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>Many people have been impressed with the Dodgers' recent turnaround, one which will likely land Joe Torre's club in the postseason next week. Just don't count Hank Steinbrenner among them. Steinbrenner, the Yankees' co-chairman, ripped Major League Baseball's divisional system in a column in this week's Sporting News, saying that the format allows teams to make the postseason even if their records don't warrant such an honor. "The biggest problem is the divisional setup in major league baseball. I didn't like it in the 1970s, and I hate it now," Steinbrenner wrote. "Baseball went to a multidivision setup to create more races, rivalries and excitement. But it isn't fair. You see it this season, with plenty of people in the media pointing out that Joe Torre and the Dodgers are going to the playoffs while we're not. "This is by no means a knock on Torre - let me make that clear-but look at the division they're in. If L.A. were in the AL East, it wouldn't be in the playoff discussion. The AL East is never weak."
>> Anonymous
Weren't bitching when we won the world series with 87 wins in 2000 were you hanky boy?
>> Anonymous
No. Team Payroll Average
1. New York Yankees $209,081,579 $6,744,567
29. Tampa Bay Rays $43,820,598 $1,460,687

That certainly seems fair though.
>> Anonymous
So Hank wants the teams with the best records to win the pennant and go to the World Series. Okay, lets just start the Angels vs. Cubs world Series right now then.
>> Anonymous
Tomorrow he'll start lobbying for 8 per league playoffs.
>> Anonymous
The only thing we can all agree on is that division is indeed pretty fucking horrible. Other than that, how the hell would he set it up then?
>> Anonymous
Hank is the definition of butthurt, it's great.
>> Anonymous
Hank Steinbrenner = HUGE. FUCKING. CRYBABY. The Yankees didn't make the post-season this year because they didn't play as well this year as they often do and because OTHER teams played better than anyone expected. No complaints about the divisional system when the Yankees GO to the postseason. But when they don't--of course--he thinks the rules should be changed. But the rest of the baseball fan world is loving every minute of his whining--cry a little more, Hank, and we'll mass bottle your tears for personal lubricant.
>> Anonymous
>>358442

so hank said BAWWWWWWWWWW? i hope this butt fagger has his team get their ass kicked season after season. and they can take their butt fagger red sox with them.
>> Anonymous
Typical BAWsox faggotry. Do you faggots not get that New York spends like 5x more on baseball than the Devil Rays, yet because of the format Tampa gets to go to the playoffs and New York does not? If it was the Red Sox you bandwagoners would be signing a different tune.

The system is broken and needs fix
>> Anonymous
>>358569
oh hey you almost had me there for a second, but your trolling will not work on me
>> Anonymous
>>358569
>BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW
>> Anonymous
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>Baseball went to a multidivision setup to create more races, rivalries and excitement. But it isn't fair.
>> Anonymous
>>358569
And here I thought the Rays were going to the playoffs because they were younger, more talented and won more games.

My bad.
>> Anonymous
>>358569
Almost got me, also you might want to work on the Devil Rays part. Seeing how they aren't around anymore.
>> Anonymous
>$2,500 a seat, which would be high for a heavyweight title fight, let alone a May weeknight against the Royals. According to preliminary pricing outlined in a Yankees memo, only 147 seats are priced that high. Still, over 81 games, those alone will bring in an astounding $29,767,500, roughly $8 million more than the Marlins' entire payroll at the start of the 2008 season.

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=460942

fuck you SteinBAWWWWner you rich piece of shit. GO RAYS
>> Anonymous
Don't assume that>>358569is a troll, boys. Yankee fans can certainly be this stupid.

Hank's a fag.
>> Anonymous
Even if they took the top four teams out of the league regardless of division, the Yankees would still be out. Hank can complain about the system all he wants, but at the end of the day, his team simply didn't get it done enough times. That lands you out of the playoffs in any system yet conceived.
>> Anonymous
>Baseball went to a multidivision setup to create more races, rivalries and excitement. But it isn't fair.
BAWW, THE TEAM WITH THE MOST MONEY SHOULD WIN. THIS IS THE FAIREST!
>> Anonymous
>>358569
Money does not equal talent. Plenty of over the hill has beens can con a pro sports team out of a huge contract.
>> Anonymous
>>358775

No, Hank's arguing that the best 8 teams from all of baseball should go to the playoffs. The Yankees have the 8th best record in Baseball at the moment.
>> Anonymous
I'm a Yankeefag and I wish Hank would shut the fuck up.
>> Anonymous
>>358630
People are paying for these seats. I don't like it. But, the market is there. It's called good business. The Rays couldn't imagine charging that much for seats because even corporations in Tampa wouldn't buy that.
>> Anonymous
>>358787
How many are in the AL? Shit, lets just get rid of this whole 2 leagues thing too while we are at it.

