Congrats to the 27 time WORLD CHAMPION NEW YORK YANKEES !!

[AZ_]

You still cry tears of joy when the Yankees win?


How pitiful, championships should have no feeling anymore when you monopolize the game.


Pretending the moment is overwhelming makes me want to vomit.

 

[Chris]

You still cry tears of joy when the Yankees win?


How pitiful, championships should have no feeling anymore when you monopolize the game.


Pretending the moment is overwhelming makes me want to vomit.

While I partly agree, Boobie, I think people need to stop being jealous bastards and spitting venom at the Yankees and their fans and redirect it to MLB and Selig.

 

[doughboy90650]

even with that said ........ congrats

 

[DC]

I am glad Steinbrenner was able to at least see his beloved team win one more if he unfortunately passes.

Say what you want about the man, but we should all be lucky enough fans to have our teams spend to win a title.

 

[Chris]

I am glad Steinbrenner was able to at least see his beloved team win one more if he unfortunately passes.

Say what you want about the man, but we should all be lucky enough fans to have our teams spend to win a title.

Agreed. I wish Dolan would spend half as much as the Yankees do. I know he just plain can't, but it's still frustrating.

 

[PIP]

If it was that easy, gents, the Yanks would have won 13 consecutive titles...

 

[Chris]

If it was that easy, gents, the Yanks would have won 13 consecutive titles...

You have to admit, though, the "spending smart" argument is batshit retarded. It doesn't take a fucking genius to invest hundreds of millions in such diamonds in the rough as A-Rod, CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, and Mark Teixeira. Those signings were no brainers.

Clubs like the Indians could never afford to sign even one of those.

 

[James]

Pip, Ive seen my teams win more Championships then most will ever see. At some point, you just look at it as if its no big deal. I love all the butt hurt Indians fans complain about money...you compensate players appropriately for the value of the team and the amount of money the team generates, so I dont see how the money is still the focus of peoples discontent.

This could be the last one for a while, Rivera and Posada are getting up there in age.

 

[chrisrich91]

I am pretty sure LeBron will be on the float with the Yankees. They are in New York to play the Knicks.

If the Yankees stage their world championship parade Friday, a Cavs spokesman said noted Bronx Bombers fan, James, is not expected to attend the festivities. - NY Post

SOURCE: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knic...the_king_B5axuJOHrtUJsdld8qJzSO#ixzz0W0TkAQS7

Really hope this is true. We don't need that shit.

 

[Chris]

Why should I care, even if he did? He's a Yankees fan.

 

[glockcoma]

I'm just happy baseball season is finally over. How can you have a 162 game season and still need a playoff to decide who the best team is?

 

[chiefwahoo]

This guy says it better than I can:

November 5, 2009 at 1:04 pm ET
Yes, I’m Really Retiring

After a little over 32 months writing about professional baseball here at Bugs & Cranks, it’s clearly time to stop. I still love this site and the people who make it great, so I may stick around and cover amateur baseball, but I’m done with pro baseball. Not that I was hedging my bets exactly, but I’ll also be writing about other pro sports elsewhere on the interwebs starting next week — look for an announcement early next week.

Back in the early 80’s, Howard Cosell decided to stop calling profesional boxing. A deeply moral person like me, Cosell based his decision on seeing one too many gross mismatches, and the corruption of the sport’s governing bodies, its meaningless titles and the people who profited from the obscenely unlevel playing field. The analogy with baseball today is all too clear.

Perhaps I should thank the Yankees for opening my eyes. They provided the final straw, the one too many dark night and day for a tarnished sport.

A game that has offered the world as three of its last four “champions” teams no real champions would ever want to be associated with.

The grossly advantaged Yankees led by Alex Rodriguez who finally admitted some of his rampant steroid use this February and Andy Pettitte, who won two games in the World Series after admitting some of his own performance-enhancing drug use less than two years ago. They beat the “defending champions, ” who won the previous “title” thanks to a relief pitcher who won two games in the World Series because he was allowed to play while dragging out an appeal on two positive regular season drug tests. The past two seasons were further cheapened by the de facto banishment of the game’s greatest player, its G-POPE Barry Bonds. Then back in 2006 you have the Cardinals and their glorious 82-80 regular season record.

As I wrote about the 2oo7 New York Giants, the ‘09 Yankees, the ‘08 Phillies and ‘06 Cardinals have only succeeded in further cheapening the word “Championship.” Championships should be about Greatness. Championships should be about Excellence. Championships should not be about Opportunistic Mediocrity. As my stepfather is fond of saying even a blind squirrel with more than twice the revenue and nearly twice the payroll of all the other squirrels will occasionally find a nut. Really with the advantages the Yankees have, to have only won one title in 9 years and to lose more games in the World Series than any “champion” since 2003 is a disgrace. A sound argument could be made that they’re STILL the worst team of the millenium.

