WHY MY LUXURY IS WINNING

Andrew Marchand's piece This ain't Hal's father's Yankees is great! It was something I was just telling my buddy about. Bottom line, we are the New York Yankees, we can buy and sell any player in our sleep. We can offer millions in incentives because we have money stashed all over the place, from Yankee Stadium to Tampa. Bottom line? The fans are getting restless Hal, we want an arm and we want some bench help and we don't care about throwing millions of dollars at the problem to fix the problem, even if it means we need to pay a luxury tax. If we do, so be it, THE FANS DONT CARE HAL. Now look, on the flip side, I get it, Hal is a businessman who grew up around the Yankees, and understands the inner workings of the Yankees, budget and the like. Yes, I know it's probably important to him to cut the luxury tax and spend less, but for goodness sake, if the fans don't care, go do what your old man did... build to win.

All these stories on this slow Yankee news week are all the same, reporting that the Yankees have to pay $18 million in Luxury tax. Is it a surprise to anyone? We know it's going to happen every year. We're always in the red. But the fans keep coming and we'll keep paying to watch the New York Yankees play. We'll keep buying more expensive tickets, product and anything else the Yanks have their face on. Why? because plain and simple, the Yankees fans want Championships. We don't care how much money the Yankees want to save, we want the best players all the time. You know why? I will tell you... WE KNOW WE CAN. A perfect example was 2009. Yes, it's true, we had a lot of money coming off the books with Giambi and other contracts ending, So we had the extra cash to pick up 3 incredible free agents in CC, AJ and Tex, oh yeah, and a 4th dark horse named Nick Swisher. (BTW, sign up on Facebook WE WANT NICK SWISHER TO HOST SNL) The Yankee fans loved it, and we brought the Bronx a championship.

Now, I don't want to hear from all these anti-Yankee fans that suggest that the Yankees "BUY" Championships. Suck it. That argument is old, it's tired and doesn't work anymore. Tell that to the evil Red Sox, Gonzalez and Crawford later. Tell that to the Phillies who have the best rotation in baseball. They've took from the Yankees playbook, and you know what? They should have. Every team wants top players, wins and championships. Getting top free agents is what all teams are allowed to do in the offseason. They all get a fair shot. All the teams compete. Look at the Nationals and Jayson Werth.

So, to sum up "Luxury, Smuxury." Nobody cares Hal. We want to win. Do what you have to do to put the best team on the field. Let's Go Yank-ees!!!

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