Why all the Yankees hate? @)
<table class="page" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="985"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td height="650" width="800"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="bg0" align="left"><td colspan="6">2009 Team Payrolls</td></tr> <tr id="special" class="bg4" align="left"><td class="bg1" align="left">No.</td><td class="bg1" align="left">Team</td><td class="bg1" align="right">Payroll</td><td class="bg1" align="right">Average</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">1.</td><td align="left">New York Yankees</td><td align="right">$201,449,289</td><td align="right">$7,748,050</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">2.</td><td align="left">New York Mets </td><td align="right">$135,773,988</td><td align="right">$4,849,071</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">3.</td><td align="left">Chicago Cubs</td><td align="right">$135,050,000</td><td align="right">$5,402,000</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">4.</td><td align="left">Boston Red Sox</td><td align="right">$122,696,000</td><td align="right">$4,089,867</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">5.</td><td align="left">Detroit Tigers</td><td align="right">$115,085,145</td><td align="right">$4,110,184</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">6.</td><td align="left">Los Angeles Angels</td><td align="right">$113,709,000</td><td align="right">$4,061,036</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">7.</td><td align="left">Philadelphia Phillies</td><td align="right">$113,004,048</td><td align="right">$4,185,335</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">8.</td><td align="left">Houston Astros </td><td align="right">$102,996,415</td><td align="right">$3,814,682</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">9.</td><td align="left">Los Angeles Dodgers</td><td align="right">$100,458,101</td><td align="right">$4,018,324</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">10.</td><td align="left">Seattle Mariners</td><td align="right">$98,904,167</td><td align="right">$3,532,292</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">11.</td><td align="left">Atlanta Braves</td><td align="right">$96,726,167</td><td align="right">$3,335,385</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">12.</td><td align="left">Chicago White Sox</td><td align="right">$96,068,500</td><td align="right">$3,694,942</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">13.</td><td align="left">St. Louis Cardinals</td><td align="right">$88,528,411</td><td align="right">$3,278,830</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">14.</td><td align="left">San Francisco Giants</td><td align="right">$82,161,450</td><td align="right">$3,043,017</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">15.</td><td align="left">Cleveland Indians</td><td align="right">$81,625,567</td><td align="right">$3,023,169</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">16.</td><td align="left">Toronto Blue Jays</td><td align="right">$80,993,657</td><td align="right">$2,892,631</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">17.</td><td align="left">Milwaukee Brewers</td><td align="right">$79,857,502</td><td align="right">$3,194,300</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">18.</td><td align="left">Colorado Rockies</td><td align="right">$75,201,000</td><td align="right">$2,785,222</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">19.</td><td align="left">Arizona Diamondbacks</td><td align="right">$73,571,667</td><td align="right">$2,724,877</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">20.</td><td align="left">Cincinnati Reds</td><td align="right">$70,968,500</td><td align="right">$2,957,021</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">21.</td><td align="left">Kansas City Royals</td><td align="right">$70,908,333</td><td align="right">$2,727,244</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">22.</td><td align="left">Texas Rangers</td><td align="right">$68,646,023</td><td align="right">$2,367,104</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">23.</td><td align="left">Baltimore Orioles</td><td align="right">$67,101,667</td><td align="right">$2,580,833</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">24.</td><td align="left">Minnesota Twins</td><td align="right">$65,299,267</td><td align="right">$2,251,699</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">25.</td><td align="left">Tampa Bay Rays</td><td align="right">$63,313,035</td><td align="right">$2,183,208</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">26.</td><td align="left">Oakland Athletics</td><td align="right">$62,310,000</td><td align="right">$2,225,357</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">27.</td><td align="left">Nationals</td><td align="right">$59,328,000</td><td align="right">$2,045,793</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">28.</td><td align="left">Pirates</td><td align="right">$48,743,000</td><td align="right">$1,874,731</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">29.</td><td align="left">San Diego Padres</td><td align="right">$42,796,700</td><td align="right">$1,528,454</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">30.</td><td align="left">Florida Marlins</td><td align="right">$36,814,000</td><td align="right">$1,314,786</td></tr></tbody></table>
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hno:
I saw the BoSox win 2 championships. There are a lot of souls who wish they saw them win just one. Many fans of many teams would like the same.
Really not a lot the Red Sox can do to piss me off or break my heart anymore.
Yeah, I'm not happy they got kicked out of the playoffs today. But I don't exactly feel 2003 heartache either.
Really not a lot the Red Sox can do to piss me off or break my heart anymore.
Yeah, I'm not happy they got kicked out of the playoffs today. But I don't exactly feel 2003 heartache either.
Brother, I've sat in Tropicana Field over past several years and have had a very fair scientific comparison of YankeeFan and SoxFan.
YankeeFan can be tough to swallow, especially when they're someone with not even a remote actual tie to NYC....
But for pure obnoxious, utter beat down potential, there's no one more tedious than SoxFan.
YankeeFan can be tough to swallow, especially when they're someone with not even a remote actual tie to NYC....
But for pure obnoxious, utter beat down potential, there's no one more tedious than SoxFan.
The real summary statement on this here topic would be:
SoxFan spent three quarters of a century with a deep down, gut-grinding wish that their team was the NY Yankees. And for two magical fall seasons in 2004 and 2007, that dream was realized - if only for a few months combined.
Since then, it's pretty much back to the same ol' day in, day out bitterness that when the MLB season winds its way down each October, they're in the rear view mirror of not only the NYY, but another half dozen or more much better baseball teams.
SoxFan spent three quarters of a century with a deep down, gut-grinding wish that their team was the NY Yankees. And for two magical fall seasons in 2004 and 2007, that dream was realized - if only for a few months combined.
Since then, it's pretty much back to the same ol' day in, day out bitterness that when the MLB season winds its way down each October, they're in the rear view mirror of not only the NYY, but another half dozen or more much better baseball teams.
I disagree. As the Sox fan you describe in the first paragraph, no Red Sox
fan I know (including me) has that bitterness you talk about. We finally
were able to see the World Series win after many years of anguish, and
now when they don't make it, I don't lose any sleep at all over it,
matter of fact, I expected it.
For those of us who have been Sox fans for many years (34 for me)
no matter if the Sox never win another ring, I'll be happy, 2004
and 2007 were enough for my lifetime.
