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| Strider | Mar 25 2005, 07:44 PM Post #1 |
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Yesterday I had to cover my school's girl's softball team. It was the season opener. Anyway, they got their asses kicked 12-1 (would have been worse if not for the mercy rule) and the article is short. The editor told me that they need to fill space and I could write about whatever I want. The first thing that came to me was the Yankees. This girl in the "newspaper headquarters" is a D'Backs fan and after I told her that Javy sucks, she went off on the Yankees being greedy and spoiled. I figured I could do a column that's a response to all those hatin' fools. I consider you guys intelligent Yankees fans (most....some), so I figured I'd run it by you and get a reaction. Holla at me!
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| Venom | Mar 25 2005, 07:46 PM Post #2 |
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May the Force be with you
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I'll read this later. |
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| Zidanman | Mar 25 2005, 07:50 PM Post #3 |
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i think you need to clarify that although owners may be richer than mr steinbrenner in their personal finances, they are in the business to earn money and profit. the yankees have a lot larger revenue stream and bring in a lot more money than many teams combined. so, although, other owners could decide to take a loss with their business venture into sports and field a good team, most businessmen want to earn money and will not do that. it's only fair to mention that. otherwise, it looks like you're being too biased and not flipping the coin like taught to. aside from that, it was an excellent read. you clearly have mastered your english skills quite well. |
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| Strider | Mar 25 2005, 07:59 PM Post #4 |
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Thanks. And you made a good point about the owners. I thought of that (and the fact that location and market plays a big part), but I figured that most of the readers wouldn't know and I'd atleast be able to conjur up a little sympathy for the Yanks. If I were gonna change that, I'd just remove it. I'll think about it. |
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| Zidanman | Mar 25 2005, 08:03 PM Post #5 |
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the nfl doles out revenue pretty evenly. so the giants make about the same from revnue as a team like the chiefs or seahawks. in mlb, the yankees produce probably at least twice as much as those two cities teams combined. |
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| YankeeBaseball | Mar 25 2005, 08:26 PM Post #6 |
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I like your title and how you refer to the author. the rest is drivvel. ;) Seriously, a fine piece of writin' by the Stryderrrrrrrr, although the paragraphs are too long and you mispelled professional in the first paragraph. I love your Babe Ruth joke. :peace: |
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| Strider | Mar 25 2005, 08:38 PM Post #7 |
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I just made that headline up for the post. The sports editor does the headlines. I wish I could though. I've thought of some funny ones for other stuff. And our rival newspaper (I'll eborate later) has a colum called "Bite Me" in which the writer goes off on whatever he wants. Its full of more cuss words than a CM/Strider conversation would be. If they can do that, then I should be able to have "Azzhole" in the headline.
I wish it had more mistakes in there. Give the editor something to do.
Its actually from a signature I had back then. During the playoffs, I had those "___ says: ____" signatures. I had a "Babe Ruth says: Mariano Rivera has blown more saves (52) than I had losses in my career (46)." <- Nobody cared for that one. And after we lost, I had a cartoon picture of a guy choking and he's blue in the face, captioned with, "Babe Ruth says: Even the...." * When I was in "headquarters" last week, the editor-in-chief from the rival paper came in and tried to pick a fight with our EIC. She was pissed that we were running a story (the big story) that she says her paper got hold of first. It was funny as hell cuz she was this short little Indian girl. Every short little Indian girl I've known has been quiet and passive. She was in there cussin' and fussin', wanting to fight our captain, who is atleast 6 inches taller. Everyone was all tense and sh*t, I'm cracking up. DRAMA! :laugh: |
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| Strider | Apr 10 2005, 04:50 PM Post #8 |
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Had to bump this and highlight the important part. Cuz its so f*cking true. And I posted this in March. I seen it coming like I had a telescope, dawg. |
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| Mattingly23 | Apr 10 2005, 05:04 PM Post #9 |
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Very well written article, Strider. I wasn't around when you first posted it. I agree with most of your points, other than alluding to Jeter being overpaid. I could go into the reasons why he is not in the grand scheme of things, if you want me to, but other than that, I agree with just about everything else. |
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| Strider | Apr 10 2005, 05:14 PM Post #10 |
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I think I have an idea of why most people don't think Jeter is overpaid. All Star + 4 rings + marketable + homegrown + clutch (although I have questioned this) + face of the team + attracting silly 12 year old girls who are more likely to know his horoscope sign than his batting average = $189M. To me, it doesn't. Pujols doesn't have 4 championships, but he's good looking and a better player. I know that the contract was signed when owners were throwing money around like MC Hammer, but it still doesn't change my opinion. He's overpaid. That and he hasn't been able to put up numbers like he did in 1999 and 2000. He's my second favorite player, but I'll be on his case until he hits .330+ again and does better than .200 in the ALCS and World Series. |
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| Mattingly23 | Apr 10 2005, 05:21 PM Post #11 |
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Well I think they're all overpaid if you want to really analyze things, but George messed up with Jeter. He waited until Boras and Hicks got together on that silly A-Rod contract before re-upping Jeter. There was a lot smaller deal, which was for something like 7 years and $13-14 million a year, sitting on George's desk for almost a year, and he kept delaying things. However, yes, all of those reasons you gave are reasons why his deal is not as bad as it could be. It's just too bad George is stubborn when it comes to taking care of deals that are out there. The same thing happened with Bernie. You bringing up Pujols is perfect for this discussion. The Cards signed him to a long-term deal before he ever went to arbitration. It brought him through his arbitration years, plus past his free agency years. That's EXACTLY what George should have done with Jeter and Bernie. He would have saved a ton of money. Cleveland did that with all of their young stars in the early 1990s and it's how the A's were able to keep the Big 3 together as long as they did. |
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| Zidanman | Apr 10 2005, 07:23 PM Post #12 |
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isn't it george's belief that young players have to earn their millions, and for the sake of them playing for a contract, he won't sign young guys to extensions, since he can afford to pay them what they earn when they become a free agent? i remember hearing something like that. |
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