Buffalo News (New York)November 15, 2009 Dear Editor,Yankees buy, Yankees win!History has been made. Incredibly, the Yankees have won their 27th major league championship. In this open free enterprise system, the Yankees' ignored the luxury tax like it never existed to buy a World Series ring.In the history of baseball, this has never been accomplished before. By spending money like a drunken sailor the last 10 years, this organization finally pulled it off. The last three players alone cost ... Read Full Story

Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas)November 16, 2009Dear Editor,Jennifer Floyd Engel wrote about her dislike of the Yankees. (See: "Yankees title bad, in November worse," Nov. 3) It’s obvious that she bases her thinking on the assumption that the Yankees are good only because they have a big payroll and that that is an unfair advantage over the other teams. A team doesn’t go to the World Series 40 out of 105 years simply because of payroll. The Yankee organization is doing some things right. Doe... Read Full Story

Dadlak may have had a point, but Alphonso's view won out. According to our poll, "gotcha" journalist and self-styled Yankee fan Hart Seely is no fan at all. Seely, you'll remember, shocked the Yankiverse by publishing a hate-filled screed in support of the Red Sox, involving sick children and puppets, on the very eve of the 2009 World Series.Pete Rose, Roger Clemens and Ugueth Urbina could not be reached for comment. Read Full Story

The great Chad Jennings has a post on LoHud that I can't get out of my head.He lists the longest tenured Yankees, in terms of organization.1. Mariano Rivera (non-drafted free agent, February 1990)2. Jorge Posada (24th round, 1990)3. Derek Jeter (first round, 1992)4. Chien-Ming Wang (non-drafted free agent, May 2000)5. Jose Valdez (non-drafted free agent, October 2000)6. Robinson Cano (non-drafted free agent, January 2001)7. Shelley Duncan (second round, 2001)8. Melky Cabrera (non-drafted free... Read Full Story

New Haven RegisterNovember 15, 2009Dear Editor,I want to remind the letter writer who said the Yankees bought themselves another championship that the team hadn't won a World Series since 2000. During the intervening years, people like the writer had said the Yankees can't even buy a championship. I wish they would make up their minds.Also, the Red Sox went after C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and, especially, Mark Teixiera, but couldn't close the deal.I wonder what would have been said if Bosto... Read Full Story

In case anyone's interested (which I doubt anyone is), I've been merely biding my time while the Yankees won it all, drinking a ridiculous amount of UC (case for 15 bucks in Webster!), and slowly morphing from "Michael Kei" to almost our other Michael buddy to the right (Alphonso, think of it as a little getaway trip to Italy).BUT: we're on our way to our 28th World Championship brought to by Jeep®, and even though I contribute to IIH as much as Mons Meg (and even Suzyn this past year), I sti... Read Full Story

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (New York)November 15, 2009Dear Editor,"The best team money can buy" sure does fit this year's champs, the New York Yankees. When most teams could barely afford one player, and others none, the Yankees put down cash to buy all three top free agents. It's not their fault that they can afford to do this, however the reason they can is because baseball has no salary cap, thus the Yankees spend, spend and spend some more. The playing field needs to be level for al... Read Full Story

This outstanding piece of sports journalism from The Quincy [Illinois] Herald is reprinted in Vol. V, pp 20-21 of Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, ed. T. L. Masson (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1904):The glass-armed toy soldiers of this town were fed to the pigs yesterday by the cadaverous Indian grave-robbers from Omaha.The flabby, one-lunged Reubens who represent the Gem City in the reckless rush for the baseball pennant had their shins toasted by the basilisk-eyed cat... Read Full Story

The Stuart News/Port St. Lucie News (Stuart, Florida)November 19, 2009Dear Editor,Acknowledging Mr. Tonello's letter of (Nov. 14), when he wrote that the Yankees would never agree to a salary cap. He hit the nail on the head! Level the playing field with leveling the salaries. Give other teams a chance.Mr. Hammer's letter of (Nov. 15) personifies Yankee greed. No team in baseball history has been greedier. Add up the salaries of just their infielders and it comes close to $100 million per yea... Read Full Story

1. He'll come cheaper than Lackey.2. One-year deal. No long term mortgage.3. We don't trade a mound of prospects, as with Halladay.4. We saw in the series what he can do, even with an 85-mph fastball. (Check out that last number on the right; that's against us in game 2.)5. Face it: He's always wanted to be a Yankee. He won't let himself be embarrassed. 6. Hating the guy is getting old. C'mon! He's one of the game's great characters!7. Imagine this moment: His first Youk-beaning.8. Hey, we're... Read Full Story