Comments on: Why I Hate the New York Yankees

By: Duke

Duke — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:59:20 +0000

Nothing stops other teams from re-investing the million of dollars in luxury tax they receive from the Yankees into their own franchise. It’s a business. That’s all it is. Putting money into your product and research to create a superior product over your competitors. Simple. I am tired of this “buying championships” crap! Get over it!

By: meredith

meredith — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:57:16 +0000

the ying to lose the world series well they better we the phillies are goning to win

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:45:19 +0000

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand… Red Sox tickets are much more expensive and harder to get.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:37:08 +0000

Not to mention that the individual clubs don’t get playoff ticket revenue. That goes straight to MLB. The Yankees tried to rope off a section of $5 seats in the bleachers but MLB put a stop to that.

By: Lee Schneider

Lee Schneider — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:21:20 +0000

Dan, you’re right of course, but nothing warms a blogger’s heart more than to be accused of bias and misrepresentation.

By: Daniel Stein

Daniel Stein — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:01:56 +0000

Okay, now you’ve got my attention.

I’ll just address reason #2 for now…

talk about blogger-media manipulation/bias/misrepresentation….

-Thursday’s game was in Anaheim
so, this actually has nothing to do with the $1.5B yankee stadium

the clip you use is from StubHub. again not a fair representation of what face value actually is.

My tickets for Saturday’s game at Yankee Stadium were $210 each (via Stub Hub) albeit less than face value, but kudos to the free market system.

Go Yanks.

Now how about a blog about the crappy umpires and a case for instant replay in baseball?

your Yankee fan friend,

Dan

By: Lee Schneider

Lee Schneider — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:58:50 +0000

Here’s my friend Phil’s ode to the Twins and the spiritual side of baseball:

http://bolstablog.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/twins/

By: Jeff Schneider

Jeff Schneider — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:57:28 +0000

How can I add to that?
Go Red Sox! (um, well, next year)
Go Angels!?

By: Bob Ellal

Bob Ellal — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:07:22 +0000

Lee,

I’m not really a baseball fan; football is my game. But I’ve always been disgusted by the money Steinbrenner throws around to win championships. It’s way out of proportion to what smaller markets can pony up.

As far as his ranting and raving, I’ve always found that positive reinforcement is not only more productive, but encourages sound relationships. That’s the way I raised my sons, in contrast to the way I was raised. Being negative may work in the short run but breeds resentment and a lack of respect. And eventually poor performance.

Bob