The Yankees Ruined Baseball
So I’m going to come out and say it…If the Red Sox are brought up in the same sentence as the Yankees for cheating by spending so much money and having the two highest payrolls in baseball I’m going to flip a lid, blow a gasket, whatever. Don’t let my reasoning for the Red Sox not deserving these accusations deter you from criticizing the Yankees in any way, shape, or form. My argument is this; thanks to MSN.com’s decision to put out a list of the top 100 paid players in Major League Baseball (MLB), I have decided that the Red Sox are not cheating at all as far as payrolls go.
The top 3 spots on this list belong to Yankee players Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, and Jason Giambi. There is also Mike Mussina holding down the number six spot. The first and only Red Sox in the top 10 is Manny Ramirez at number seven. There is also one other team in the top 10 that has more than one player that being the Houston Astros with Jeff Bagwell and Andy Pettitte.
After Manny there is not a Red Sox on the list until the three way tie for number 26, this being Curt Schilling. In the Top 25 there are five teams that have multiple players (six Yankees, three Astros, three Mets, three Braves, two Angels) I think it is also fair to mention the fact that one of the players tied for 26 is Yankees Outfielder Hideki Matsui.
This isn’t even mentioning the best part of this list and that is the fact, that so far in this the season of 2006, two of the Red Sox top performers; David Ortiz (6 HR's, 12 RBIs) and Josh Beckett (3-0, and 1.29 ERA) are not even in the top 100. Also let’s not forget Jonathan Papelbon who has six saves in six save opportunities, and our former backup third baseman turned starting first baseman Kevin Youkilis.
The list as a whole has 12 Yankee players compared to the six that are members of the Red Sox, four of which are in the bottom 50 of the top 100. I’m going to neglect the fact that the Red Sox are in second place with most players on the list since there are quite a few teams that match their mark of 6 players on the list. So all I have left to say is…take that New York who dominates the top 100 highest paid players in the MLB list and sit at 6-6 at the bottom of the AL east. So much for the theory of buying championships (Note: The Yankees haven’t won a World Series since 2000).
The top 3 spots on this list belong to Yankee players Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, and Jason Giambi. There is also Mike Mussina holding down the number six spot. The first and only Red Sox in the top 10 is Manny Ramirez at number seven. There is also one other team in the top 10 that has more than one player that being the Houston Astros with Jeff Bagwell and Andy Pettitte.
After Manny there is not a Red Sox on the list until the three way tie for number 26, this being Curt Schilling. In the Top 25 there are five teams that have multiple players (six Yankees, three Astros, three Mets, three Braves, two Angels) I think it is also fair to mention the fact that one of the players tied for 26 is Yankees Outfielder Hideki Matsui.
This isn’t even mentioning the best part of this list and that is the fact, that so far in this the season of 2006, two of the Red Sox top performers; David Ortiz (6 HR's, 12 RBIs) and Josh Beckett (3-0, and 1.29 ERA) are not even in the top 100. Also let’s not forget Jonathan Papelbon who has six saves in six save opportunities, and our former backup third baseman turned starting first baseman Kevin Youkilis.
The list as a whole has 12 Yankee players compared to the six that are members of the Red Sox, four of which are in the bottom 50 of the top 100. I’m going to neglect the fact that the Red Sox are in second place with most players on the list since there are quite a few teams that match their mark of 6 players on the list. So all I have left to say is…take that New York who dominates the top 100 highest paid players in the MLB list and sit at 6-6 at the bottom of the AL east. So much for the theory of buying championships (Note: The Yankees haven’t won a World Series since 2000).
posted by Joe Hegarty at 12:26 PM
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