The one with the most toys

[Highway61]

IMHO

Yankee fans don't ever want to talk about it, and very few will ever admit it, but deep down they know that their team and it's owners will always try to buy it and will always outspend all the other teams. They've had the highest payroll every year for so long I cannot remember when another team spent more than them.

It's shocking how much more the Yankees spend than the number two team. $52,057,202 or 35% higher. You could look at this way, what the Yankees paid their glorified millionaires would cover all of the Red Sox payroll plus the St Louis Cardinals payroll and you'd still have $2,098,081 left over for spending money.

Face it, when they signed not just C.C. Sabathia and not just A.J. Burnett, but also Texiera they flat out bought it.

I'd give more credit to them if they were not always first in salary, not only first; but ridiculously first. For all fans of baseball, other than most Yankee fans; anything they do is discounted by their outrageous spending.

As long as they're first in payroll, I can never give them credit for
winning it all because to me IMHO, they just bought it...yet again.


Team 2009 payroll

New York Yankees $201,449,189
New York Mets $149,373,987
Chicago Cubs $134,809,000
Boston Red Sox $121,745,999
Detroit Tigers $115,085,145
Los Angeles Angels $113,709,00
Philadelphia Phillies $113,004,046
Houston Astros $102,996,414
Los Angeles Dodgers $100,414,592
Seattle Mariners $98,904,166
Atlanta Braves $96,726,166
Chicago White Sox $96,068,500
San Francisco Giants $82,616,450
Cleveland Indians $81,579,166
Toronto Blue Jays $80,538,300
Milwaukee Brewers $80,182,502
St. Louis Cardinals $77,605,109
Colorado Rockies $75,201,000
Cincinnati Reds $73,558,500
Arizona Diamondbacks $73,516,666
Kansas City Royals $70,519,333
Texas Rangers $68,178,798
Baltimore Orioles $67,101,666
Minnesota Twins $65,299,266
Tampa Bay Rays $63,313,034
Oakland Athletics $62,310,000
Washington Nationals $60,328,000
Pittsburgh Pirates $48,693,000
San Diego Padres $43,734,200
Florida Marlins $36,834,000

[Mari333]

1. another reason I ignore sports.

[democraticinsurgent]

2. this is killing baseball

NFL and NBA have figured out revenue sharing and caps to the point where any team can win. Not baseball. And they wonder where the magic went...

[Mari333]

3. I enjoy home teams and small city teams

I never liked baseball or the other big sports when they became multinational businesses. They lost me a long time ago . There is no one with the love of the game anymore, just the love of the money. Not even interesting anymore.
The small minor teams and local teams still have the fun left in them.

[Odin2005]

4. it seems like my Twins ALWAYS get crushed by the Skankees in the playoffs.

Pisses me off!

[Highway61]

8. Twins are a good team

they played really good ball this year

[DonCoquixote]

5. As a Tampa Boy

I was proud when my Rays, those poor kids at the bottom of the pay list, beat the damned Yankees! Of course, the Phillies lost (I guess the crooked umpires went for the Yankees this year, instead of you last year.)

Baseball is becoming a joke, as the Yankees simply BUY their trophies, and elevate creeps like a-rod to god status. And you wonder why the NFL, with it's managed finances, is beating Baseball's arse!

[Highway61]

6. Let me tip my hat to you

The Rays are a damn good team...they do it the old fashion way...play ball.

[rurallib]

7. I used to be a HUGE baseball fan

Haven't seen a game now in probably 15 years.
Yankees win the series? So what else is new? They buy it every year.