Hard to cheer for Teixeira, Yanks in times like this

2009-11-17T10:34:17-05:00

2008-12-23T20:34:12-05:00

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2008-12-23T20:34:12-05:00

2008-12-27T15:21:27-05:00

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DoctorBaseball

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this guy is an idiot, the yankees spend the money because they have the money. other sports owners should also follow suit and do what they can and make more revenue so they can also funnel it back into the team. while the steinbrenners may be billionaires, they always put the team first, make sure there is a winner and contender on the field. obviously this clown doesnt know what hes tlaking about as well because no one got priced out of season tickets. prices went up except for the front row seats by only 5-10 dollars. if you can't afford an extra ten dollars per ticket when a hotdog and bottled water is 5 dollars at the stadium then you're being petty. every fan that hates the yankees wish they had owners like the steinbrenners. theyre owners pocket money, while the yankees funnel it back into the team. any big market team can potentially do what the yankees have done. the mets have copied them every step of the way from the pricey players to a tv network to a new stadium, jeff wilpon is just unwilling to spend the money. yes it is a recession and it doesnt matter to the new york yankees theyre doing their best to bring a world series to NY despite what it costs or the economic conditions.

297 Listen to me fool.. The Yankees spend more money than even they have. Such behavior is irresponsible. Do you spend every penny that you make? Yankees throw fiscal resposibility to the wind.. ..feeding the Steinbrenner EGO is more important to them. 3781953

2008-12-30T12:36:58-05:00

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waw2007

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Listen to me fool..The Yankees spend more money than even they have.Such behavior is irresponsible.Do you spend every penny that you make?Yankees throw fiscal resposibility to the wind....feeding the Steinbrenner EGO is more important to them.

302 I was going to ask you to back up this bogus assertion with some facts... then I read some more of your posts. So, never mind. You are clearly one of the millions of Yankee haters who makes up the facts to back up your irrational animosity. I loved the quote about how Tex is covering up his bald spot caused by past steroid use - way to libel there, fella. I'm sure if the Red Sox had coughed up an extra $2 mil a year and signed him, you'd be singing a different tune. Be glad that the Steinbrenners give you something to spew your endless bile over, otherwise you might turn out to be the next Unabomber or something. 3808465

2008-12-30T09:59:10-05:00

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The Tuggernaut

Dover 637143

301 I COULD root against them because I DID get squeezed out from the new Stadium, but unfortunately I love the Yankee tradition too much to do it. I will NEVER be able to root against my team, EVER. Spoken like a true BLOSOX fan LMAO!!! 3805236

2008-12-29T06:00:06-05:00

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Nuke Baby

No City 646346

300 I hope the spending spree works as well for the Yankees as it did for the Cowboys. I see a another 1st round and out...if that. You can count on the Mets choking again too. 3790060

2008-12-28T02:13:25-05:00

Kickin It

Boynton Beach 645619

299 The Yanks can spend all they want. They won't win any time soon. Wang and Sabathia have playoff ERA's that can't compete with slow pitch softball and Burnett (insert Pavano here) pitches well every contract year (see you in 2013). And nobody does a better disappearing act than A-Fraud himself. Here's to the curse of A-Rod and Yankee futility for 9 more years!!! 3784255

2008-12-28T02:07:51-05:00

Kickin It

Boynton Beach 645619

298 The Yankees can spend all they want. They won't win a championship any time soon. Wang and Sabathia's arms fall off in the playoffs. Offense wins games, defense wins championships. Oh, and they have A-Rod....... 3784250

2008-12-26T21:44:37-05:00

fiscclipper

Sayville 644642

295 this guy is an idiot, the yankees spend the money because they have the money. other sports owners should also follow suit and do what they can and make more revenue so they can also funnel it back into the team. while the steinbrenners may be billionaires, they always put the team first, make sure there is a winner and contender on the field. obviously this clown doesnt know what hes tlaking about as well because no one got priced out of season tickets. prices went up except for the front row seats by only 5-10 dollars. if you can't afford an extra ten dollars per ticket when a hotdog and bottled water is 5 dollars at the stadium then you're being petty. every fan that hates the yankees wish they had owners like the steinbrenners. theyre owners pocket money, while the yankees funnel it back into the team. any big market team can potentially do what the yankees have done. the mets have copied them every step of the way from the pricey players to a tv network to a new stadium, jeff wilpon is just unwilling to spend the money. yes it is a recession and it doesnt matter to the new york yankees theyre doing their best to bring a world series to NY despite what it costs or the economic conditions. 3778101

2008-12-27T15:21:27-05:00

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DoctorBaseball

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2008-12-23T21:09:46-05:00

Gilgame

Amherst 584067

18 its really sickening to see the yankees just outbiding everyone, while the red sox are lucky enough to be among about 4 or 5 teams who can actually compete with the yankees. this offseason is a prime example of why baseball is broken, the yankees dont even need to think about doing what other teams MUST DO to compete with teams like new york, boston and even LA. i mean why put an money into your farm system at all if all you are going to do is sign 3 or 4 free agents to astronomical contracts every year. well, im hoping for the sake of baseball that the yankees fall flat on their faces again, otherwise it will be an embarassment knowing that the winning formula in baseball is to just throw money at whatever problem your team has. 3756386

2008-12-27T10:36:35-05:00

Joe in Massachusetts

Townsend 645263

its really sickening to see the yankees just outbiding everyone, while the red sox are lucky enough to be among about 4 or 5 teams who can actually compete with the yankees.this offseason is a prime example of why baseball is broken, the yankees dont even need to think about doing what other teams MUST DO to compete with teams like new york, boston and even LA.i mean why put an money into your farm system at all if all you are going to do is sign 3 or 4 free agents to astronomical contracts every year.well, im hoping for the sake of baseball that the yankees fall flat on their faces again, otherwise it will be an embarassment knowing that the winning formula in baseball is to just throw money at whatever problem your team has.

