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Guest18264 (IP: 170.163.200.48)
drrubb
Re:  Did I mention how much I hate the Yankees? <FONT COLOR=BLACK><b>[</font>Reply to #<a href="read.pl?23-23">23</a>]</b>
7/7/06, 6:15am
No one can argue the Yankees' history. They are clearly the most dominant baseball franchise ever. But what pisses me off is that MLB will never allow the Yankees to be bad or stay down. The media loves the Yankees. They got their nose so far up the Yankees butt! A lot of the media types are Yankee homers as well. The way baseball is set up with the media, & the salary structure, & exposure, the Yankees will always dominate. 

ESPN & FOX always have the Yankees on in primetime or their premier spots. I'm tired of it quiet honestly. That's all we ever see or hear about. Yankees, Yankees, Yankees! Yankees this! Yankees that! Jeter this! Jeter that! ARod this! Arod that! This is what is wrong with baseball! We never hear about the other teams all that much unless you are in a big market city or area. The promotion of the smaller market teams has to happen if the smaller market teams are to rise in stature & the media is clearly to blame for this. The media controls most everything. They slant things the way they want to slant them & that leaves a lasting image or impression among most of your casual, average, naive, fans/people. This is what the media wants. They want to continue to feed the monster. Again, this is what is wrong with baseball.

 If the media ignores the smaller markets, how are they ever going to compete? Your average person in today's world is a bandwagon fan. A follower, not a leader. If all they ever hear about is the damn Yankees, there going to like the Yankees. They are naive! You can't fool me. I'll never give in to the media's ass kissing of the Yankees & other big market teams! The New York's, Boston's, Chicago's, & LA's of baseball & the sport's nation need to be brought back down to earth somewhat & less talked about & less promoted. The smaller market teams need to be pushed & promoted more so we can move to achieve more competitive & financial balance, more parity. The media will never allow this to happen. That is the problem.

 If the Yankees had never ever existed in New York, they would never have had all those World Series titles. What if they had always been the Kansas City Yankees? What if the Royals had always been the New York Royals? It would be the Royals who had all that history & championships & great players throughout their franchise history. And it would have been because they just played in the biggest market that grabs all the attention & has the red carpet rolled out for them. You can't tell me or convince me that the Yankees could have won all those World Series titles if they didn't play in New York. And don't start trying to compare the Yankees with other New York teams in professional sports because the other 3 major sports have salary caps & the economic structure is set up a lot differently in the other 3 major sports. The Yankees play in the largest market. They have all of the media backing. There is no salary cap in baseball. That's why they will always monopolize baseball, because everything is handed to them on a silver platter. Of course they are going to dominate! How can they not? If they don't win the World Series every year, or atleast get there, they should be considered failures with all of the luxuries they are afforded. I hate them! I hate the media as well because they can't see the forest for the trees. They don't even want to try & address or fix the problem & they probably never will. They are the driving force behind much of the Yankees success because they are in the largest market. You might say that the main stream media is just aiding & abetting the Yankees franchise & continued rich history. They are like the Yankees alies. They might as well be employed by the Yankees! 

[drrubb from Panama City Beach/Florida]
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