Typical Horse Crap from a Yankee throne sniffer.
They had the highest payroll in 1996 by 10% over the next highest team. They also had a median per player salary almost 30% higher than the next highest payroll.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/mlb/salaries/1996/all/team/all/
Try some facts. They sell better.
The fact is that New York ALWAYS buys it’s championships. And all major league teams are MOSTLY home grown. It is in the ability to supplement your roster with the likes of A-Rod and the ability to resign your home grown talent through outspending your competition.
The idea that the majority of the league should have to plan on competing once every decade through herculean effort of the front office while New York simply writes checks is bologna.
The fact that almost every other team is unable to financially afford to spend half what the Yankees spend every year is more than a disadvantage. It is outright stupidity for the league to allow it. It destroys competition and reduces the popularity of the game.
False; it's your opinion.
And all major league teams are MOSTLY home grown.
No, they're actually not. Most teams have a significant number of players from elsewhere. I keep track of teams' maneuvers. They aren't nearly as "homegrown" as you think. The Yankees are. Of course, that's because they've had a longtime core of players they developed who have helped them win. That longtime core is diminishing, but they still field a majority of players they developed.
A-Rod has done very little for the team; getting him was a very bad trade. (Thankfully, they finally got the guy they traded back.)
Most of the non homegrown players came over in trade.
Yes, the Yankees have money. They've won one World Series title in the last 13 years. The Diamondbacks and Marlins have won as many, and the Cardinals, Giants, and Red Sox have won more. Are they buying titles?
So this statement that these teams can only compete "once every decade through herculean effort of the front office while New York simply writes checks" is garbage. It is simply not true. (BTW, this is the second year in the same period that the Yankees have missed the playoffs altogether, although given the massive injuries they suffered, the fact that they competed until game 158 is pretty amazing.)
The Dodgers are the big spenders the last couple of years. Unfortunately, the Yankees are locked in to a couple of long, bad contracts. They're likely to lose Cano.
Try actual facts, not just spewing form a jealous small-market fan.