296 Gilgame, I don't think you'd be moaning so much if the Red Sox had signed Teixiera. They did offer him 170 million which isn't chump change. If he had signed would you be complainibg about the Red Sox trying to buy a World Series title? Would you be hoping the Sox fell flat on their faces? What a hypocrite. 3780218

2008-12-26T21:44:37-05:00

fiscclipper

Sayville 644642

2008-12-26T20:20:20-05:00

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Quisquella

Bear 588840

292 Just another Yankee-Hater article. Why dont you write about the other teams that pocket their money. At least the Yankees invest on their product. 3777766

2008-12-26T20:27:50-05:00

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DoctorBaseball

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Just another Yankee-Hater article. Why dont you write about the other teams that pocket their money. At least the Yankees invest on their product.

294 Chicken Quesadilla, Why don't you walk east until your hat floats. 3777776

2008-12-26T20:23:59-05:00

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DoctorBaseball

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293 Wow!! Look at the picture of Tex, he is already doing the back to front comb over with the hair. He is obviously looking to cover up the baldness caused by his past steroid abuse. Doesn't matter though, Yanks welcome all cheaters with open arms. Steinrenners need to feed their insatiable EGO. 3777806

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<div class="photo_container image_right"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/mark-teixeira-ftr2.jpg" alt="Mark-teixeira-ftr2" width="300" height="350" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: left;">Mark Teixeira has reason to smile -- but what about fans?</div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: left;">Robert Beck/SI</div> </div> <p>"Yankees sign <strong>Mark Teixeira</strong> to eight-year, $180 million deal."</p> <p>"Yankees sell bleacher seats for Yankee Stadium opener for 25 cents."</p> <p>Never before have two headlines highlighted the disconnect between athletes and fans more.</p> <p>It's nothing new for athletes to be signing multi-million dollar contracts that dwarf the family income of most fans, but in the midst of a recession that is costing many their jobs, savings and homes, when will free-spending teams like the Yankees and players scoffing at $170 million offers like Teixeira finally feel a backlash from fans?</p> <p>Sure, Yankees fans don’t mind their team's $423.5 million offseason spending spree. It’s not their money and they’d just as soon sign every free agent available as the Yanks' payroll exceeds half a billion dollars in the hopes of winning their first World Series since 2000. But at what point does a team’s payroll and the demands of its players become so out of whack from reality that it becomes hard to cheer for them?</p> <p>Say you’re a Yankees fan who had season tickets to the old Yankee Stadium but got priced out of the new Yankee Stadium and lost your job recently -- how fired up can you be to cheer for a billion-dollar team playing in a billion-dollar stadium for a billionaire owner? It’s like a homeless guy cheering for <strong>Donald Trump</strong> to win the lottery.  </p> <p>Sports have always served as an escape from everyday life but the Yankees’ spending spree during today’s harsh economic climate seems to flaunt the fact that some of us don’t live in the real world. Some of us can still write blank checks to get what we want. Some of us can still laugh at nine-figure guaranteed contracts as if it were a slap in the face. Some of us can buy a world championship, or at least try to.</p> <p>There will always be a disconnect among fans and the teams that they cheer for in today’s big-money era. But in a time when some leagues are cutting their workforces while others are shutting down, when some teams are trimming payroll while others are folding completely, it’s becoming increasingly harder to laugh off astronomical contract figures like Teixeira’s.</p> <p>The disconnect is greater than simply comparing the tax brackets and lifestyles of players and fans. The Yankees are able to pay Teixeira and others top dollar because they charge top dollar for fans to watch their games. At the $1.3 billion new Yankee Stadium, a seat behind home plate is going for $500 to $2,500, up from $250 to $1,000 last year. Most of the other reserved seats are selling for $100 to $500. The question now isn’t how can you cheer for the Yankees but how can you afford to cheer for the Yankees?</p> <p>Thankfully, for its April 3 and April 4 exhibition openers against the Chicago Cubs the Yankees will be charging only a quarter for bleacher seats, harkening back to opening day of the original Yankee Stadium in 1923, a time when fans could still afford to go to the ballpark with the family and the team’s first baseman wasn’t making five times more than everyone sitting in the bleachers combined.</p> http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/396/7/thumb/markazi_arash.jpg 118 CA

Arash Markazi

Los Angeles 3987 35341 <div class="photo_container image_right"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/mark-teixeira-ftr2.jpg" alt="Mark-teixeira-ftr2" width="300" height="350" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: left;">Mark Teixeira has reason to smile -- but what about fans?</div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: left;">Robert Beck/SI</div> </div> <p>"Yankees sign <strong>Mark Teixeira</strong> to eight-year, $180 million deal."</p> <p>"Yankees sell bleacher seats for Yankee Stadium opener for 25 cents."</p> <p>Never before have two headlines highlighted the disconnect between athletes and fans more.</p> <p>It's nothing new for athletes to be signing multi-million dollar contracts that dwarf the family income of most fans, but in the midst of a recession that is costing many their jobs, savings and homes, when will free-spending teams like the Yankees and players scoffing at $170 million offers like Teixeira finally feel a backlash from fans?</p> <p>Sure, Yankees fans don’t mind their team's $423.5 million offseason spending spree. It’s not their money and they’d just as soon sign every free agent available as the Yanks' payroll exceeds half a billion dollars in the hopes of winning their first World Series since 2000. But at what point does a team’s payroll and the demands of its players become so out of whack from reality that it becomes hard to cheer for them?</p>