Jan

23

Yankees Break Payroll Record

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moneyballYes, we’ve done it again. We broke the previous MLB payroll record (guess who that was held by?) this past season by spending a total of $218.3 million on player salaries! We weren’t expected to spend that much at the beginning of the season, but we can thank Roger Clemens for pushing us across the record-breaking mark with his $17.4 million. We are again projected to spend less this season than last and I think it is more likely to last this time around. I just don’t see another Clemens type signing coming our way; I think Cashman has learned better. We are currently under the 200 million mark, but after arbitration the payroll will probably end up somewhere between $205-210 million. The Yanks don’t really need to worry about it though because compared to how much we spend, we still make a lot more (about $415 million last year, 100 of which went to the league’s revenue sharing plan.) Our financial situation is expected to get even better in 2009 as the new stadium is expected to bring in more money as well.

It isn’t really anything to worry about, but it is really amazing when we compare our spending numbers to the rest of the league. At number two are the Red Sox who’s payroll was $155.4 million last year and third are the Dodgers with $125.6 million spent in the previous season. At the bottom end of the spectrum are the Devil Rays and Marlins, both in the low 30’s. You can expect the Marlins to go even lower this year due to their greedy owner who traded away Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis. Bottomline is, the Yankees break another spending record, but it really doesn’t matter because we make more than that anyway and thinks only look brighter towards the future as New Yankee Stadium is opened and as stupid contracts like the 20 mil to Giambi expire.

Jan

17

Man Sues Yankees

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A Yankee “fan” is suing the team for consumer fraud. He claims that the Yankees cheated fans due to what was uncovered by the Mitchell Report. That is just ridiculous! First off, if hes so concerned with this then he should just stop watching baseball (as well as many other sports) all together because each game probably has atleast one person who has or does take performance enhancing drugs. Second, even though people were using it, how is that the Yankees fault. The team didn’t say “here, take these.” It was the players that decided to use them, not the team. In no way do I consider this guy a Yankee fan if he is going to sue for this because it shows he doesn’t care about the team, especially since the sum of the tickets he bought adds up to a measly $221. Some people just like all the attention they get…

Dec

11

$673 For a Can of Bug Spray- Inflation Has Gone Crazy!

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Joba and the bugsOk, its not an ordinary can of bug spray, but no matter how much you try you can’t convince me that a can of Off! is worth over $600. Remember the swarms of bugs on Joba Chamberlain’s neck during game two of the ALDS? Well, that can was sold in an auction for $673! The can of spray was one of several playoff items auctioned on mlb.com. The buyer is kept anonymous, but he/she sure must be loaded (or they must love bug spray a lot).

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