Fuggin' Yankees...

[Stoneman]

...just gave me another guy to hate...

[scottieducati]

If they manage to either miss the playoffs, or even come up anything shy of the WS champs, I will laugh my balls off to no end.

[BCT748]

Wang?

[jwm2k3]

Even with Texieria they still are not better then the Sox....

[ChrisNoF4i]

Even with Texieria they still are not better then the Sox....

Oh.. but with Texieria AND Manny? Fuck. Please no.

[jwm2k3]

I think the Yanks orginization is spend BIG bucks this year just so George can see one more World Series before he kicks it....

[OreoGaborio]

I hope it reaches the tipping point where they go flat broke

[GixerJockey]

All you Sox fans can go fuck a stick!!!

[1/2pint]

All you Sox fans can go fuck a stick!!!

you so just lost a sale good day sir

[OreoGaborio]

All you Sox fans can go fuck a stick!!!

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[BCT748]

I hope it reaches the tipping point where they go flat broke

Wouldn't surprise me

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees not only failed to make the playoffs, they were hit with their highest luxury tax in three years.

The Yankees were assessed a $26.9 million tax by the commissioner's office on Monday, up from $23.9 million last year and their biggest bill since paying nearly $34 million for 2005.

The Detroit Tigers, who also failed to qualify for the postseason, are the only other team that must pay tax and owe $1.3 million to the commissioner's office.

Checks are due by Jan. 31.

Both teams got little for what they spent. The Yankees' streak of 13 consecutive playoff appearances ended, and they finished third in the AL East at 89-73, prompting them to spend nearly a quarter-billion dollars to sign pitchers CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett.

Detroit entered the year with lofty expectations after acquiring Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis but went 74-88 and finished last in the AL Central.

While the Yankees pay at a 40 percent rate for the amount over $155 million, the Tigers pay at a 22.5 percent rate because they exceeded the specified threshold for the first time.

This year's figure brings the Yankees' total tax to $148.5 million in the six seasons since it began - 90 percent of the total.

Before this year, the only other teams to pay were the Boston Red Sox, who owed $13.9 million for exceeding the threshold in four seasons, and the Los Angeles Angels, who paid $927,000 in 2004.

New York's payroll was $222.2 million and Detroit was second at $160.8 million for the purpose of the luxury tax. To computer it, Major League Baseball uses the average annual values of contracts for players on 40-man rosters and adds benefits.

The threshold rose from $148 million last year to $155 million this season. It goes up to $162 million next year and rises by $8 million in each of the following two seasons.

The Yankees payroll for 15 players next year is about $164 million. The funny part is that 2 players included in that $164 million aren't even expected to make it to the major league roster next year

[BCT748]

All you Sox fans can go fuck a stick!!!

Still mad because of all those October Yankees games this year?

[obsolete]

not only should they win the world series they should pretty much go undefeated

...and if they don't they'll be a bigger joke then they where this past season. lol

[ThisBitch]

Oh.. but with Texieria AND Manny? Fuck. Please no.

Yeah... cause Manny does really well understrict management and rules


They still have a very shallow bullpen. For years they've had what I've best heard described as a "Toybox full of expensive toys that never get played with." They can keep buying hitters for all I care, not doing a damn thing for them in the other 50% of the game.

[GixerJockey]

you so just lost a sale good day sir

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Still mad because of all those October Yankees games this year?

[BCT748]

I got three

[Wishbone]

ill take one season over 86 seasons any day

WOAH!!!!

Low blow man.


Remember 2004?????????????

[obsolete]

ill take one season over 86 seasons any day

Wow, must have been a bad October for the yank these fans. Usually they drop that one first time out the gate.

Still doesn't change the fact that they didn't make the playoffs with the biggest salary ever. It's ok, they HAVE to make it this year.

[BCT748]

ill take one season over 86 seasons any day

I'll take the future over the past any day

[BCT748]

so who is going to win the next 5 years?

