Why do people accuse the yankees of buying championships?

Question

When you really check it out, they did not,. that dynasty was really put together from home grown talent. Rivera, Jeter, williams, Petitte, Posada. Scott Brosius was taken off the scrap heap, they traded for roger clemens. gooden was another off the drug pile. Who did they buy ? what ring did they buy? 96,98,99,2k ?

Answer 1

The Yankees rock! People that say they buy championships are just jealous. Go Yankees!

Answer 2

If you accuse the Yankees of buying a championship, have to look at the Red Sox too. The Red Sox also have one of the largest payroll in MLB.

Baseball is a business and some teams invest more in their lineups than other.

The Yankees have and will pay top dollar for talented players, but unfortunate for them, sometimes paying top dollar doesn't win a World Series. I have nothing against the Yankees, I like Derek Jeter, hes a hard working player that was brought up the Yankees farm system.

Its interesting to note that the last American League Championship the Yankees have won was before A-Rod.

Answer 3

Here in print:
1. NY Yankees 195,229,045!!!!!!!!!!!
2. Boston 142,991,214
3. NY Mets 116,115,819
4. LA Angels 109,251,333
5. LA Dodgers 108,704,524
6. Seattle 106,516,833
7. Chicago Sox 100,680,167
8. Chicago Cubs 99,936,999
9. Detroit 95,180,369
10. San Francisco 90,469,056
11. St. Louis 90,286,823
12. Atlanta 89,492,685
13. Philadelphia 89,368,213
14. Houston 87,759,500
15. Baltimore 85,227,808
16. Oakland 79,938,369
17. Toronto 79,925,600
18. Milwaukee 71,986,500
19. Minnesota 71,439,500
20. Cincinnati 69,654,980
21. Texas 68,818,675
22. Kansas City 67,366,500
23. Cleveland 61,289,667
24. San Diego 58,235,567
25. Colorado 54,424,000
26. Arizona 52,067,546
27. Pittsburgh 38,604,500
28. Washington 36,967,500
29. Florida 30,507,000
30. Tampa Bay 24,124,200
What ring did they buy? Most of them....
Not a Yankee hater. Just ironic I think!

Answer 4

It's what has happened the last six years when they have not won a championship where they have gotten that reputation. I mean when your payroll is 200 million dollars and no one else is even near 150 million, you realize that when any great player may go free agent, the Yankees will pay them either to have the guy play or to keep him off the Red Sox or Mets.

The Tigers series last year was a classic example of that strategy biting them in the behind. Torre had to play Matusi, Abreu, and Sheffield- they all played out of position, none of them had a big hit, and Detroit destroyed them.

Answer 5

A Rod was not aquired by throwing money at him, they traded for him, and insisted Texas take up some of his salary, so they aren't exactly free with their money.

Yankees are not spending truckloads to strengthen their squad anymore. They now realise exactly what you pointed out, the titles were won with homegrown talent. And they remember losing the world series to the Marlins, a team built on young pitchers. That is why we have seen a policy shift. They have traded for young starting pitching, I expect they might draft some pitchers as well. They have held on to players like Hughes and Tabata, instead of using them as bait to trade for a veteran.

Yankees are no longer talking about this season or the next only, instead they have one eye on the seasons to come. There could well be another dynasty in the works as a result.

Answer 6

Yes you are absolutely correct. All the talent they have is from the farm agents. Like Jorge Posada. He is one of their best players and he is coming from the farm agents. He has helped the Yankees to all four of their recent championships. And also Derek Jeter. He wasn't a top notch player like Alex Rodriguez. He was taken in to the Yankees and now look at Mr. Clutch. Bernie Williams, Mariano Rivera, and Andy Pettitte are all top-notch players and the Yankees picked them all up.

Answer 7

The accusations have died down a bit, considering they haven't won since 2000 (and haven't even been to the World Series since losing to Florida in 2003), but the accusations were rooted in Darth, I mean George, Steinbrenner's deep pockets.

If he successfully buys a World Series championship in my lifetime, I won't hate him for it. I'd do the same thing in his situation. With deep pockets comes the responsibility of doing all that is possible to field the best possible team.

Answer 8

Well, I think the entire thing comes from having the highest payroll for any MLB team. And when another team wins the World Series, they will go after the free agents on the team before the start of the next season.

It isn't saying that they paid someone to win the rings. It is speaking to having such a high payroll, and throwing money at the "talent" as they see it.

I root for two teams - the Chicago Cubs, and anyone playing the Yankees!

Answer 9

There really is only one word to describe these people: HATERS. I take it as a compliment that so many people hate the Yankees. The truth is, I don't really give a damn about other teams. They don't interest me. If people hate the Yankees as much as they say they do, they would stop talking about them. They enjoy being miserable because so many other fans are miserable along with them. It takes a special breed to be a Yankee fan. Not everyone can be one.

Answer 10

I am a Yankee fan and have been all my life. They do spend money, but as proven over and over money can't buy a ring. Your point is well made and I say it all the time. The best players the Yanks had came from their farm teams.

Answer 11

I dont accuse them of buying championships. I accuse them of trying to buy championships. Nearly ever player that has played for the Yankees for the last 5 years has been acquired from another team or picked up in the free agent market.