Another Way to Put Down the "Buy a Championship Argument"

Not all teams are dedicated to winning. Yes, baseball is a business and a good investment for a prospective owner. However, most owners are more interested in turning profits than in winning. The Steinbrenners are very dedicated to winning, so they actually lose money some years. Most owners will not do that. So if people want their team to win more, they have to tell the owner to stop pocketing so much money, and put that money into the team.

If they all lost money for just 1 yr these idiots would see a better team and maybe go to a game and buy a jersey and etc…They would be so phyched ownership actually tried they would all have aneurysms and I would not have to listen to stupid repeat what he heard from retarded ever again.A guy can dream can’t he?

you’re confusing revenues and income. Profits (or income) = revenues less expenses.

The Marlins had $139M in revenues, and the Nationals had $184M in revenues last year. If you’ve got an accurate statement on MLB clubs’ operating expenses, I’d love to see it. Curious to see what the profits look like for some of these clubs.

is that fans of other teams think that WE feel hollow about the Yankees winning because they have the highest payroll. The truth, though, is that I think all of us would agree that we don’t care how much more the Yankees spend than everyone else, we just want championships at whatever the cost.

are supposed to give it their best when they play on the field, ownership should give it their best off of it. That means play hard, and do whatever it takes, including the financial aspect. The Yankees do both of these and that why they have 27 world cahmpionships.

we won it fair and square. If you want to cry about it and try and rain on our parade then I don’t have the time to waste on a pointless argument.

We were the best team in baseball and played by all of the rules, we have nothing to explain or defend.

typically have a lot of debt to pay down after they borrow millions to purchase teams. Given the lack of revenue / costs transparency, it’s impossible to verify. People need to remember that MLB revenues fund staff in the front office, minors, stadiums, and all sorts of other expenses. Many teams probably could spend another $10 or $20 million, but that’s not going to put them anywhere close to the Yankees. If the Boston Red Sox spent another $30 million on payroll (on top of around $130 million), they’d still be $40 million behind the Yankees in total payroll.

Unfortunately for your argument, the Yankees DID buy the 2009 championship. They committed $420 million to the contracts for Teixeira, Sabathia and Burnett. If any other team had spent like this, they would probably be in dire financial straits after a few years, or forced to play AAA players rather than sign available free agents. Without these guys (and Pettitte, another free agent) the Yankees would not have been able to win the WS, let alone make the playoffs.