GREAT quote from GQ a few months back

Boston, I used to like you. I used to visit every couple of years, go for a long run along the Charles, eat some chowder down on the Fish Pier. But this year, something began to curdle inside me. The slobbery tears at midcourt (this was for Red!), the icy Papelbon glare (ooh, we’re scared!), the creepy cult of (the genius) Bill Belichick and (the golden) Theo Epstein and (the dashing) Tom Brady and (the extremely fucking annoying) Yoooooooook… Enough. We get it. You rule the universe. Yes, it’s quite an impressive run you’re on here. (For a small city.) But remember, fifteen years ago, your teams sucked large donkey balls (Pats: 5-11; Celtics: 32-50; Red Sox: 80-82). And because sports go in cycles, they will soon suck again. So relax. Try some humility. It becomes you.—BOB FINCH

I'd put money on the Yankees not winning a World Series in the next 5 years. They got rid of their manager because he was having trouble getting World Series wins in the past few years for a guy that can't even get them to October. What happened to the guy they fired? He takes the shittiest team in the league to October

As far as that little GQ quote goes, the Sox could trade Youkilis and Papelbon tomorrow and I wouldn't care. Both of them are over rated. Belichick is a genius. Before this year look what he did for the Pats. Now look at how far the team is without Brady (who is probably the best QB that has ever played in the NFL) all the other injuries they had this year, their aging line and a QB that hadn't started a game since high school. With all of that against them they still have a very good shot at the playoffs.

[obsolete]

so who is going to win the next 5 years?

GREAT quote from GQ a few months back

Boston, I used to like you. I used to visit every couple of years, go for a long run along the Charles, eat some chowder down on the Fish Pier. But this year, something began to curdle inside me. The slobbery tears at midcourt (this was for Red!), the icy Papelbon glare (ooh, we’re scared!), the creepy cult of (the genius) Bill Belichick and (the golden) Theo Epstein and (the dashing) Tom Brady and (the extremely fucking annoying) Yoooooooook… Enough. We get it. You rule the universe. Yes, it’s quite an impressive run you’re on here. (For a small city.) But remember, fifteen years ago, your teams sucked large donkey balls (Pats: 5-11; Celtics: 32-50; Red Sox: 80-82). And because sports go in cycles, they will soon suck again. So relax. Try some humility. It becomes you.—BOB FINCH

Are you serious? That quote is lame on so many levels. Almost as lame a Yankee fan posting it. Y'all don't have humility and your team sucked bag this last season. Nice try, but this quote only makes Yank these fans look even more like tool boxes. Congrats!

[Omahastylin16]

wtf is a GQ?

[BigShel]

You Sox fans need to stop crying and face the facts. The Sox won 2 World Series with under paid players and now the luck has ran out. The Sox have money but they are one of the cheapest clubs I have ever seen in the MLB. The luckiest team ( the Sox ) in history offered Tex 160.Million and the ( Greatest and the most winning Team Of All Time The NY Yankees ) put up 180.Million, where would you go?

Ps. 2004 will never happen again in history, and the Yanks had to build a new stadium because the old one could only hold 26 banners.

Manny is next.

[tom3040]

You Sox fans need to stop crying and face the facts. The Sox won 2 World Series with under paid players and now the luck has ran out. The Sox have money but they are one of the cheapest clubs I have ever seen in the MLB. The luckiest team ( the Sox ) in history offered Tex 160.Million and the ( Greatest and the most winning Team Of All Time The NY Yankees ) put up 180.Million, where would you go?

Ps. 2004 will never happen again in history, and the Yanks had to build a new stadium because the old one could only hold 26 banners.

Manny is next.

I fucking hate yankees fans who live in Mass. You probaly only like them b/c you like saying "my team won". Thats weak

[Omahastylin16]

Manny is next.

didnt know the yanks allowed dreads or cornrows