New York Yankees – The Worst Team In Sports!
Written by: Tom Sawyer
It is Sunday and my task for today is to clean out the office closet. Sounds like fun huh? Before I bury myself in a mound of things I haven’t used in months/years, I wanted to talk about something that has been on my mind for a while.
The New York Yankees are the worst team in all of sports!
Yes, I know the Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA) and the Detroit Lions (NFL, 0-15 with a last chance to get a win today) are downright bad teams as far as records are concerned. I also know that the beloved Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots are fighting for their playoff lives today, but that isn’t why the Yankees, in my opinion, is the worst team in all of sports.
The reason I believe the Yankees is the worst team is because the check book is open – in fact it has always been open. I can’t give totally accurate stats, but the four highest paid players in baseball are on the Yankees. I think their salaries average at least $20 million per year each…at least! What is more amazing is the fact that this has been met with little surprise. Sportscasters and sports fans are kind of used to the Yankees paying for talent so these off-season signings aren’t all that surprising.
Combine the ability, and money, to sign almost anyone available with the amount of World Series Championships and the sum total is clear (to me): the New York Yankees organization is the worst in sports!
How can you consistently buy more talent than any other team and not consistently win championships? The owner could be looked at for possibly overpaying. The manager/general manager could be blamed for not asking the owner to buy the right talent for the organization and the players could be blamed for not making it happen on the court. No matter who is ultimately responsible, they don’t win as much as they should given the free agency and draft rules of the game.
Remember how people used to think John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins got all the talent? What about the long line of good/great college players who went to the University of North Carolina? Those teams combined pale in comparison to a team who can (afford to) buy the players they want.
If I was a betting man and was given the chance to take the Yankees or the field, I would do the smart thing and take the field.
Back to cleaning!
Tags: baseball, highest salaries, money, Yankees
December 28th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
For a team to have a luxury tax of over $20 million a year and not win championships anymore, that is enough right there to say that they are the worst franchise ever. And although I am a Cowboys fan.. the have a cap so please people do not compare the two franchises. The Yankees try and buy rings and it just doesnt work. I have no clue why, many don’t.. but something about the chemistry just isn’t there and neither are the World Series titles. I personally HATE the Yankess.. and it might be because no matter what happens the year before, every year Cub and Yankess fans think there teams are the BEST in the business and I love seeing them get proved wrong. I think if this Yankee team doesn’t win after getting C.C. and Burnett, they should blow the team apart.. because it just won’t be meant to be.
December 30th, 2008 at 7:52 am
I am not a sports expert and didn’t know this information, but I do now! This was an interesting post and an interesting comment by Kendall Blake (wink).
January 1st, 2009 at 12:24 pm
I’m not a big sports fan. I barely watch games. But I am a New Yorker and I love the Yankees and the Mets. The Worst team in sports???? Have they not dominated the sport for over a century. Have they been a little off lately, maybe. But the worst team, you jest??
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January 1st, 2009 at 12:45 pm
No, I don’t jest at all. Look at how many players they buy – how many superstars they’ve bought. If you put together an all-star team and don’t consistently win I say you aren’t that good of an organization.
Thanks for the comment though.
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