Bye, Bye Baseball Hall of Fame?

[patrick70]

That's why I don't follow professional sports anymore,they overpaid premodonna's.

[cubbieman]

Originally Posted by tlarkin

I am a die hard baseball fan, but I think the sport needs an overhaul. I am tired of seeing the Yankees win the pennant every single freaking year and how their starting outfield payroll is like more than half the MLB's teams whole roster.

ummm the Yankees have 0 WS titles in the past 7 years, it's been about a billion and a half dollars worth of payroll since they won it, not to mention that the Red Sox have been the dominant force in the AL lately. the Yankees are not the dominant force they used to be, but seeing as they have the most fans, they have the most money, and they should spend it to field the best team they can

back on topic

it is widely acknowledged that the Sosa-McGwire HR races generated massive interest in the MLB, so the argument that the MLB would not exist today without them could be made. I'm not making that argument to that extreme, I'm just saying it could be made, what I will say is that the league, and every team in the league profited greatly from the Sosa-McGwire HR races, and I really hope no one on here believes they didn't both take steroids, so the MLB owes it to the steroid industry, after all the money they made off of steroids, and are continuing to make off steroids, to not have rules against steroids. high schools should have rules against them, and maybe colleges, but when you're a professional athlete you're a big kid and should be allowed to decide what you do or don't put in your body in cases like steroids where it doesn't affect anyone else negatively

[tlarkin]

cub-

That doesn't change the fact that many teams haven't made the play offs in over a decade. The Yankees always make the play offs, period.

You don't see that trend as much in football or basketball. Sure some teams have legacies, but not like one that NYY have.

[Midas]

Originally Posted by Seabeescotty

How long has it been going on, and how many have done it? I no longer have any use for pro athletes, and would rather have my grandkids look up to military people, as their idols. This pro athletics crap is all out of proportion, to any good they might do the country.

I agree

[cubbieman]

Originally Posted by tlarkin

cub-

That doesn't change the fact that many teams haven't made the play offs in over a decade. The Yankees always make the play offs, period.

You don't see that trend as much in football or basketball. Sure some teams have legacies, but not like one that NYY have.

we'll probably end up having to agree to disagree on this one, but the way I see it is that the absence of a salary cap makes a league somewhat of a democracy, with the fans having their own votes(by buying tickets) on which teams have the most money, as a Cubs fan, my team hasn't won it in 100 years, that's almost 6 of my lifetimes, if anyone should be complaining about the yankees having 26 championships, it should be me

the yankees are also 20-23 this year

[tippmann7]

tlarkin it take it your a red sox fan? and every one always talks about the yankees have all this money which is true but what did u think was going to happen after 26 world series victorys.....MONEY

[tlarkin]

Originally Posted by tippmann7

tlarkin it take it your a red sox fan? and every one always talks about the yankees have all this money which is true but what did u think was going to happen after 26 world series victorys.....MONEY

No, I am a home town fan, Royals and Chiefs, which is why I am used to disappointment.

What I hate is every good player we get, we can't keep because we can't afford them. Let me name a few

Damon
Beltran
Dye

All Royals players and none of them we could afford to keep. Got their experience in our stadium on our team's roster and now they have left because other teams can afford to give them 20+ million dollar contracts.

yeah, that is totally fair.

[cubbieman]

it's not the yankees fault that the royals can't sell tickets

[tippmann7]

Originally Posted by tlarkin

No, I am a home town fan, Royals and Chiefs, which is why I am used to disappointment.

What I hate is every good player we get, we can't keep because we can't afford them. Let me name a few

Damon
Beltran
Dye

All Royals players and none of them we could afford to keep. Got their experience in our stadium on our team's roster and now they have left because other teams can afford to give them 20+ million dollar contracts.

yeah, that is totally fair.

il tell you dissapointment, having a stacked roster and still not winning... idk how the yankees dont win every game

[jimkim]

Disappointment? How do you think it felt being a Braves fan in the nineties. How many times can you loose the series in one decade?

[tlarkin]

Originally Posted by jimkim

Disappointment? How do you think it felt being a Braves fan in the nineties. How many times can you loose the series in one decade?

At least your team went LOL!

[jimkim]

It seems like I lost some money once betting on the cards it was in '85. I wonder who won that year.(I really did $50.00)

[tlarkin]

Originally Posted by jimkim

It seems like I lost some money once betting on the cards it was in '85. I wonder who won that year.(I really did $50.00)

yeah the gold old days, bo jackson, g brett, and I was a kid and thought it was awesome...

Then the strike....lost interest

Now post mid 20s, getting back into it.

They just put a new 100 foot High Def screen at Kaufman, that thing is seriously bad ass. The first time I saw it, I was so confused because there was just too much info on the screen at once.

[tippmann7]

anyone see the yankees mets game the other day.....it showed the left field foul pole in yankee stadium is in fair ground almost a foot away from the actual foul line, (no wonder there building a new stadium) it did save us 2 runs but didnt matter the mets won

tlarkin- i guess your right about the dissapiontment the red sux just no-hitted the royals