I am not writing this from a point of anger or bitterness. Quite the contrary. I am writing and suggesting this from a point of passion for the game of baseball.
More directly, Major League Baseball. It's simple, if you ever want to see your team win the World Series again, we have to throw the New York teams out of the league! Sound funny? Not as funny as the joke MLB is playing on us fans!
The New York Yankees are going to win their 27th World Series this year. And this is news to who? I knew this in June. I think most did. And this is a sad fact of the national pastime. Because of MLB's players and owners not putting in a salary cap for it's players, The Yankees can just buy this time after time. To me, the Yankees may be the
worst franchise in baseball. They've been doing this for decades and only won 26 World Series in 100 or so years. To be honest, they should win it every year or at least half the time. And the Mets are even worse. They've spent zillions of dollars too and only have a couple of titles in almost 50 years!
Think about this. Players like CC Sabathia were signed in the off season by the Yankees. The Indians offered him a measly 80 million or so..... a few times. But that's not enough for a 26 year old who already has a number of million dollars. Sad. Why should he accept such a paultry dollar amount? When the Yankees will pay him twice that .. and did. I mean a mans gotta feed his family, ya know?
If this continues, in 15 to 20 years MLB will be in real trouble. Kansas City, Cleveland, Minnesota, Pittsburgh and tons of other cities will lose their fan base, and throw in the towel, being sick of being a farm club for the New York teams. Couple that with the fact that many new young fans don't want to be associated with anything
less than championships. Why root for the home team, they always lose. They will jump ship to become front runners and be fans of teams like the Yankees. Not because they are the best team, but because they have the most money to
buy the best team year after year. Great example huh?
So if MLB and it's completely non-caring about the game players won't cap this thing and do what is right, we should just throw the New York teams out the the Major League's to SAVE the league as a whole. Just kick them the heck out. No team in NYC! And maybe those crybabies in Boston too while were at it! If those three teams weren't around to pay off all of the great players, the competition would be better and fans would be re-energized all over the league. Then CC would be forced to somehow choke down the foul taste of a scrawny 80 million dollars and stay with the Indians!
Isn't is sad that on opening day that virtually 27 teams or so know, right then, they have no chance to compete, let alone win a title! Ridiculous. I heard some Yankee fan this summer whining that the Yankees haven't won the Word Series since 2000. Oh, grow up! Not our fault. You should have with all the money you've spent, and all the smaller teams you've raided and attempted to put out of business with your cash. The majority of MLB teams haven't won it in 20, 30, or 40 years. How many great cities would love just a visit to the fall classic? Most I'm guessing.
Sad too, the Yankees will win it again and in reality, no one will care. Oh the 15 million or so supposed fans of New York will. BTW the vast majority of which can NEVER afford to go to a Yankee or Met game. I certainly could never be fan of a team that thinks so little of me that tickets were literally in the hundreds if not thousands of dollars per game. But the last time I checked we're a nation of about 350 million, and we don't care that they'll win at all. How can you? It's a total joke. Another BTW, have you watched any of the World Series this week? Didn't think so.
Like the hecklers at ball games yell,
"Throw the bums out!" And do you know who would care? It's simple math.. About 15 million people. Oops, finally we win. 335 million of us to 15 million of you. Sad for you Yankee fans........you just can't compete with
those numbers.
Sorry!
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