doesn’t matter.

Win, they bought it. Lose, they’re a joke. I say..who cares. “But we won the WS”, is a good way to say “shut up”

And you know what? I don’t give a rats ass. They my team, and let the media (which love the Red Sox anyway…) bitch about it.

I will admit, most media is pulling for Philly.

I hope we put Rocky to rest though. Thats a tired theme.

I have an uncle with a bum ticker. He’s had a heart problem since about 1997. It’s no mystery as to why he has it — years of smoking, partying, and eating carelessly brought it about, clearly. Yet, since the only rule HE follows is that one which allows him to get the most for the least amount of work, he refuses to accept much of the blame. He calls it luck of the draw, fate, whatever. He has the same outlook towards his responsibility now to get in shape and eat right.

BOTTOM LINE — Ain’t it always the case that the losers are always blaming someone else for why they lose or why they might lose in the future? The more you hammer away at a seemingly obvious point (Yankees — money — buy victories) the more it becomes a part of the psyche of the masses. The masses, at this point, are convinced that the Yankees’ spending habits are to blame for their inability to win. Even these idiots waving glitter-covered thundersticks with a stuffed monkey hanging over their shoulder who know NOTHING about the game know how to utter the words “the Yankees buy their championships,” lol. It’s sad, man.

Colin Cowherd of ESPN Radio said it best today at the start of his show: What happens when you put a salary cap in a major sport? Look at the NBA. The same teams are in the running for the big spots each year, not because of payroll, but because the cities with the most demand for the sport demand the best players, and the demand of the cities brings in media, marketing, etc. It is the interest of the area that matters, not necessarily the money.

Ask anyone on the Tampa Bay Rays, and they’d probably like to be Yankees. Despite winning the 2008 A.L. pennant, the Rays’ biggest problem this year was — you guessed it — ATTENDANCE. NO ONE CARES ABOUT BASEBALL IN TAMPA.

New York breathes, eats, drinks, and sleeps baseball. Same for Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago. The best players WANT to play for these teams because they know that going to them will earn them more attention, a greater fan-base, and a chance to play in more meaningful games.

So let them rant, dude. Personally, as a Yankee fan since the late eighties when the wasn’t worth subway fare, I’m proud to be linked to an owner that would donate a lung to win a championship. Maybe these Yankee-haters, deep down, want their owners to “buy” them some championships as well. But it’s so much easier to blame the Yanks.

Keep the hate coming, I say. It’s what gets me up in the morning. And to all you cry-babies from Halos Heaven, enjoy the offseason. No worries — go grab a bran muffin and a shot of wheat-grass; you’ll be fine.

Passan’s an idiot dead red sox fan…he picks them every year, and dogs the Yanks as much as possible…He had the Yanks finishing 3rd in the division behind Tampa (wildcard) and Boston (1st). In his last column I think he brought up ’04 atleast 2-3 times, like every other sox fan will do for the rest of their lives..Why? ’cause they have nothing else to cling to while trying to ignore the fact the Yanks have been the supreme franchise in all of sports spanning a century. It will be that much sweeter when the Yanks continue to add to their trophy case. 27 here we come! May the ghosts be with us, and thank God for making me a Yankee fan!

who cares what the media thinks? They all love the Sux anyway. It’s obvious they hate the Yanks, and believe it or not, most of the media is pulling for the Phils here (although if it were the Yankees in there place, they would say that the Yankees are buying championships and are being unfair. But if it’s the Phillies winning back to back titles, they’d say it’s a “dynasty” and a great story).

I say just let the World Series play out. You know how it’s going to turn out. If the Yankees win, they bought the title. If they lose, they’re a big joke.

Good thing the media doesn’t run baseball. Good thing opposing fans don’t run baseball. Baseball is run the way it always has been. With no salary cap. The Yankees aren’t doing anything to break the rules. They are using the money they make (it’s not like they rob banks) to put a championship team on the field. If they win, regardless of what the media or other fans say, the title is in the record books, and this team will go down as one of the best Yankees teams ever. If they lose, well then, we take what they say about how the Yankees are a “joke” and we wait until next season and try again. Who cares what they think?

And they’re one step away from #27.

I have tickets to Game one. I CAN’T WAIT!!!! GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!

It does bother me slightly, but I think it’s because I’ve been born into Yankee-dom and I see the world of the Yankees as a “beautiful place”. I can’t really understand how or why people hate this team.

All the articles that I’ve been reading within the past 24 hrs. mention payroll at least a billion times, I kid you not. If the Yankees really bought off MLB and the Umpires…why would it have taken them so long to get back to the World Series? That’s why I don’t take the hating that seriously.

NYY’s have got the best fans in the world (I know people outside of this country that recognize the Yankees’ greatness). That’s more than a lot of other teams can acknowledge.

Can you imagine what most of these teams would do if the Yankees decided for one season to sit it out? They’d all crumble and scramble. Without the Yankees, most people wouldn’t even buy tickets to games, let’s get real.

In any event, I’m just glad to be a fan of such an organization. So, whatever. :P

I don’t get it, their in the World Series and the press is still saying that the Yanks can’t win. Hello people, they are the best team ever end of story.

I hate when the stupid people (media) say shit like that! We won fare and square!

But that’s life as a Yankees fan…Let’s just win the World Series and listen to everyone say, “You bought a Championship.” And then we can say, “That’s OK, we’re still World Champs and you’re not.”

And then we can bask in the glory for the next year!