Yankees slip into last place!!

deathwalker

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Let me find my crying towel..I know its around here someplace...oh ya..its in the wash ..I cleaned kitty vomit up with it. My, we just dont understand how the best team that "Money" can buy can be in last place. Perhaps they should try "Devleloping/Building" a good team rather than buying one. Much like teams like the Athletics, Braves and other organizations do. Should I lend poor ole George a rope? A very stong one at that!! Go ahead Yankee fans, give me hell..I can handle it.
 

Phokus

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
repost?

It can't be posted enough! :laugh:

I just love seeing the yankees and their fans suffer in humiliation
 

Phokus

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Originally posted by: shady06
i hate the yankees, but its still very early

dude, don't ruin the party, just bask in the glow of their suckage :D
 

jalaram

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Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
BTW, please add to the initial post that the freaking DEVIL RAYS put them in last place. ;)

Go Devil Rays. I'll be in Tampa this weekend and I hope to catch a game.

 

gigapet

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as a yankee fan i am somewhat glad they are losing....

people can no longer make the illogical claim that they win because they have the highest payroll.
 
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people can no longer make the illogical claim that they win because they have the highest payroll.

Nobody says that a higher payroll guarantees winning. If you're stupid with your money then the results won't be great. However, it is without a doubt a definite method to make your team better if you're not an idiot.

Anyways, I wouldn't count the Yankees completely out yet.
 

gigapet

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Originally posted by: RabidMongoose
people can no longer make the illogical claim that they win because they have the highest payroll.

Nobody says that a higher payroll guarantees winning. If you're stupid with your money then the results won't be great. However, it is without a doubt a definite method to make your team better if you're not an idiot.

Anyways, I wouldn't count the Yankees completely out yet.

nobody says it now but if they were in first place.....every post in this place regarding yankes would be just like they were last year...."THEY ONLY WIN CUZ THEY PAY THE PLAYERS MORE"
 

PoPPeR

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Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: RabidMongoose
people can no longer make the illogical claim that they win because they have the highest payroll.

Nobody says that a higher payroll guarantees winning. If you're stupid with your money then the results won't be great. However, it is without a doubt a definite method to make your team better if you're not an idiot.

Anyways, I wouldn't count the Yankees completely out yet.

nobody says it now but if they were in first place.....every post in this place regarding yankes would be just like they were last year...."THEY ONLY WIN CUZ THEY PAY THE PLAYERS MORE"
their owner doesn't play fair, so why should we be fair with our comments?

 

Glitchny

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yanks pitching = horrible, bunch of old men that cant get the ball across the plate. but the real issue with the yanks now is that there is almost no way for them to buy their way out of this. All of their old players have too much money on their contracts and they have no prospects to trade away. Only way the yanks are gonna get out of this is if their pitchers get a handle on things.

And the lack of prospects is only going to get worse, the yanks have almost 0 homegrown minor leauge players that are garnering interest, unless they make major changes they are looking at a talent drought, no matter how much money they spend.
 
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Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: RabidMongoose
people can no longer make the illogical claim that they win because they have the highest payroll.

Nobody says that a higher payroll guarantees winning. If you're stupid with your money then the results won't be great. However, it is without a doubt a definite method to make your team better if you're not an idiot.

Anyways, I wouldn't count the Yankees completely out yet.

nobody says it now but if they were in first place.....every post in this place regarding yankes would be just like they were last year...."THEY ONLY WIN CUZ THEY PAY THE PLAYERS MORE"

That's because having a large amount of payroll is a huge advantage. If you mess up even while having that advantage then it's even more embarassing. Losing or winning doesn't mean that it is no longer an advantage over a smaller revenue team.

Do you think that a large payroll was not one of the main contributing factors to the Yankees winning last season? You seem to be arguing a strange point.

It's still much too early in the season, but if the Yankees keep floundering then they're going to take over the name 'the worst team that money can buy' away from the Mets of the 90's. Having their payroll and being under .500 is a huge embarassment.
 

gigapet

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Originally posted by: PoPPeR
Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: RabidMongoose
people can no longer make the illogical claim that they win because they have the highest payroll.

Nobody says that a higher payroll guarantees winning. If you're stupid with your money then the results won't be great. However, it is without a doubt a definite method to make your team better if you're not an idiot.

Anyways, I wouldn't count the Yankees completely out yet.

nobody says it now but if they were in first place.....every post in this place regarding yankes would be just like they were last year...."THEY ONLY WIN CUZ THEY PAY THE PLAYERS MORE"
their owner doesn't play fair, so why should we be fair with our comments?

The fact that they are not in first place negates your argument entirely. If he spent a billion dollars on players its not gonna guarantee they will be the best.
 
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Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: PoPPeR
Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: RabidMongoose
people can no longer make the illogical claim that they win because they have the highest payroll.

Nobody says that a higher payroll guarantees winning. If you're stupid with your money then the results won't be great. However, it is without a doubt a definite method to make your team better if you're not an idiot.

Anyways, I wouldn't count the Yankees completely out yet.

nobody says it now but if they were in first place.....every post in this place regarding yankes would be just like they were last year...."THEY ONLY WIN CUZ THEY PAY THE PLAYERS MORE"
their owner doesn't play fair, so why should we be fair with our comments?

The fact that they are not in first place negates your argument entirely. If he spent a billion dollars on players its not gonna guarantee they will be the best.

It doesn't guarantee it when coupled with incompetence, but it should 'almost' guarantee it under normal circumstances.

And the Yankees not being in first doesn't mean that they 'play fair' if that poster was referring to spending huge gobs of money as playing unfair.
 

Kev

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why does anyone care so much that the yankees are in last place? gee, they only have 839855 games to make up this season. by the way, baseball sucks.
 

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Originally posted by: Kev
why does anyone care so much that the yankees are in last place? gee, they only have 839855 games to make up this season. by the way, baseball sucks.

Sounds like a disgruntled Yankees fan who will start watching again after the Yankees (if) start winning again. :p
 

Spike

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Definitly puts a smile on my face... until I realize that my own home team sucks as well, stupid Mariners. At least we are doing well in Basketball (go Sonics!)

-spike