Comments on: Yankees Win The World Series http://mlbplayoffs2009.gearupforsports.com/blog/2009/11/yankees-win-the-world-series/ Just another Gear Up For Sports weblog Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:52:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tyson Heck http://mlbplayoffs2009.gearupforsports.com/blog/2009/11/yankees-win-the-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Tyson Heck Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:52:47 +0000 http://mlbplayoffs2009.gearupforsports.com/blog/?p=404#comment-150 The Yankees are respectable. This is a continuation of a comment I made back on the article "And Suddenly... We're All Phillies Fans" The Yankees are homegrown. I'm not a New York fan, and I will never be. But the fact is that the Yankees are more than just tons of money spent on free agents. Don't believe me? Take a look at their World Series roster and check out who has come up through the system. Posada, Duncan, Jeter, Cano, Cabrera, Pettitte, Chamberlain, Wang (not on WS roster, but has had a huge impact over the past several years), Mitre, Rivera, Coke, Hughes, Robertson, Marte, and Aceves. Those are just starters. Include Brett Gardner, who started most of the post season, and Ian Kennedy, and you've got 16 home grown players (doesn't include Wang) that were a part of the WS title the Yankees won this year. Don't get me wrong. You'd have to pay me off a s*it ton of money to root for the Yanks, but this time around, money wasn't necessarily the reason for success. This doesn't contribute to who roots for them though. The Yankees are respectable. This is a continuation of a comment I made back on the article “And Suddenly… We’re All Phillies Fans”

The Yankees are homegrown. I’m not a New York fan, and I will never be. But the fact is that the Yankees are more than just tons of money spent on free agents. Don’t believe me? Take a look at their World Series roster and check out who has come up through the system.

Posada, Duncan, Jeter, Cano, Cabrera, Pettitte, Chamberlain, Wang (not on WS roster, but has had a huge impact over the past several years), Mitre, Rivera, Coke, Hughes, Robertson, Marte, and Aceves. Those are just starters. Include Brett Gardner, who started most of the post season, and Ian Kennedy, and you’ve got 16 home grown players (doesn’t include Wang) that were a part of the WS title the Yankees won this year.

Don’t get me wrong. You’d have to pay me off a s*it ton of money to root for the Yanks, but this time around, money wasn’t necessarily the reason for success. This doesn’t contribute to who roots for them though.

]]> By: The Mad Midget http://mlbplayoffs2009.gearupforsports.com/blog/2009/11/yankees-win-the-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-141 The Mad Midget Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:59:20 +0000 http://mlbplayoffs2009.gearupforsports.com/blog/?p=404#comment-141 Succinct and how a lot of people feel, I'm sure. Succinct and how a lot of people feel, I’m sure.

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