But as of today, I’m leaving it to others to make those sound arguments about this deeply flawed game that is so desperately in need of big and major reform. Thank you all though for your support as I have tried my best to Tell It Like It Is.

http://www.bugsandcranks.com/davidchalk/baseball/yes-im-really-retiring/

 

[Chris]

I will never stop following baseball. I love the sport too much. I grew up playing baseball, watching games @ Jacob's Field, participating in that "455" that hangs out there today at the stadium. Baseball is an incredible, historic, magical sport to me. I will never, ever stop watching it, enjoying it, playing it....

But the glee I get from baseball dies just a little every time I realize there are 20+ teams at severe disadvantage, teams that have much less of a chance at a championship than NY, Boston, and LA. The disparity is there. People need to top acting like it isn't. Stop blaming the Steinbrenners and the Red Sox and all that shit. Put it where it belongs. On Selig the Jackass and MLB itself.

For the record, props to Jay Crawford. Hats off to this man. ESPN are shills for the Red Sox and Yankees and suck their schlongs quite frequently, but Jay Crawford has taken more than his fair share of barbs at the system MLB uses and the Yankees themselves today on First Take. Again, props.

That's all I have to say on the matter for now. I suspect this will be a popular topic this offseason.

 

[PIP]

You have to admit, though, the "spending smart" argument is batshit retarded. It doesn't take a fucking genius to invest hundreds of millions in such diamonds in the rough as A-Rod, CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, and Mark Teixeira. Those signings were no brainers.

Clubs like the Indians could never afford to sign even one of those.

Agreed. However, at some point fans need to realize that it's not the Yankees or Mets or Dodgers or Red Sox fault that the owners of their favorite team doesn't have the means to compete.. It's the survival of the fittest in this world...

Also, remember when the Indians tried to keep Manny, they offered him the same deal the Sox did, but he took the Sox deal... Thome left for an extra year on his deal...

If the Indians would scout better, draft better, and actually field a team that was worth watching, maybe the fans would show up, generate revenue and ultimately keep the Indians on the radar year in and year out by an owner who is/was encouraged by the response of the fans...

It's been proven that high payrolls don't guarantee anything.. But, it does give you a shot to have a seat at the big table... I think the midwestern Tigers have the 3rd or 4th highest payroll in the game and they didn't even get into the post season...

Indians had to trade Cliff Lee because couldn't afford him ?? Philadelphia would like to give him an extention... They can afford him... Why can't Dolan ?? If the owner doesn't have the money, can't compete and can't maintain a top 10 payroll, get out !!! He has no business owning a team...

 

[Chris]

Agreed. However, at some point fans need to realize that it's not the Yankees or Mets or Dodgers or Red Sox fault that the owners of their favorite team doesn't have the means to compete.. It's the survival of the fittest in this world...

Also, remember when the Indians tried to keep Manny, they offered him the same deal the Sox did, but he took the Sox deal... Thome left for an extra year on his deal...

If the Indians would scout better, draft better, and actually field a team that was worth watching, maybe the fans would show up, generate revenue and ultimately keep the Indians on the radar year in and year out by an owner who is/was encouraged by the response of the fans...

It's been proven that high payrolls don't guarantee anything.. But, it does give you a shot to have a seat at the big table... I think the midwestern Tigers have the 3rd or 4th highest payroll in the game and they didn't even get into the post season...

Indians had to trade Cliff Lee because couldn't afford him ?? Philadelphia would like to give him an extention... They can afford him... Why can't Dolan ?? If the owner doesn't have the money, can't compete and can't maintain a top 10 payroll, get out !!! He has no business owning a team...

In regards to the bold, I have said and will keep saying this. I agree 100% and hold NO ILL WILL to the Yankees. I respect the hell out of the Yankees. I am one of the few Indians fans who do, I'm betting. They are a historic franchise with an incredible complex (both old and new), a ton of history with amazing players past present and no doubt in the future.

Still, the Yankees have missed the playoffs what, once? In 18 years. High payrolls DO guarantee you have a much better chance of competing. To say they don't guarantee anything is a blatant fallacy. All the top payroll teams are frequent competitors.

And yes the Indians need to scout and draft better. Much better. But say they do, and they find great players. What happens when said players are FA? They will become Angels, Red Sox, Yankees, or whatever. That's what happens. That isn't fair.