#27 in the stable for the Yankees!

[289pony]

Well played WS by both teams. I give credit to the Phillies for making it to the World Series 2 years in a row. For now it's time to celebrate in NYC! Can't wait for the parade!

[mach1jc]

2009 MLB Team Payroll
1. New York Yankees $201,449,289 *
2. New York Mets $135,773,988
3. Chicago Cubs $135,050,000
4. Boston Red Sox $122,696,000
5. Detroit Tigers $115,085,145
6. Los Angeles Angels $113,709,000 *
7. Philadelphia Phillies $113,004,048 *
8. Houston Astros $102,996,415
9. Los Angeles Dodgers $100,458,101 *
10. Seattle Mariners

Enough said!

[mike65]

[sportsroof69]

Boooooo Yankmees

[S281SC]

Congrats New York on your recent purchase of another championship.

[obsidianspider]

All it takes is money...

[cfMustang]

A disappointed Phillies fan here...
The Phils did not play well... but still lost to a better team.

Until Major League Baseball makes changes to how teams spend $$$ and implement a cap, teams like those that mach1jc posted will likely always be the teams to bet on because they can spend.

[mach1jc]

Originally Posted by cfMustang

A disappointed Phillies fan here...
The Phils did not play well... but still lost to a better team.

Until Major League Baseball makes changes to how teams spend $$$ and implement a cap, teams like those that mach1jc posted will likely always be the teams to bet on because they can spend.

Teams with consistently high payrolls including the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have secured disproportionately high numbers of playoff berths while teams with low payrolls such as the Pittsburgh Pirates and Tampa Bay Rays have only made the playoffs once combined over the past decade. Some teams have called for the introduction of a salary cap, but the opposition of the powerful MLB players' union and the New York Yankees' ownership group (who have threatened legal action) makes implementation of a cap highly unlikely at this point in time.

The NFL & NHL have what they call "Hard Caps" a set amount that can't be passed, the NBA has a very confusing "Soft Cap" where teams are allowed to sign their veterans and only a certain amount of that is applied to their cap. Anyone want to take a guess what NBA team has the highest payroll? The Lakers.

Until we (the fans) stop filling up the stadiums and arenas, buying team merchandise, things will never change. As I have gotten older I become less and less interested in the over paid, chest pounding prima donna pro athletes, I enjoy watching my son play little league baseball, and flag football much more. Sorry for the Rant.

[John_Del]

Originally Posted by mach1jc

Some teams have called for the introduction of a salary cap, but the opposition ....................and the New York Yankees' ownership group (who have threatened legal action) makes implementation of a cap highly unlikely at this point in time.

Can you site an authoritative reference to this? It's the first I've heard of this. Besides, I don't know on what legal argument they could use to stop a salary cap if the other owners agree to it.

That notwithstanding, it's the player's union (as you've pointed out) that rules this kingdom. The owners had the union beat in the spring of 1995, but Sonia Sotomayor suddenly ruled against the owners who were trying to bring parity to the game. The player's union will never allow a salary cap. Ever.

Sotomayor is a Sporting Judge

The way things are now, the player's union will never be broken, baseball will never have economic parity, and the teams with the most money would be stupid not to play within the rules that exist.

John

[69 Rustang]

I was a Phillies fan until I learned that a Yankees win historically means a strong stock market for the next 12 months!