Fact: The three guys above, combined, make more money than four different teams' entire rosters make (AND THESE AREN'T EVEN THE TOP PAID PLAYERS ON THE YANKEES!)
Yes, I'm a Braves fan, and yes, I do hate the Yankees. With all that aside, I don't understand how the fact that the Yankees payroll is almost $80 million more than the next highest paid team doesn't come up more often. They're more than double that of their World Series opponents!
For years, you see the Yankees chase the hot players, offering them insane contracts to come and play for them. In the past, it's always seemed like New York is the place that good players come to die, so I guess a congratulations is in order for them. THEY ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING WORTH WHILE!
Yeah, yeah, they've won 27 WS now, but they've been gobbling up talent from other teams so often, it's not even that fun to watch. It's kinda like the Dream Team in the NBA playing a rag-tag bunch of guys that are trying to make a name for themselves, but more often than not, the Dream Team is put to shame. Eventually, they'll all click and it'll be too much for anyone to handle, but it's not as often as you would expect. Shouldn't that be more of a big deal? I fully expect the Yankees to go pick up Utley after what he did to them in game 5. Maybe not because they want to use him, but just so he can't play against them again. That's a pretty good strategy if you ask me.
So go enjoy your World Series that you worked so hard for. All that hard work making players better and developing that raw talent into refined skill, you've earned it! Oh wait, you just let another team do that and jump on the hot tamale train. Well, you won! And that's what really matters! Right?
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