just wanted to hear some opinions about that. mine is that first of all they earned their high payroll by their success. secondly, there are plenty of teams in sports with very high payrolls but they don't have success. examples (knicks, mets(have highs and lows), red sox, 80 something yrs without a championship, celtics(recently no success), nuggets (third highest payroll in nba and haven't been deep in the playoffs for a while). i just think that they're success comes with a successful system and style that has worked for years, not their high payroll.
2007-10-27 16:24:30 · 9 answers · asked by dwadefranchizemia03 5 in Sports ➔ Baseball
i'm talking about in general for the duration of the franchize.
2007-10-27 16:57:47 · update #1
plz don't bring up the yankees' recent failures, i am aware of them, i'm talking about in general the success of the yankees' franchize
2007-10-28 02:20:46 · update #2
elaine s, why aren't the knicks currently amazing along with all the other teams i listed in my question? there are plenty of teams with high payrolls who are unsuccessful, what separates them from the yankees?
2007-11-04 06:31:39 · update #3
The general philosophy is that if you pay for the best players you are going to win. The Yankees and other teams that have high payrolls always want to buy the player who puts up the best overall stats. By the law of averages that enables them to win more games than they would if they did not have these "stars".
One of the big problems is that the big names usually have the big egos which impedes them from playing together as a cohesive unit (team). The teams with the smaller payrolls that do well do so by being a cohesive team - since they do not have the big "star" to count on.
2007-11-04 06:11:19 · answer #1 · answered by Elaine S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Yankees win if their pitching stays consistent and the get alot of runs batted in from their core players (the past three years; A-Rod, Matsui, Posada, Cano, Cabrera, Damon, and Jeter).
You are correct; in recent years, the Yankees success has come from players in their farm system, but they still buy alot of players like Mussina(2000), Giambi (2002), Matsui(2003), ARod(2004), Damon(2006), Pettite(2007), Clemens(2007).
2007-10-27 23:36:04 · answer #2 · answered by Brian B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obviously not, since they didn't even make the ALCS. Money can only get you so far. It only got the NYY as far as it could. Money does not buy talent. It takes a true manager to recognize talent, whether they are up and coming from the minor leagues, a Japanese all-star, or a long-time player who has finally found his groove.
2007-10-27 23:28:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Define winning........
Since the ultimate form of winning is a World Series, then the answer to your question is an expensive NO!!
2007-10-27 23:34:54 · answer #4 · answered by T EMMETT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems to me like the Yankees have been flushing their payroll down the toilet for quite a few years now.
2007-10-27 23:27:46 · answer #5 · answered by Ray C 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Nah, the won cause they were great united team, until Arod and Giambi cam to town that is....
2007-10-28 07:43:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
yankees have a billion dollar payroll but they lose.
2007-10-27 23:32:00 · answer #7 · answered by xraac 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
Payroll buys people, yes, but it's the players that actually wins it all.
2007-10-27 23:28:19 · answer #8 · answered by Choro-Kun 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yankees didn't win this year, now did they?
yea, coco crisp is getting paid more than he should.
and look where he is right now. on the bench with a (fantastic) rookie playing for him.
2007-10-27 23:27:32 · answer #9 · answered by girl 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