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!