Posted by TMS:
Originally posted by fishmike
I do know a Yankee title won by Texeria, ARod, Sabathia and Burnett will NOT have the feel of those other teams I mentioned.
sorry to get off topic, but did u feel the same way about the Yankee titles won by Reggie, Catfish, Goose, Willie, Nettles & Chambliss? it's hard enough to win a championship no matter how u build a franchise so i think every championship should be relished just as much as any other... sure it's nice to see home drafted talent get rings on their finger like Jeter, Bernie, Eli, Osi, Jacobs, etc., but w/o a lot of key FA's & trade acquisitions like McKenzie, O'Hara, Burress, Pierce, Robbins, etc. the Giants don't win the SB last year just like the Yankees don't win all those championships in the 90's w/o guys like Rocket, Wells, Key, Justice, Curtis, Lloyd, Cone, Brosius, Davis, Fielder, Boggs, etc.
[Edited by - TMS on 12-04-2008 2:49 PM]
Football is a little different because of the hard cap and non guarenteed contracts. Thats a game you truly root for the uniform. There's just too much turnover... but as pro football teams go that Giants team was def one of the most home grown. Also you have your marquee guys namely QBs, but for the Giants we won with drafted players playing huge roles and some longtime Giants like Toomer and Strahan getting rings.
And the Yanks of the 90s still had a core of homegrown guys and most of the others were from trades... when Mo closed out every game, when Jeter/Bernie/Oneil were in every rally did you feel like it was bought? And best part was some of those traded players were cast offs... Oneil, Broch, Raines, Gooden... we had a lot of cast offs find a home and do big things. I would say the only bigtime FAs of those title teams were Tino and... ??? The rest were Clemens, Justice... those guys were traded for no?
Going out and buying the best player in the league bringing you from a .500 team at best to a title contendor isnt the same thing. How would you guys have felt if Jordan unretired from baseball and teamed up with Ewing to bring the Knicks a couple titles? I would have enjoyed seeing Pat win his but with MJ? Ug... thats rough to swallow man.
I am sure over time if Lebron is a Knick for 8-10 years after 7 as a Cav he will be a "Knick" and loved as a guy that wanted to come here. Thats the thing I guess... we wouldnt be buying a player like the Yanks buy Sabathia. Lebron would have his choice of places and he or any other elite FA would be picking us so I guess you have that.. or at least we can tell ourselves we have that (kinda like Seb tells himself secret smells manly and musky)
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