D-Backs going to the World Series and the Yanks are one away from it......

[Beefcake]

Should the Yanks beat the Ms I hope the D-backs kill em.    GO NL!!!

[majic]

Man, I hate the Yankees.  Well, not all of 'em, just Steinbrenner...

Hey!  How about them Bears?

[Dune]

Go D'Backs!!!!!

[Nifty]

Told ya my Braves would lose.  If NY beats the M's I officially don't care about the World Series.    I do hope Arizona wins if they play the Spankeez.  Actually, I want Seattle to win it all, and then have every M's fan tell Pay-Rod to take his money and shove it up his arse!  

[Ripsnort]

Do what I did, write the MLB commissioner and tell them you plan to boycott MLB until they implement a salary cap.(Of course, I will start this after tonight if we lose  )  Notice how the NFL has parity today since they capped it.

Sick of the team with the most talent (ie. most money that lures most talent, see "Yankees") continuously winning because their owner can afford to fork more cash out.

[Nifty]

Florida Marlins, 1997.  Bought a championship, but couldn't afford to keep the team together in 1998.  Team has been shoddy ever since.

Salary caps are good things for parity, though bad things for team identity.  It's hard to keep a team together with the player's greed, err, excuse me, the player's MARKET VALUE (*chanting* "go to hell, Boras, go to hell!").  Amazingly the Tampa Bay Bucs have kept their team together the past 4 or so years.  They haven't done much in the playoffs, but at least I know who's on the team.  

[YANKEE]

Sounding a bit bitter there Rip...they do have counselors that can address this issue for you.  

C'mon now...Steinbrenner has had money for years but it wasn't until he brought Torre on in '96, that he finally had someone who could maximize the talent in the correct places. Just money alone won't get you 4 out of the last 5. Jeter was a rookie, Posada was backing up Gerardi. They were saying Boggs was past his prime. O'Neill hadn't been fairing well. They have talent. And yes, they have the big salaries but that hasn't always been the case.

I give total credit to Torre and his staff. Remember...a fish rots from the head down!!

You just don't want to dish out anymore Vodka!  

GO YANKEES!!!


Yankee

[Nifty]

Ok, it cut off the rest of my message...  but...  as you can see, only in 1998 did the Yankees not lead the league in average salary.  So they've been buying their team since 1996 for sure.  The source didn't have pre 1996 stats.

                2000            1999         1998        1997        1996
N.Y. Yankees     $3,656,542      3,215,660    2,229,945   2,303,437   1,882,417
Los Angeles       3,141,883      2,410,773    1,763,528   1,734,862   1,291,325
Atlanta           3,127,992      2,491,388    2,007,665   1,817,543   1,643,323
NY Mets           3,115,549      2,199,903    1,959,971   1,364,202     858,282
Boston            2,861,753      2,241,861    1,676,859   1,399,491   1,198,366
Arizona           2,828,909      2,270,453    1,087,243                    
Cleveland         2,707,783      2,174,932    1,888,369   1,912,062   1,646,741
St. Louis         2,390,042      1,515,094    1,648,114   1,552,695   1,531,063
Baltimore         2,131,260      2,519,213    2,761,464   2,205,890   1,689,670
San Francisco     2,128,333      1,650,392    1,783,535   1,657,232   1,132,634
Seattle           2,075,165      1,455,330    1,529,563   1,484,311   1,371,062
Chicago Cubs      2,017,536      1,988,212    1,731,924   1,230,273     949,333
Toronto           1,984,039      1,585,029    1,321,997   1,461,997   1,052,655
Detroit           1,980,411      1,171,069      720,961     653,058     685,026
Tampa Bay         1,915,275      1,134,301      848,117                      
Texas             1,870,723      2,825,735    2,108,505   1,417,055   1,537,795
Colorado          1,734,529      1,979,154    1,743,621   1,439,720   1,437,979
Houston           1,625,136      1,706,294    1,590,760   1,164,686     880,608
Anaheim           1,619,719      1,519,745    1,473,155   1,201,291     754,617
San Diego         1,603,601      1,620,328    1,895,756   1,279,053   1,244,644
Philadelphia      1,386,510        955,639      968,160     973,275     794,108
Chicago White Sox 1,360,172        908,704    1,436,537   1,695,296   1,572,512
Cincinnati        1,298,459      1,465,418      763,206   1,295,491   1,526,424
Oakland           1,156,925        812,949      784,601     392,400     688,910
Pittsburgh        1,004,335        714,430      459,552     380,443     615,297
Milwaukee           927,610      1,433,861    1,034,708     886,587     420,320
Florida             847,208        561,111      462,381   1,793,766     842,729
Kansas City         798,242        534,460    1,051,479   1,167,200     666,918
Montreal            767,420        572,290      306,162     617,711     577,650
Minnesota           601,680        648,800      957,035   1,259,514     756,712

[ 10-23-2001: Message edited by: Nifty ]