My point isnt the payroll.My only point was dont spend 300,000,000 dollars on payroll and then claim your team is gritty and gutty.I mean you have an All star at every single poisition.The best relief pitcher ever,you bought two of the best pitchers in baseball.The Yakees win because they have a 9 man lineup where the 8th place hitter would hit cleanup for most teams.They used Chamberlin for one inning in the series.Gritty is not the word for them.SUPER TALENT is,much of it bought and paid for.New York fans are a funny lot,they always act like they are the most loyal,the most informed,but if the Yakees or Mets or Knicks stink fans dont show up.
Does a player's salary rob him of grit and guts? Was Jeter gritty when he was at the league minimum, but lost it when his paycheck got huge? Is Rivera pitching his multiple days with multiple innings any less gritty because he makes 15/million? Salary is irrelevant in this argument. Yes, there are prima donnas in MLB, but not on this team. Sabathia puts his arm on the line on short rest, Rivera plays with injuries, as does Damon, etc....
The Yankees have an 8th place hitter that would hit fourth on most other teams because their GM recognized that a player with a low BABIP and a high LD% may have been unlucky the prior year, and was able to steal him in a trade for Wilson Bettiment.
Yes they have super talent. Yes, their payroll might enables them to be in position to win. But it doesn't dictate the level of commitment that the players put forth. If anything, these guys (Jeter, Rivera, Pettitte, Damon, Teixeira, ARod, yes, ARod, Matsui, Sabathia, etc....)set the example of what players should do - play their fucking guts out on the field, regardless of what they make.
