[Johnny Shear]

All you whining Yankee Haters are simply envious. The problem is, none of you seem to have a memory past 1996...The year of the Yankees first World Series Championship in this current run.

The Yankees SUCKED for a LOT of years with George Steinbrenner at the helm. They SUCKED for a LOT of years while trying to "Buy" a Championship as some of you on this thread mistakingly state they have done.

How do you explain that???

I'll tell you how...They NOW have the best organization in baseball...PERIOD! They excell at EVERYTHING...Including MAKING MONEY!!! GASP! They don't "Buy" players, they "Develop" them, for the most part...Or, they use that wealth of minor league talent to trade for them.

On this current roster I can think of, off the top of my head, TWO players they have "Purchased". I'll bet you clowns didn't know that, did you? Those two? GREAT players, no doubt...Jason Giambi and Mike Musina.

The rest???

Bernie Williams...Farm System
Derek Jeter...Farm System
Soriano...Farm System
Jorge Posada...Farm System
Andy Pettitt...Farm System
Mariano Rivera...Farm System

Roger Clemens...Trade


So face it..The Yankees are simply GOOD! Stop your whining! This is Free Republic for God's Sake!!!


Signed...A Lifetime Yankee Fan stuck in Indiana!

[Senator Pardek]

Damn it, you beat me to it! The biggest myth in contemporary pro baseball...

[Mike Fieschko]

TWO players they have "Purchased".

There's Ventura also, but his history is to flop in the second half.