The Yankees Are In Full-Fledged Freefall

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by John1941

Take the Pirates. From a USA Today article: "The Pittsburgh Pirates, according to information received by the players union and confirmed by several owners, are one of the most profitable teams in all of baseball, stashing a huge chunk of their revenue sharing monies instead of investing in their team year after year." https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...s/83556338007/

The Pirates' owner treats the team as a cash cow. Result: the Pirates have a 29-45 record and all of their stars like Skenes and Oneil Cruz will leave when they can because the Pirates will refuse to spend the money necessary to keep them.

How must that feel as a Pirate fan, for your owner to care only about making a profit and not about having a winning team? How is that not unfortunate for baseball?

"Building a team the old fashioned way" implies these cheap teams are trying to build a winning team. They're not.

Boy do I agree with this assessment. It shouldn't be allowed to persist, year in and year out. The Pirates haven't been truly competitive since the 1990s. Neither have the Reds. Now that the Dodgers have become what the Yankees once were, why don't the haters aim their wrath toward them? Seems misplaced to waste it on the Yankees.

[frankbmd]

James,

I'll aim my wrath anywhere you want. I'm not in sync with buying championships (NY and LA in baseball) (Lakers in basketball) (the Bears in football - just kidding) and there are others.

I almost always am rooting for (but not betting on) the underdog probably 90% of the time in games I watch. The Packers whose stadium holds more folks than live in the town of Green Bay are special for me though and yes I own 1 of 5 the jillion shares of their stock. For over 100 years they have always been my team. They represent the other 10% when they are favored.

Level playing fields confuse me. Rooting for a tie just doesn't seem right.

[SAllen2556]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Boy do I agree with this assessment. It shouldn't be allowed to persist, year in and year out. The Pirates haven't been truly competitive since the 1990s. Neither have the Reds. Now that the Dodgers have become what the Yankees once were, why don't the haters aim their wrath toward them? Seems misplaced to waste it on the Yankees.

Hatred of the Yankees is never misplaced!

I think the Tigers are going to see the Yanks this October, and I can't wait for Skubal to beat them twice and help send them home....again.

Of course a year later Skubal will sign with them for 2 billion dollars.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by SAllen2556

Hatred of the Yankees is never misplaced!

Truth! But the Los Angeles Dodgers (whom I've never liked) have been tapping a fresh well of my ire in recent years.

[jingram058]

Now Schmidt goes down, needs Tommy John. The Yankees are a real mess. The Captain looks all too human, once again. When he's hot, he's hot, but when he's not...the whole team follows. And they do this every year. Cruising along, leading the AL East, then, suddenly, they implode into the All-Star break. The current Steinbrenner ownership, Boone, the lack of depth, the used up farm system, the whole thing looks like a true disaster.

[John1941]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Now Schmidt goes down, needs Tommy John. The Yankees are a real mess. The Captain looks all too human, once again. When he's hot, he's hot, but when he's not...the whole team follows. And they do this every year. Cruising along, leading the AL East, then, suddenly, they implode into the All-Star break. The current Steinbrenner ownership, Boone, the lack of depth, the used up farm system, the whole thing looks like a true disaster.

Judge has actually been hitting great again lately - 10 for 18 with 4 homers and 9 walks in his last six games - but his helpless weeks were scary.

Schmidt's injury really hurts - he'd been doing so well, too: 28 straight scoreless innings. And we need him; the Yanks' hitting has actually been just fine this week, it's the pitching that's been killing them.

I don't think the Yankees are a disaster - I think we have a good team. Just hope the Yankees start playing like it soon.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

They probably should've signed someone like Soto...

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

They probably should've signed someone like Soto...

They did try. Seems like he wanted to go to the Mets.