New York Nation
In Major League Baseball there�s the Yankees..and then theirs everyone else
Sporscenter: 11:00 Saturday night, Valentines day, the Yankees are about to acquire Alex Rodriguez, more on this developing story throughout the broadcast.
Why should any of this surprise us the last bit? Why should we act shocked when we knew this would probably happen all along. Why? Because whatever the Red Sox can do, the Yankees can do better. No longer is anything out of reach of King George�s hand (aka: The Boss). Some owners sell off their players for nothing, and George, well he buys players for the highest price. And now once again, the Yankees have squashed, crushed, stunned, demoralized Red Sox Nation. Virtually stealing Alex Rodriguez from the Texas Rangers in exchange for sleek but not super Alfonso Soriano. Which stages the question once again, are the Yankees too rich for baseball? Take it to be funny, jab at it a few times, scratch your head, wake up, and they�re still there. And New York isn�t going away. A-rodjust another investment, one of many on George Steinbrenner�s never ending flood of Benjamins. The Yankees payroll, and get this with the addition of Rodriguez will climb to 190 million! Arod and Jeter make more combined then some NHL teams payrolls, as a team! When has it gone too far. At this point, why should we ever believe the Yankees won�t try purchasing the league. Hilariously, Jeter and Arod combined will make about as much then the payrolls of Milwaukee and Pittsburgh respectively! The foot is on the steering wheel and it�s gone way over the boundary lines, -if only there were any. There�s the Yankees and there�s New York�s constantly operating farm system ,..err. Every other team that plays below them. In contrary its funny, scary, sickening, awing
stunning, all in one gasp. The team with the near 200 million dollar payroll, and 4 players who have locked contracts individually for 100 million. Arod for 250 million, Jeter for 189 mil, Giambi for 125 million, and Kevin Brown for 105 million. The amazing part to all of this is that they don�t win every year. And who�s to think that eventually they won�t go over the 200 million dollar plateau. George is like a real estate agent, only he buys everything at the highest price, highest value, highest everything. The Yankees lineup consists of a fantasy team. No wait, they might be better. Posada, Jeter, Arod, Giambi, Matsui, and Sheffield. O, by the way, this just in: they might score more runs then the sport has ever seen. On paper, they have the look and feel of an all-star team. They spill easily over the luxury tax, and still cruise year by year with enormous profits. Their net worth at the moment, if George ever put them for sale, could be over a billion dollars! A billion dollars. It seems like their value shoots over the National Hockey League�s and we�re talking one team. When King george purchased the Yanks they were floundering somewhat and he purchased them for 10 million. Their value now on paper would look something like this:
1,000,000,000
All for a sports team. A measly sports franchise, in a sport where no one else can counter. Arod he�s not the completed puzzle, he�s just a part. There is no complete equation, things change every day in the Bronx. A change of mind, merely a change of heart, and you, you, and you are gone.
Is it fair, is it fun, is it ridiculous. Possibly, George has 31 teams on a string. He operates them to his choosing. He�s picks at teams like they�re dessert. And he needs the spices of life. No team in sports can match the fame, the power, the recognition that the Yanks have. That NY isn�t just an emblem, it�s not just pinstripes that make the Bronx Bombers, That NY on their chests, it�s like the S that superman posseses, only Superman has a weakness, Kryptonite.
What�s New York�s worst enemy: themselves. And that�s what makes them that much scarier. Stay Tuned, they�re not done. |
