@ladyswampfox_xbl said in I haven’t gotten to watch a Yankees World Series in my life:

@poksey_mlbts said in I haven’t gotten to watch a Yankees World Series in my life:

@mjfc_363_psn said in I haven’t gotten to watch a Yankees World Series in my life:

I was 21 years old in ‘96. I remember the run very well! So well that I’m still sick of the Yankees. One of my favorite moments was watching a very young Josh Beckett walk into Yankee Stadium and completely shut them down!! Still sick of em!

I remember being happy for Yankee fans in '96 after they had endured the 80s and early 90s. They were a team that had some young home grown players, a couple names, and reclaimation projects at that point. Charlie Hayes, Mariano Duncan, Ruben Sierra, Strawberry mixed in with Boggs, O'Neill, Tino, and youngsters like Jeter, Bernie, and Rivera.

What they became was a completely different animal. Clemens, Giambi, Mussina, Sheffield, Matsui, ARod, Contreras, El Duque, etc. If there was a bidding war, they would win it. The winning on the field was one thing, but then their ability to buy whoever they wanted on top of it was what really pushed most fans to the hatred of the franchise.

I agree! I'm not a Yankees fan, so I'm naturally inclined to hate them. One of the main reasons I hate them is that they pay to win, and they don't care if they go over the spending limit. It's just disgusting to me

I’ll never understand why a fan would want their owner of the team to save his or her money. It’s not like if Steinbrenner saved his money I would have got a cut. I understand being annoyed that your team can’t compete with a bigger market team, but I wouldn’t call it disgusting. And I completely understand why the Yankees are hated. I hate the Patriots. But Spending limits help no one but the wealthy owners. You know the players aren’t fans of caps and spending limits. Pay the man! And I want every dime the Steinbrenner’s have poured right into the team. We’ve certainly been burned by bad lengthy contracts, and I blame management for that, but I never want them to save their money so they can be more fair to other teams in the league.

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