Swisher opens NYSE; Wang pitches

The Yankees have been a contender since 94. How is that a garbage product? It has nothing to do with the play on the field. Consider those seats would be sold under the old stadium pricing.

The reason seats remain unsold is due:

1) The economy sucks.
2) The seats are over priced.

The Yankees could be undefeated with 150 point scoring margin and people aren’t going to by the premium seats.

Consider all the cheap and reasonable seats are sold out and you have your answer. It has been proven time and time again that team salary and ticket prices are unrelated. Ticket prices are about generating more revenue for the ownership. The Red Sox raised ticket prices and lowered pay roll for example. The Yankees have a lower pay roll in 2009 compared to 2008. Doesn’t sound like they raised ticket prices to accommodate an increase in payroll because the payroll is lower.

Your sky is falling, fickle fan act regarding the team and its players is quite embarrassing. We just past finished our first home stand and you have already decided that CC Tex are “under performing”.

As far as business ethics go, get back to me when you find out how much money the Marlins owner is financing into his own stadium or how billionaire Carl Pohlard got a full public funded stadium. Everyone makes a big stink that the Yankees got favorable loans to build their stadium yet they are actually PAYING for it. Half the new stadiums going up are paid for by the public and loans to ownership.

The Steinbrenners have sunk billions of dollars into player salary over the last 8 years alone to provide their fans with a winner while other ownership groups take public money and revenue sharing to make a profit. The fans get screwed left and right.

Fans like yourself moan and groan liked spoiled rich kids. You complain about the payroll and undervalue the performance of your star players. You won’t be pleased no matter what ownership does and how the team performs. Give it a rest.