The University of Idaho Argonaut

I was walking on campus last week and happened to see several students wearing New York Yankees hats.
Why?
I mean, unless you’re from the New York area or your dad grew up a Yankees fan, I see no reason why anyone would ever root for that team. Especially people living in Idaho.
Honestly, the Yankees are a big-business corporate tycoon that constantly buys out the little guy and takes advantage of a poor system without a salary cap.

Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for Wal-Mart to come in and put all the little establishments out of business.
It’s rooting for Goliath.
Who does that? Yankee fans do, I guess.

The greatest thing about people who root for the Yankees right now is that they really don’t have anything to cheer for. The team hasn’t won a World Series since defeating the Mets in 2000.
Yes, it’s been that long. Talk about a mismanaged franchise.

This team has a $200 million pay roll and hasn’t won a championship in almost 10 years.
Again, why would anyone root for them.
The Yankees’ infield makes more money than almost every other team in baseball.
Alex Rodriguez makes more money per season than the entire Tampa Bay Rays roster.
The Yankees pay Bobby Abreu almost $20 million per year. That’s a rate of about $1 million per home run. If you’re going to spend 20 million on a player, that’s fine, just don’t do it with Abreu.

Only the Yankees.
Baseball isn’t a level playing field these days because there is no salary cap limiting what teams can spend. If there was a cap, the Yankees would be what they were during the 1980s — a poorly managed club hovering in the middle of the standings.
I hope the Yankees miss the playoffs this year for the first time since 1993.
With a new manager and horrible pitching staff, this may be the year. Seriously, Tampa Bay has a better pitching rotation than the Yankees.

If you’re a hardcore baseball fan you know exactly what I’m talking about. They’re using a washed-up Mike Mussina as their third starter — weak. With Chien-Ming Wang and Andy Pettitte as their 1-2, I seriously doubt any teams will be afraid of Yankees pitching this season.

This may be the year the Yankees don’t make the playoffs — as ridiculous as that sounds due to their $200 million pay roll.
Oh, and real quick, Red Sox fan, quit acting like this little underdog guy. You guys have a $170 million pay roll. You’re almost as bad as a Yankee fan.

Boston, you guys aren’t’ underdogs. You are the Yankees — just slightly less arrogant.
Just understand that the Yankees should win the World Series almost every year due to their resources and unlimited budget.
I think it’s fun rooting against Goliath. I can’t imagine rooting for them, unless I was from there.

I look at the Yankees as a corporate giant that’s able to make up for poor management by buying out smaller clubs’ best players.
Hopefully you do, too.

	1. 02-04-2008 10:05
	Don't be a hater Breaking News… There is someone that doesn’t like the Yankees or Wal-mart…   Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But being a hater because a business is successful, I fail to see the logic in that.   The Yankees happen to be one of the most Historied team in MLB, and because they have an owner and management that treats the sport like a business you hate them? If you want to watch the sport of baseball watch minor league and High school games.   If you were running the team and could get the best players out there and pay them top dollar, are you tell me that you would pass. Last I checked teams are in it for the money and winning, which creates more money.   What is more American than getting paid millions of dollars for playing baseball? If you want Tampa Bay to bring in the top players start supporting them.  At least with Wal-mart a person can look at all the bad things they have done, bringing millions of lead based toys in America , treating communities and workers like crap and have an argument for being Anti-Wal-mart.  I don’t see rooting for Goliath as bad thing especially when I am rooting for the Vandals in the fall. And last I checked it has been a while since they won a World Series..   Go Yankees  Go Vandals .. Registered

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