Show Your Yankees World Series items

[3and2]

What a great find! I enjoyed reading the article in the Record. I actually grew up in Northern Valley so your find put a smile on this Ohio guy's face.

[jpop43]

A few things from our NYY collection...
www.dugouttreasures.com

[prewarsports]

The Key to the Yankees success through the years.



Sorry, but I had to do it. Oh how I hate the Yankees.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

Sorry, but I had to do it. Oh how I hate the Yankees.

Hate all you want. That hatred feeds the Yankees and their desire to win. Almost every other owner is thrilled when they are merely able to compete. For the last 36 years, the Yankees have been owned and run, by people who demand to win, not just compete.

Do they spend more? Sure. Their tickets, concessions, parking, and especially, TV revenue, generate more money than the other teams. What do you suggest that they do with that money? Other owners pocket that money. Steinbrenner spends it. When the league charges a luxury tax, he kicks in his share, and other owners pocket that too. They know that their fans will accept losing on a regular basis. Yankee fans won't. Did you know that in the last year reported, only four major league teams lost money. Some losing teams make millions of dollars in profits every year. Steinbrenner has always invested it back in the team.


http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/33/Income_1.html


I have no idea what team you root for. It doesn't matter. Blaming the money is easy, because it can't fight back. But the owners who point to money are using misdirection to convince their fans that their management is not at fault.

Sorry you bought into it.

[prewarsports]

It was a joke so dont get too riled up, but the Yankees have been buying the best players in Baseball since 1919. In the old days it was by paying the minor league teams the highest amount for promising players, now it is through Free Agency. It is not a new thing.

Are they the most successful Franchise in Sports History? Yes

Do they run a great business from a monetary standpoint? Yes

Do they break any rules by buying all the best players in Baseball? No

As a fan do I hate their guts? Absolutely!



Dont take it personally or get upset, just one fans opinion.

[thekingofclout]

from Don Larsen's Perfect Game in the 1956 Fall Classic.

First pitch of the game.
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Mantle's incredible catch keeps Larsen perfect game alive.
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Larsen's last pitch.
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Berra leaps into Larsen's arms moments after the final out.
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Ticket stub and clubhouse pass.
larsenperfectgamestubandpass.jpg

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

It was a joke so dont get too riled up, but the Yankees have been buying the best players in Baseball since 1919. In the old days it was by paying the minor league teams the highest amount for promising players, now it is through Free Agency. It is not a new thing.

Are they the most successful Franchise in Sports History? Yes

Do they run a great business from a monetary standpoint? Yes

Do they break any rules by buying all the best players in Baseball? No

As a fan do I hate their guts? Absolutely!



Dont take it personally or get upset, just one fans opinion.

Absolutely no problem. I wasn't, and don't, take it personally at all. I assumed your post was good natured as was my reply.

[prewarsports]

FYI, I have lived and died (mostly died) for the Seattle Mariners since I was a tiny kid in the Kingdome in the early 1980's. They will never be the Yankees as a franchise and that is ok, but if they EVER win a single World Series, I PROMISE I will cherish it more than any Yankee fan cherishes any individual championship they have ever won!