Congrats to the yankees and there 500 mil dollar payroll!

"Ive already said that yes owners pocket money and they are doing nothing wrong because that money pocketed would nto put them in the playoffs anyway. They have no shot of getting a premium FA if the Yankees, Sox, Angels, Dodgers, Mets, Cubs, etc want the same player."



They are doing nothing wrong????????? Think what you may, and I never said the Yankees don;t have an advantage, all bigger markets do.... all I said is that the Smaller markets have the money to compete on a regular basis!   If you can't see that than I'm sorry....

The St. Louis Cardinals completely contradict your argument I could careless what else you have to say Good bye!

jpero i wouldn't waste my time

he is either thick or blind

have you noticed yankee fans aren't backing him..probably because most are not as thick and blind as him

You are a freaking mental case!!!!!!!!!!  Can't you relax????????  We know that you are always right so please take your pills and CALM DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i love the YANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you  guys  make  me  wanna                               

this thread will be the next "Starbury" thread

if my aunt had balls

why should the yes network share anything with any other team the yes network is the Yankees network for Yankee fans not the other teams and the other teams are going to pocket the money anyway and the Yankees spend to win all you people could say is what you think and not what is fact the fact is the the teams that don't spend don't go anywhere the teams that do go to the playoffs

im not a yankee fan or a philly fan but its pretty pathetic that it took 300 million dollars for the yanks top finally make it back to the series. And i really hope thye blow this 3-1 lead. i wanna see what they would do next would they come back next year with a 600 million dollar payroll?? probably.

im not a yankee fan or a philly fan but its pretty pathetic that it took 300 million dollars for the yanks top finally make it back to the series. And i really hope thye blow this 3-1 lead. i wanna see what they would do next would they come back next year with a 600 million dollar payroll?? probably.

500 million on the payroll

yankees should win the world series every year!

thats pathetic yankees havent won since whenever, cause i dont care should win every 2 of 3 yrs, 4 of 5 yrs, 9 of 10 years!

welcome to the shit league of major league baseball

my pirates suck! giving away players to chicago, boston, yankees, etc... oh well, cant compete with 500 payroll with 50 payroll

The Yanks have blown bigger series leads than this before . . . *ahem** 2004.  No matter which of these two teams wins, they're both pretty terrible.

What have the Yanks hit through the entirety of the post season?  What, about a buck 60.  Considering all the terrible pitching they went up against, that's just sad.

If NYY didn't have "Mo", they wouldn't have anything.

Like Yogi said, "it ain't over 'til it's over".

I think it's really sad and pathetic who Yankee fans like to pretend this is some kind of glorious moment.  You spent all this money and your team still sucks.  If you don't recognize what it plain-as-day to many others, then you just don't understand baseball.  Go back to cheering for the Knicks.

Yanks lock. Phils lock to lose

The Yankees don't have to be smart about their money.  They can go out and blow millions on bench players.  The difference in revenue sharing is that yes TB  might get money, but they also don't have any luxury boxes and if they did not many would be sold.  They don't charge the same for tickets, they don't charge the same for concessions and don't charge the same for anything.  You don't get a lot of die hard fans unless you are good.  They are stuck.  Whoever wants to argue about this is onlny seeing it from one side.

Deadspin is leaking financial records of MLB teams... This will help shed light on this issue

Link

Teams released so far:

Seattle: 2008 (paid 16.174 million into revenue sharing) lost 4.533 million; 2007 (paid 8.284 million into revenue sharing) made 17.864 million

Pirates: 2008 (received 39.046 million into revenue sharing) made 14.408 million; 2007 (received 30.303 million into revenue sharing) made 15.008 million

Tampa: 2008 (received 35.345 million into revenue sharing) made 14.202 million; 2007 (received 39.381 million into revenue sharing) made 21.688 million

Marlins: 2009 (received 43.973 million into revenue sharing) made 3.900 million; 2008 (received 47.982 million into revenue sharing) made 29.462 million

Angels: 2009 (paid 16.402 million into revenue sharing) made 10.732 million; 2008 (paid 14.747 million into revenue sharing) made 7.088 million

Operating expenses well over $100 million

Uriss was completely wrong about that even though he was adamant he was not.

The Pirates have also spent the most in the draft and international signings over the past 3 years. So those who say they aren't using the money they receive are WRONG.

Not a bad start by their drafted rookie.

Fine...not drafted. However...not paid for.