Hank Steinbrenner: No "Socialism"

[Banedon]

Hank Steinbrenner isn't thrilled about paying $130mil in luxury taxes and rev sharing....

 

"We've got to do a little something about that, and I know Bud wants to correct it in some way," Steinbrenner said. "Obviously, we're very much allies with the Red Sox and the Mets, the Dodgers, the Cubs, whoever in that area."

 

"At some point, if you don't want to worry about teams in minor markets, don't put teams in minor markets, or don't leave teams in minor markets if they're truly minor," Steinbrenner said. "Socialism, communism, whatever you want to call it, is never the answer."

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6144975

[javy knows my name]

And here I pegged him as a bleeding heart liberal

[UMFan83]

Wow that's pretty dumb. First of all, I doubt most of those teams are allies with him on the matter. Only the Red Sox out of that list have had consistent success throwing money at their problems. I feel like the other 3 spend because they feel like they have to due to their status as a big market team. And even if they do spend money, the Yankees still spend almost double what the next closest team spends because the Yankees have by far the most revenue coming in.

 

If you can afford to have a 200m+ payroll to go along with 130m in luxury taxes, you shouldnt bitch. The luxury tax is supposed to be a deterrant to spending that much money on a baseball team. You choose to do it anyway, so you live with it.

 

It's quotes like these that make me fired up to cheer for the Yankees every year.

[treebird]

let's see if the pirates and rays are as dumb as most of america and go along with this

[javy knows my name]

let's see if the pirates and rays are as dumb as most of america and go along with this

 

So Hank Steinbrenner = Koch brothers. I'll buy it.

[radarluv1]

let's see if the pirates and rays are as dumb as most of america and go along with this

not quite the same thing.

[Northside Blues]

"At some point, if you don't want to worry about teams in minor markets, don't put teams in minor markets, or don't leave teams in minor markets if they're truly minor," Steinbrenner said.

 

 

So he's advocating another team or two in the New York metro area?

[MWV]

Congrats to Hank for finding new and inventive ways to make the Yankees unlikable.

[Soul]

"At some point, if you don't want to worry about teams in minor markets, don't put teams in minor markets, or don't leave teams in minor markets if they're truly minor," Steinbrenner said.

 

 

So he's advocating another team or two in the New York metro area?

 

Beijing, perhaps.

 

I'd be interested in hearing him name these other "major markets" that could host the likes of the Royals and Pirates.

 

Or perhaps he would like to re-tract the league down to 12 teams or so?

[erik316wttn]

"At some point, if you don't want to worry about teams in minor markets, don't put teams in minor markets, or don't leave teams in minor markets if they're truly minor," Steinbrenner said.

 

 

So he's advocating another team or two in the New York metro area?

 

NYC was able to support 3 MLB teams when it was half the population it is now. I see no reason why it couldn't again.

 

Not that I support moving a team into the NY metro area. I'm just making a point.

[Exile on Waveland]

"Socialism" sure has killed the NFL.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I think placing a third team in the NY market would be a great idea.

 

The only problem for the new team would be carving out a niche of fans since most fans would already have allegiance to either the Yankees or the Mets, so the team would struggle in that regard.

 

That's the only drawback I can see is that if they couldn't attract new fans, a team there could struggle.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I think placing a third team in the NY market would be a great idea.

 

The only problem for the new team would be carving out a niche of fans since most fans would already have allegiance to either the Yankees or the Mets, so the team would struggle in that regard.

 

That's the only drawback I can see is that if they couldn't attract new fans, a team there could struggle.

New York's a large enough population to have enough people that hate both the Yankees and Mets to support a 3rd team.

[Sammy Sofa]

I think placing a third team in the NY market would be a great idea.

 

The only problem for the new team would be carving out a niche of fans since most fans would already have allegiance to either the Yankees or the Mets, so the team would struggle in that regard.

 

That's the only drawback I can see is that if they couldn't attract new fans, a team there could struggle.

New York's a large enough population to have enough people that hate both the Yankees and Mets to support a 3rd team.

 

I'd be all for moving a couple of the teams already out there. Send one to NYC and another to Vegas.

[Guest]

I think placing a third team in the NY market would be a great idea.

 

The only problem for the new team would be carving out a niche of fans since most fans would already have allegiance to either the Yankees or the Mets, so the team would struggle in that regard.

 

That's the only drawback I can see is that if they couldn't attract new fans, a team there could struggle.

New York's a large enough population to have enough people that hate both the Yankees and Mets to support a 3rd team.

 

I'd be all for moving a couple of the teams already out there. Send one to NYC and another to Vegas.

 

Vegas will need an indoor facility first, but I definitely like the idea. Although Vegas has taken a rather mighty hit with the economy lately. The foreclosure rate there might be higher than anywhere in the country right now. It's probably not the ideal time to consider it there right now.

[Northside Blues]

"At some point, if you don't want to worry about teams in minor markets, don't put teams in minor markets, or don't leave teams in minor markets if they're truly minor," Steinbrenner said.

 

 

So he's advocating another team or two in the New York metro area?

