Originally Posted by FitRider 921
No. What you guys got against the Yankees besides that they are winners and that they have a high payroll?
For me it's that they
-Haven't won in awhile, but still act like teams should just roll over to them. See: '06 ALDS
-Their payroll value isn't so much of an issue to me as how their organization is. They don't develop any players, they have no farm system, Derek Jeter is a total prick (first hand), they have one of the worst sports-franchise models in team sports; fortunately enough for them they're in media-metropolis New York, so they've got enough cash and fans to not worry about things like, uh, developing new players.
-Their treatment by the sports media. Even when down 3-1 and away in the ALDS, absolutely no one in the sports media thought that they would lose that series. "This is the best lineup in baseball since 1921, I still think they're going to win this series." -Harold Reynolds. Anyone who watched that series knew that, when Joel Zumaya struck out 66.5 million Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers worth of players in a row AT the bandbox called Yankee Stadium, the Yankees were done, but sports-media didn't want to admit it.
Maybe that last bit is on sportsmedia then, but it certainly doesn't help the negative association I have with the Yankees.