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Where's all the hate for the big spending, big market team? Or was the Yankees hate about something other than the money being spent? -- nm

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Oct 19 '18, 05:39

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It's boring year after year after year to get mad about teams spending stupid amounts of money in a league without a salary cap. -- nm* - Shaun Oct 19, 06:37 3
- until the rules change, you either spend or you don't. - groiny Oct 19, 06:44 2
  - For sure. I wasn't a huge Boston hater until that time they paid 51M to talk to Dice K. - Shaun Oct 19, 06:49 1
    - that was money well spent. -- nm - groiny Oct 19, 06:50
You don't see Red Sox hate for being a Yankees clone? You're just not paying attention. - Inigo Oct 19, 05:46 7
- My reaction has been more apathy about baseball in general. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 05:52
- I don't see it much if at all and nowhere near the vitriol that people have/had when the Yankees were winning. - Krusty Oct 19, 05:51 5
  - You're probably not seeing it nearly as much because you're team isn't the center of the criticism. -- (edited) - Inigo Oct 19, 05:54 4
    - It used to be discussed on ESPN, in the sports pages, on this site and everywhere. Not so with the Red Sox, Giants and Dodgers. I don't see any - Krusty Oct 19, 06:01 3
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      - Anecdotally, I've seen a lot of hate for the Dodgers about this. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 06:03 1
        
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- People were excited when they won that ‘first’ one back in the ‘90s, but there was also a good stretch where they were like 30-50% higher than the #2. - mafic Oct 19, 06:29 7
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    - Looking it up, they were 3rd in 1994, 1st in 1995. But it's relative - Reagen Oct 19, 06:50 1
      - (it's back down to 17th) -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 06:51
    - Pretty sure they were #1 in ‘96, and possibly ‘98. For me I noticed payroll the griping getting bad when the spread got insane. -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 06:48 3
      - So quick check says #1 every year 1995 to 2013 except 1998, and 2001 was basically a tie. - mafic Oct 19, 07:00
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      - They were #1 in 1996 but only by $4 million over the Orioles. But the O's were #1 in 1998. -- nm* - Krusty Oct 19, 06:57
- The only sports franchise that's easier to hate than the Yankees is the Dallas Cowboys. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 19, 05:58
- *plays world's smallest violin* -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 05:43 11
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    - She sounds... fun. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 06:17 5
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        I thought my ellipses were clear! - Reagen Oct 19, 06:41 3
        
        Clearly, you don't hate Boston enough!!! Speaking of Boston...OILERS! -- nm* - Shaun Oct 19, 06:42 2
        
        Yamamoto's snipe was sick. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 06:44 1
        
        Ok I'll go watch the highlights. -- nm - Shaun Oct 19, 06:47
  - It's okay for people to admit all that hate was about jealousy and not money. -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 05:45 3
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    - People hate winners. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 19, 06:02 1
      - partly yes. It is more about the how they are winning. - groiny Oct 19, 06:49

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