy Pettitte
4. Jorge Posada
5. Derek Jeter
6. Mariano Rivera
7. Robinson Cano
8. Jose Veras
9. Edwar Ramirez
10. Brett Gardner
11. Melky Cabrera

Now I'm not saying that ALL of them are good, but they are not including Gardner and Melky. Those were 11 players that were on our Active Roster most of the year that were all home grown talent. The Yankees are good, you have to face facts.

at least the yankees have a past to talk about unlike the mets because their past consists of a world series win bc of a cheap error and 2 consecutive chokessss

There's two things I need to start my day right. A piping hot cup of coffee, and of course, the amusement I get from Yankee-haters.

The jealousy is so blatant, it is in fact hilarious. The Yankees are blessed with one of the largest baseball markets in the world (New York City is, after all, one of the business/financial capitals of the world). That, and they have been blessed with a very successful franchise. So is anyone surprised at the amount of money the Yanks have at their disposal? No. Is it a fault of the fans? No. Coming on to baseball trade rumor websites and wining about how the Yankees will get the free agent that you want only serves to show your own immaturity.

The fact that some teams have more resources then others and that life isn't a perfect balance of fairness is merely a fact of life. Get over it, move on, and grow up. Life isn't fair, and we don't live in a socialist economic system.

No team can make the playoffs every year. Thirteen consecutive years is nothing to scoff at. The Red Sox were playing golf in October in 2006, but they were the world champions in 2007. The Yankees had a lot of problems in 2008, but no team can be perfect forever. Just because the Yankees actually have the resources to re-tool and prepare to make a run at another World Series title doesn't mean they are "bad for baseball". The goal of every baseball team every year should be to win the world series. Stop blaming the Yankees for being more enthusiastic about that goal than some other teams.

"wining" is supposed to be "whining". I don't want any confusion about these baseball trolls and wining.

If you have nothing constructive to comment on, then simply do not comment. If you don't like the Yankees, then don't comment on them and read about them. Nobody is forcing you. Yet every post of that ilk that I see, my regard for your maturity drops tenfold.

The fact is that Steinbrenner spends the money that he earns through his franchise on good players while other owners pocket that cash.

Don't blame the Yankees for making the game interesting for their fans.

I'd love to see Manny in Cubbie blue for 3/60 mil.

Teixera is a great defender which they need, and will have a lot more power and more rbi than Abreu gave them. Tex will be a great fit in the 3 whole.CC will get them the wins they need to get into October. If there are two people that The Boss should spend his money on, it's these 2. And if they sign Manny, put Melky in right and trade Nady for position prospects who could play defense, that wouldn't be too bad either.

The idea of trying to live with Melky in RF, when he was not even tolerable in CF is funny to think of.

"the Yankees really do have some cocky, arrogant, unintelligent bandwagon fairweather fans and that is what annoys me moreso then the actual Yankee roster.

Posted by: nrmax88 | October 19, 2008 at 01:46 PM"

True, but which team doesn't? It's more apparent for teams like the Yankees and Red Sox because of their recent success. I think you can surmise that in general fairweather bandwagon fans are the worst kind, regardless of team or sport.

Last time I checked the Mets and the Yankees had the same record and the Yanks got 89 wins in the AL East. The Mets couldnt beat the Marlins two years in arow. And lets not forget the Nationals who got the worst record in baseball. Give me a break. The only fans I'll let to tell me how the Yankees buy people are Marlins, Rays, Nationals, Athletic and other low market teams. Fans of the bosox, mets, cubs, dodgers, etc. STFU! Your teams have the same money as the Yankees. The difference, Steinbrenner is willing to spend the money to upgrade the team than to keep the money for himself. Other owners aren't willing to give up the money for themselves. So your telling me the Yankees are the only team that sells out, thats why they spend so much?

I dont like that the Yanks spends so much money but what can you do, dont complain, its his money.

yankfan1:

"[...] STFU! Your teams have the same money as the Yankees. [...]"

They most certainly do not.

I am not complaining about the inequality in baseball. I am merely suggesting that the rest of the world isn't so impressed with Yankee accomplishments when it's bought and paid for by a system that is grossly unfair.

And no, making the playoffs for 13 consecutive years is not that amazing. You give me 30%-50% more money to spend then my next closest competitor and I can make the playoffs every year. Instead of patting yourself on the back why don't you sit back and try to understand what a colossal failure the team has been over the past 8 years. To outspend your opponents by that much and still lose speaks far more to your failures than your successes.

BTW - several people have suggested that the Yankees merely spend the money they make - hence the high payroll. While true that some teams (Florida) have fat cat owners who profit off revenue sharing instead of using it to improve the team - many teams contribute a much higher % of their revenue to payroll than the Yankees. Those teams are working on revenue streams that 30% of what the Yankees franchise brings in. And even then they can't come close to matching what the Yanks can do with their payroll.

Making the playoffs 13 years in a row is impressive no matter how much the payroll is. Look at the other teams with that have had high payrolls over the last 13 years. How many times have they made the post season. The last 8 years is a failure by Yankees standards, but you have to acknowledge the fact that they are doing a major rebuilding effort and cutting 80 million out of their payroll, even though they are going to spend close to 70, maybe more, in the offseason. And BTW: who else can consider making the playoffs in the last 8 years without winning it all a "failure"? Not many, and definitely not your team.

"Yeah because that $200M team totally blew away the Rays this year."

In payroll, not performance.

""Go get your favorite baseball game for the XBox/PC. Remove the salary cap and force trades. Watch your team in career mode win for 13 straight seasons. That's essentially how much credit I give the Yanks for assembling a winning team."

Wow, what trades has major league baseball or the Yankees forced teams to take?

You shouldnt be pissed at the yankees, you should be pissed at every other teams owner(s). the yankees do the right thing and take every bit of revenue and put it right back into the team, while the revenue for other teams ends up in someones pocket.
Suggestion: stop bitching.

Not that I recommend it.

Wow I love hearing all these Yankee haters try to bring down the greatest dynasty ever in the history of the sport. What is funny too is these people also do not have a clue about what they are talking about! You want to talk about a team that is bad for baseball, well then why doesn't anybody ever point a finger at the Texas Rangers for offering A-Rod the contract they did. Given A-rod's production and the draw he brings to the Big Apple, the Yankees were forced to give him a contract that surpassed the one he got with the Rangers! If there is one person in the game that deserves the most money in the bigs, it is him! Also, keep in mind the Yankees are an absoluate class act organization! They were the team standing at the top step of the dugout when the Red Sox were presented their 2004 World Series Championship rings. Never seen anyone else do that. And in terms of other big market teams (and some small market teams. Most of them do have the money, but just do not want to spend it! The Twins, Astros, Red Sox(highest payroll for a world series championship team), Angels, Dodgers, etc. These teams have the resources to compete and keep up with the Yankees as much as they want to. If you do not have to spend the money to be competitive (i.e. Rays, Marlins, Twins, etc.) More power to ya! All Steinbrenner is trying to do is win a championship! What's wrong with that?

"When the Yankees have a lead they don't choke it away"

ALCS. 2004. Biggest choke job in the HISTORY OF SPORTS. Zing.

nrmax88, Let me just say to you that your statement is actually false. Yes, the Yankees choked big time during that series, but the Mets colossal collapse of 2007 is statistically a bigger choke than the Yankees collapse in 2004. Look it up, it's truth.

everyone hates the yankees because they have all this money that they can spend on whoever they want. They take every good player, or they just offer their farm system players a crap load of money so they take it.