haha, yankees suck

Post by **Jonathan** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:24 am

thought i'd throw that in there.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:25 am

Yes, yes they do.

VLSmooth · Post by **VLSmooth** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:26 am

What? They only lost 4-2 (shutout in the last game) and have $100+ million more on their payroll than the Marlins... whatever could you mean?

added "+", you have my apologies

Post by **Jonathan** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:29 am

http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2003/0721/1583823.html

$120 million, excuse you.

Goddamn. Is that right? The Yankees outspent the Marlins by more than the Mets, New York's other suckass team, spent on their whole payroll. Which, incidentally, is the second largest payroll in MLB.

tasheren · Post by **tasheren** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:30 am

kicked their yankee asses!

Post by **Jonathan** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:33 am

So, in conclusion, the Yankees are paying for the equivalent of two top of the line teams. And they get their little dog kicked. In the nuts. By a kung fu master.

quantus · Post by **quantus** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:33 am

Shit, the yankees should've just bought the marlins and been done with the world series without even playing.

My crystal ball says, "Pay cuts likely in the future of the yankees for completely sucking." I didn't even watch that much of the series, but I saw way more errors than I'd seen ever in such a small period of time.

VLSmooth · Post by **VLSmooth** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:36 am

A couple things I've learned since working:

Baseball doesn't have a payroll cap
The Yankees have tons of fans
Tons of fans == tons of money

iirc, implementing caps would reduce money from the MLB, so it's not a realistic option.

This is indirectly because baseball fans still watch, even if the outcome is predictable most of the time. So there's no benefit to cap, which is supposedly done for team equality and more interesting games.

Post by **Jonathan** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:39 am

VLSmooth wrote:A couple things I've learned since working:
Baseball doesn't have a payroll cap
The Yankees have tons of fans
Tons of fans == tons of money
iirc, implementing caps would reduce money from the MLB, so it's not a realistic option.

This is indirectly because baseball fans still watch, even if the outcome is predictable most of the time. So there's no benefit to cap, which is supposedly done for team equality and more interesting games.

They have the luxury tax now. The Yankees (the only team spending more than $117M) have to pay $10.7 million in luxury tax. Apparently, Steinbrenner operates in some parallel universe where $10.7 million doesn't really matter. I can't imagine that they earn a lot more than 10 million bucks in a season in profit.

VLSmooth · Post by **VLSmooth** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:40 am

Also, am I the only one that finds it interesting that the Yankees are the only team hit by the 17% luxury tax above $117 million? (for over $10 million to boot)

VLSmooth · Post by **VLSmooth** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:40 am

Heh, exactly!

VLSmooth · Post by **VLSmooth** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:41 am

Just to make it known, I dislike baseball since I find it incredibly boring.

Whee.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:46 am

yanks have all the $. they've won a huge percentage of the world series. they're stacked!

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:52 am

http://msn.espn.go.com/mlb/news/2002/0329/1360060.html

Yankees made a $18.8 million profit in 2001. Don't know about this year.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:54 am

Manchester United, the English soccer version of the Yankees, made 39.3 million pounds (~$65 or so million I would guess) last year.