The Yankee success in recent years has been a result of a great farm system and $$$$$players. Jeter, Bernie Williams, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte (good bye Andy), Jorge Posada were the nucleus that George spent money around. (and they should have kept Soriano.)
Professional sports in general has been ruined by $$$. Its now become entertainment.
I disagree that the Yanks should have kept Soriano. Would I have liked to see Soriano stay in New York, of course. But when you have the opportunity to get the 2nd best player in baseball in Alex Rodriguez (especially after he was so close with going to Boston), you don't pass up an opportunity like that. As far as baseball being entertainment, I couldn't agree more. But I love it that baseball doesn't have a salary cap. I HATE it because it's so confining! Again, I agree with gommbah in that on paper the Yankees are always the best team, but as I've said, baseball is such a hard game, that the players still have to go out there and produce