 

NYC was able to support 3 MLB teams when it was half the population it is now. I see no reason why it couldn't again.

 

Not that I support moving a team into the NY metro area. I'm just making a point.

 

 

Oh, I agree that it would work fine. But it's something that he should be against.

[Sammy Sofa]

I think placing a third team in the NY market would be a great idea.

 

The only problem for the new team would be carving out a niche of fans since most fans would already have allegiance to either the Yankees or the Mets, so the team would struggle in that regard.

 

That's the only drawback I can see is that if they couldn't attract new fans, a team there could struggle.

New York's a large enough population to have enough people that hate both the Yankees and Mets to support a 3rd team.

 

I'd be all for moving a couple of the teams already out there. Send one to NYC and another to Vegas.

 

Vegas will need an indoor facility first, but I definitely like the idea. Although Vegas has taken a rather mighty hit with the economy lately. The foreclosure rate there might be higher than anywhere in the country right now. It's probably not the ideal time to consider it there right now.

 

Good point. Once the economy recovers more it's probably the one last major untapped market where a baseball team could do well.

[daske17]

I think placing a third team in the NY market would be a great idea.

 

The only problem for the new team would be carving out a niche of fans since most fans would already have allegiance to either the Yankees or the Mets, so the team would struggle in that regard.

 

That's the only drawback I can see is that if they couldn't attract new fans, a team there could struggle.

New York's a large enough population to have enough people that hate both the Yankees and Mets to support a 3rd team.

 

I'd be all for moving a couple of the teams already out there. Send one to NYC and another to Vegas.

 

Vegas will need an indoor facility first, but I definitely like the idea. Although Vegas has taken a rather mighty hit with the economy lately. The foreclosure rate there might be higher than anywhere in the country right now. It's probably not the ideal time to consider it there right now.

 

Good point. Once the economy recovers more it's probably the one last major untapped market where a baseball team could do well.

 

Pete Rose for owner!

[erik316wttn]

I think placing a third team in the NY market would be a great idea.

 

The only problem for the new team would be carving out a niche of fans since most fans would already have allegiance to either the Yankees or the Mets, so the team would struggle in that regard.

 

That's the only drawback I can see is that if they couldn't attract new fans, a team there could struggle.

New York's a large enough population to have enough people that hate both the Yankees and Mets to support a 3rd team.

 

I'd be all for moving a couple of the teams already out there. Send one to NYC and another to Vegas.

 

Vegas will need an indoor facility first, but I definitely like the idea. Although Vegas has taken a rather mighty hit with the economy lately. The foreclosure rate there might be higher than anywhere in the country right now. It's probably not the ideal time to consider it there right now.

 

Good point. Once the economy recovers more it's probably the one last major untapped market where a baseball team could do well.

 

I personally don't think we'll ever see a team in Vegas in any of the 4 major professional sports in our lifetime. There's far too much possibility for corruption there, even if you don't allow games by that team to be bet on.

[hawkcub]

Currently there is no way Vegas gets a team. Maybe the worst economy in the country right now outside of maybe the Detroit metro. But in the future I think it scares the major leagues as been said by another poster.

[Sammy Sofa]

I personally don't think we'll ever see a team in Vegas in any of the 4 major professional sports in our lifetime. There's far too much possibility for corruption there, even if you don't allow games by that team to be bet on.

 

Would that really be a concern these days? This is Nu-Vegas we're talking about here.

 

And actually, forget the economic questions...aren't they going to run out of [expletive] water, too?

[Cubs Fan Dan]

Indianapolis would be a great city for a team. Not a "huge" city but should be enough of a following and would pull from OH, KY, IL and MI. They support the hell out of their AAA team. Lucas Oil is already there with retractable roof..... hmmm

[Sammy Sofa]

Sure as hell would be better than Tampa.

[erik316wttn]

Indianapolis would be a great city for a team. Not a "huge" city but should be enough of a following and would pull from OH, KY, IL and MI. They support the hell out of their AAA team. Lucas Oil is already there with retractable roof..... hmmm

 

Yes, but Lucas Oil is a football-only stadium, isn't it? I have no knowledge of the dimensions of the place or anything, but I do know that when the Dodgers played in the LA Colosseum for a few years there were some crazy dimensions (something like 270 down each line and 510 to CF or something like that) so that probably wouldn't be the best idea.

 

I wouldn't be opposed to a team in Indy, however, if they could get a new stadium for it.

[Cubs Fan Dan]

Indianapolis would be a great city for a team. Not a "huge" city but should be enough of a following and would pull from OH, KY, IL and MI. They support the hell out of their AAA team. Lucas Oil is already there with retractable roof..... hmmm

 

Yes, but Lucas Oil is a football-only stadium, isn't it? I have no knowledge of the dimensions of the place or anything, but I do know that when the Dodgers played in the LA Colosseum for a few years there were some crazy dimensions (something like 270 down each line and 510 to CF or something like that) so that probably wouldn't be the best idea.

 

I wouldn't be opposed to a team in Indy, however, if they could get a new stadium for it.

 

I am really not sure of dimensions but when I was there it looked absolutely huge on the field level... I could be wrong though.