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I'm sort of in-between... I'm probably the closest to being the only baseball fan in the world who doesn't have a favorite team...

Hey, I have a great quote from the Lou Gehrig I wrote. It's from Colonel Ruppert, the original (well, the first notable one, there was one when they were in Baltimore) owner of the Yankees who brought them from a bunch of bums who would probably fall apart and not even make it to the majors and in an independent league to the greatest team in baseball. He was a buisness man and without him, the Yankees would never be the team they are today. People were calling for the Yankees to be split up because they were too good of a team. No team should have Earl Combes, Joe Dugan, Herb Pennock, and most of all Lou Gherig and Babe Ruth on one team. They demanded they were taken apart. It got so bad that Ruppert was forced respond and brilliantly said,
"I have no intention of selling Gehrig or any of my players who, in the judgment of Miller Huggins, can help the team to win another pennant, if possible, in 1929. I not only have no thoughts of breaking up the Yankees, but Ed Barrow, Huggins, and myself will exert our best efforts to strengthen them. Baseball is a sport as well as a business. In every sport the object should be to win on your own merits and not ask the other fellow to weaken himself deliberately to aid your cause."
I know I said this on another thread, I just thought it was such a good quote.

I'm in between too, I don't take the Yanks offensively, but I do see why they're hated
but the fact is, even if the Yanks have top players, I didn't see them having won the world series since

Bingo. It's called karma, and it'll will inevitably bit you in the butt.

This is why I hate the Yankees:

9:21am: The New York Post's George A. King III reports that if the Yankees can't get Mark Teixeira, they're "right there on" Manny Ramirez.

"If they pass on Teixeira, the Yankees will try and bolster a sagging lineup with Ramirez... And to clear some money, they might entertain offers for outfielder Xavier Nady, who made $3.35 million last year, is arbitration eligible and a free agent after the 2009 season."

And he is wrong. The Yankees are not going for Manny, that is the speculation of a guy who I hate. They say he's "familliar with the Yankees thinking", but he's not. They will look into Texierra, but I highly doubt they'll sign him due to the amount of years he wants. I see the Angels or sadly the Red Sox getting him. Not a fan of the daily post.

Here's my argument against karma. If there is Karma, why are so many gerks rich, happy and successful and why do so many good people get killed in, for example, Darfur. If karma existed, then these sort of things wouldn't happen. And the Yankees haven't done anything immorally wrong, but I can definetly see why the get on peoples nerves. Their playing to win and make money but their not exactly being cuthroat (anymore, now that George isn't at the helm).

good point, comnip. But think fo it this way: Who is really happier? The poor man who lives in the small fishing village with a wife and family who love him? or the jerk who has a s***load of money who nobody really likes? Karma acts in small ways that not everyone sees.

Tex will sign with an East Coast team since they are both (he and his wife) are from there.

the yankees aren't bad.
steinbrenner is.

however, they have too much money.
duh.

anyone seen how the rays built their 25-man roster? (the one that went to the WS)
holy crap...

The thing with karma is that people only say karma when something bad happens to somebody else when it happens to you you would never say it was karma..........

Also look at the 98, 99, 2000 teams who were some of the main players? yeah are home-grown kids

If the Yankees don't sign Teixera, they should consider spending some money on Adam Dunn, who can play first base.

Nah, I'd rather have a more consistent hitter. Hell I'd rather not get texiera for 8 years or whatever he's asking. 3-5 years, fine, but 8 is too much. I say have swisher for a year and wait till your big first base-prospect is ready. He did pretty well in the fall league and was one of the best hitters. That's even better then triple a at that level.

I don't know if I can ever trust your opinion again. He arguably looks a bit better at best. I say he looked better with the beard. But WAY better? No.

Really? You know, the first game I ever really watched (I mean watched intently, actually card about) was the 2004 ALCS. I was amazed that players at 45 years old could play so well. Yes, that's how old I thought the bearded Damon was. Now, he looks a little younger then his age. I hated the beard now that I think back, and he looks a lot better now. He shaved off the sins of being a Red Sock (haha) and changed his look.

Damon is a traitor. He said he would never play elsewhere than Boston, but then he went and joined the Bankees.