#3. THE NEW YORK YANKEES
It's not that I am against winning (after all, I DO like Charlie Sheen). It IS, however, that I am against buying wins. Steinbrenner was a genius. He had it all figured out: Make a ton of money by any means necessary, have a decent team to start with, and plug holes by paying an asinine amount of money to players to fill said holes (many of which are mediocre at best). The Yankees are the most celebrated team in baseball history. Much of that they have earned. Mantle, Gehrig, Berra, DiMaggio; all true Yankees from the system up. I can respect that. What I refuse to respect is paying to win. I do get some joy out of the Yanks' deep pocket blunders. Signing Carl Pavano a few years ago (just to keep him out of Boston) cost them $40 million. He won 4 games in 26 starts. They would lose the bid to Daisuke Matsuzaka (also to the Red Sox), but would shell out $20 million for 5 years to Kei Igawa (Who?... Exactly.). He would go on to a 2-4 record and an ERA over 10. I suppose there are some small joys in life.
If you are a Yankee supporter, and can sleep well at night knowing that if you had the bank account of say, the Brewers, you would be terrible, then good for you. I'm happy for you. However, I feel it necessary to agree with my little friend here...
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