Well I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Yankees! Yankees fans sure think payroll matters an awful lot. You spend $200 million a season on salary and you can only win 1 World Series in 10 years? Thats completely unacceptable.
Is the $33 million the Yankees spent on A-Rod this year better money spent than the $55 million the Rangers spent for their entire roster? I think not.
The $200+ million the Yankees spent on salary got them 859 runs during the regular season. Thats 72 more runs than the Rangers scored. They batted .267/.350/.436 as a team. Yet it doesn't mean a damn thing when you hit .201/.300/.370 in the ALCS.
Outside of Robinson Cano, the Yankees lineup was a joke against the Rangers. A-Rod batted .190, Tiexiera batted .000, and Swisher completely disapeared.
Fortunately for Yankees fans, there is always next year. As a Yankee fan, "next year" isn't a pie in the sky dream either. Its reality, we always have a shot.
See you in April.
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