Signe Wilkinson by Signe Wilkinson

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  1. toasteroven

    toasteroven said, 14 days ago

    Baaaaaasebaaaaalll!!!

    I’m so tired of hearing about Baaaaasebaaaaalll!!!

  2. motivemagus

    motivemagus said, 14 days ago

    It’s not about baseball. It’s about buying your way to success.

  3. oldlegodad

    oldlegodadGenius_badge said, 14 days ago

    Wish I could buy myself an Oscar

  4. ReasonsVentriloquist

    ReasonsVentriloquist said, 14 days ago

    Hey, if you can spend it there you could have made it anywhere!

    MM,

    It’s about baseball, and Signe’s sour grapes at being a Phillies Phan.

  5. annamargaret1866

    annamargaret1866 said, 14 days ago

    Oh, oh, am I the first to notice the needle in the player’s nether region?

  6. motivemagus

    motivemagus said, 14 days ago

    Well, okay, RV, that too. But that’s not the only thing. As annamargaret noted, there’s steroids in there, too. (No, I noticed it too.)

  7. ben_david

    ben_david said, 14 days ago

    Of course, there’s the woman who thinks Obama’s gonna pay her mortgage et al from HIS “stash.”

  8. HARVIN GWIN

    HARVIN GWIN said, 14 days ago

    Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in four months…can’t wait!

  9. HOWGOZIT

    HOWGOZIT said, 14 days ago

    For years it was money cannot buy a championship. Now it is it did buy a championship. Hypocrits or just crybabies. Well done Yankees!

  10. motivemagus

    motivemagus said, 14 days ago

    Who said that, Howgozit? It’s been discussed for years that the Yankees spend more money to get staff than any other MLB team by a substantial margin – that’s one reason they keep winning; they buy the talent!

  11. charliekane

    charliekane said, 14 days ago

    As much as many hate them, the Yankees are good for baseball. Douglas Wallop recognized this in his Baseball, An Informal History. A wonderful book, if you love the game.

    My copy is not handy, but speaking in the years of the Yankees collapse in the latter 1960’s, the gist of his sentiment is that the Yankees are like “the old man”, and though he was a bullying b@stard, you miss him when he is gone.

    They have set the standard since the ‘20’s. WS viewership was up substantially this year. Other teams sell out when the Yanks are in town.

    My dad is from upstate New York. An excellent baseball player in his day. I grew up on baseball and the Yankees. It is my nature to go with the little guy, the underdog. The Yankees are my exception.

  12. ben_david

    ben_david said, 13 days ago

    When I was growing up (I did and still do live in Texas), the Yankees were my team. But when the leagues started expanding, I kinda dropped out of keeping up with baseball at all within a few years after Mantle and Maris.

  13. HOWGOZIT

    HOWGOZIT said, 13 days ago

    Then why is this the first one in nine years motive? You deny that the last years no one has said look at the money they spent and they still can’t win a championship. Now when they do win it is because they bought it. All sports have actually declined in talent since expansions. Without expansion many MLB players now couldn’t have even made it to AAA.

  14. motivemagus

    motivemagus said, 13 days ago

    HOWGOZIT, interesting point on expansions; but even though they haven’t won the World Series, the Yankees have been extremely successful in getting into the Series in the first place, by winning the pennant. They won the pennant in 1996, 1998-2001, 2003, and of course in 2009. Pretty remarkable performance.
    I have a friend in the Historical Baseball Society, who wrote a book on the real early days of baseball - he thinks the game has stunk for most of the past fifty years! Here’s his book: http://tinyurl.com/ybc92hx

  15. HOWGOZIT

    HOWGOZIT said, 12 days ago

    Thanks motive, I will certainly look for it. Before the 60’s I feel the vast majority played for the love of the game. Now it is 90% play for the love of the money. I acknowledge the Yankees have spent a ton of money, but baseball, as well as other games, is no longer a sport, it is big business. I don’t particularly care for George Steinbrenner’s handling/meddling of managers, but he has provided for the fans of NY with a successful team and a new ballpark. Other owners appear to mostly help their own bank accounts.

  16. Scott Carlin

    Scott CarlinGenius_badge said, 11 days ago

    Your precious Phillies lost after a good fight. I love your work but, GET OVER IT!