Those Damn Yankees
Here we go again…
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I’m a Milwaukee Brewers fan. That probably won’t mean much to anyone outside the state of Wisconsin, but suffice it to say that there is a reason that many casual sports fans don’t even realize we have a baseball team; the Brewers are as small market as it gets. Our Brewers made the playoffs last year (not that anyone noticed), but this year it was back to business as usual, and as such, I’m back to doing what I do every other year…. rooting against those damn Yankees.
It isn’t a personal thing. I bear no grudge against the team, or any of the players on the roster. (OK, maybe C.C. Sabathia, but just a little) It is absolutely a jealousy issue; even their fans will tell you they normally field the best team money can buy. This is the perennial Goliath. I have been, over the last several years, a fan of numerous teams in the post season… even those damn Red Sox, who we put in the same category. The moments that Yankees fans look back and cringe at are the moments that console the rest of us for the fact that our team will never be the Yankees.
But it appears that it’s back to business as usual for the Yanks as well… the status quo has returned, and the trophy appears to be headed back to the Bronx. So congrats, Yankees fans. While I will still pulling for whoever is on the opposite side of the field, It appears you will celebrate once more. Which I suppose it has been awhile. Just not as long as our…. never. Damn Yankees.
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Glad to see you don’t hate them all that much.
Since I’m a Yankee fan it’s interesting reading articles like this.
Why are you pulling against the Yankees? Don’t you know that because of Revenue Sharing and other stuff, they are helping small market teams stay afloat?
What a lot of fans in small markets don’t realize is that not only do bigger market teams like the Yankees share revenue with their team, as mentioned by the previous poster, but the dirty little secret behind why their hometown team often still can’t compete:
That revenue they receive from the Yankees doesn’t always get invested back into their team, but instead goes right into the pockets of the team’s owners. Rather than putting the best product possible on the field, ownership opts for the quick profit.
It doesn’t take a very large market to fill 30-40,000 seats, provided there is adequate support from the fan base; yet some of the towns where a lot of the cries of unfairness are coming from could sell more tickets to a tractor pull than a baseball game.
Conversely, in some large markets like Atlanta, fan apathy prevents sellout crowds for a lot of games. And when do stadiums in all these towns sell out most often? You guessed it…when the Yankees come to town.
The Oakland A’s have proven that a savvy front office that is dedicated to being competitive, coupled with a devoted fan base, can (and does) run with the big boys.