Also BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW
>> Anonymous
>>358797

5 AL teams(Angels, Red Sox, Rays, White Sox, Yankees), and 4 NL teams(Cubs, Phillies, Mets, Brewers). The Yanks and the Brewers have the same record at the moment with 86-71.

The AL/NL split isn't that prevalent this season.
>> Anonymous
>>358801
Meh, I thought it was worse. Thanks for that though.
>> Anonymous
What a whiney faggot. Stop complaining that your daddy's money can't buy you a championship every year.
>> Anonymous
It could be worse. You could have 8 teams from both AL/NL make the playoff.
>> Anonymous
>>358595
>>358612
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>>358782

All faggot BAWsox fans.

Suck a dick.
>> Anonymous
>>358595
>>358612
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>>358782

Hey, guess what?

18-1.
>> Anonymous
FUN FACT: THE BOSTON RED SOX PAYROLL IS OVER 100 MILLION DOLLARS.

NO, IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS THE YANKEES, BUT IT'S STILL FOURTH HIGHEST IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES.

Don't act so superior.
>> SSG Posted Here
1. Torre (the man blamed by the Yankees for their team failing from 2004-2007) and the Dodgers going to the postseason + Yankees not = Owned.
2. Torre should get the NL Manager Of The Year FTW.
3. Also, Dodgers is playing right now. Fuck the Cubs-Mets game, Vin Scully automatically makes this game the one to watch/listen to.
>> Anonymous
>>358860
Second. The Dodgers could cut their magic number to 1 tonight.
>> Anonymous
he's technically correct that some good teams get omitted and some shitty teams make it, but now was a REALLY bad time to bring it up. but you gotta at least respect the fact that he says whatever is on his mind 100% of the time regardless which internet faggots will spend all day blogging and bitching about it.

hank steinbrenner is a fat ugly dolt who's probably fucked more women than the entirety of 4chan combined. deal with that, faggots.
>> Anonymous
>>358860
that's just biased anti-Yankee nerd rage.

you're acting like the Yankees dumped Torre and he went to LA and made a fool of the Yankees front office by leading them to some super-successful year. they were languishing around .500 for a majority of the year and outside of Arizona's massive year-end choke LA would have no chance of making the playoffs. here's a couple more fun facts for you.

1. Girardi led the Yankees to a better regular season record than Torre did with the Dodgers.
2. Girardi also watched his team get absolutely plagued by major injuries this year.
3. The Yankees with Girardi with stomp the shit out of the Dodgers with Torre in a best of 7 series.
>> Anonymous
>>358863
>he's technically correct that some good teams get omitted and some shitty teams make it, but now was a REALLY bad time to bring it up.

Very true. Also if they got rid of divisions (which they won't) they should also extend the Divisional Series to a best of 7.
>> Anonymous
>>358873
>3. The Yankees with Girardi with stomp the shit out of the Dodgers with Torre in a best of 7 series.
>Yankees with Girardi with stomp the shit out of the Dodgers
>with Girardi with stomp

hurr
>> Anonymous
>>358873
lol no. Watch less ESPN.
>> Anonymous
>>358922
WTF are you talking about?

The record is completely quantifiable hard evidence.
They Yankees have lost more pitchers from their opening day rotation than the Dodgers and suffered more injuries to their lineup.

Also, once again ESPN just tries to make a spectacle of Yankee failures as much as they can. But yet retards such as you fail to see they have RSN's cock firmly in their mouths as much as they have Romo's, Farve's and Crosby's.
>> Anonymous
>>358922
Are you seriously suggesting that ESPN has a Yankee bias?!
The same network that employs Steve Phillips?

This is not the 90s. ESPN? More like NESN2
>> Anonymous
>>358922
besides the last sentence, that was all verifiable fact. come up with something to counter or GTFO, faggot. oh wait, you can't so you're just gonna say something stupid and irrelevant like LOL U WACH ESPNNN!!!
>> Anonymous
Yankeesfag

I can't believe this is the owner of the team I root for. This is going to be worst then what the franchise went through under the CBS ownership.
>> Anonymous
>>358938
Actually as a Yankee fag. I've watched some Yankee-Red Sox games on NESN.

NESN is pretty fair. They aren't that bad.

ESPN eats Red Sox cock. You're forgetting former Red Sox beat writer Peter Gammons...and they decide to bring up the 2004 ALCS in EVERY SINGLE BROADCAST of a Yankee game.
>> Anonymous
ESPN caters to whoever is most successful. Before 2004, it was pictures of Babe Ruth every time the Sox and Yanks got together. Now it's ZOMG 2004 COLLAPSE every time. You Yankeefags sure do have short term memories.

That or you're all underage b&
>> Anonymous
>>358559
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>> Anonymous
>>358953
It assumes the Dodgers didnt have injuries too and that Manny Ramirez doesnt exist. So NO U, buddy.
>> Anonymous
>>359021
the dodgers injuries weren't even a third as bad as the yankees