You Yankee fans need to get your heads out of your ass and take the blinders off.
It is not all about how much money the owner of the team has, it is about how much the team has (team, not owner) to spend which the market accounts for. I will admit that Pohlad is a cheap skate and I wish we could get another owner like Ziggy Wilf (Vikings) to make them in a better direction. But that still doesn't account for the market that the Yankees have behind them, which factors into the money they can throw around.
Do not blaim small market teams for the collective bargaining agreement. It is not the solution, but that is what you get when you give all the stupid owners control, Bug Seilig is a pile of shit. Baseball is dire need of a salary cap or something like it to level the playing field.
Loosing Santana and Hunter sucks, but it is all gravy. The Twins will always find and develop the gems and spend half or less to have competive teams.
I also would not hold your breathe about getting Mauer, he will never be in those stupid Yankee pin strips. He is Minnesota born and raised.
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zargon @ Apr 1st 2008 2:14PM
You Yankee fans need to get your heads out of your ass and take the blinders off.
It is not all about how much money the owner of the team has, it is about how much the team has (team, not owner) to spend which the market accounts for. I will admit that Pohlad is a cheap skate and I wish we could get another owner like Ziggy Wilf (Vikings) to make them in a better direction. But that still doesn't account for the market that the Yankees have behind them, which factors into the money they can throw around.
Do not blaim small market teams for the collective bargaining agreement. It is not the solution, but that is what you get when you give all the stupid owners control, Bug Seilig is a pile of shit. Baseball is dire need of a salary cap or something like it to level the playing field.
Loosing Santana and Hunter sucks, but it is all gravy. The Twins will always find and develop the gems and spend half or less to have competive teams.
I also would not hold your breathe about getting Mauer, he will never be in those stupid Yankee pin strips. He is Minnesota born and raised.