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Originally Posted by Micro Donk
hate the league that doesnt have a salary cap, not the team that takes advantage of that
lots of people hate the yankees for LOTS of different reasons. The amount of money the team spends, which comes from the YES network as much as it does anything else(a few select teams in good markets being able to get these TV networks is just super gay, but not the yankees fault). Lots of people just hate George Steinbrenner, he was an ass who didn't deserve success and people didn't like seeing him have any. Lots of people don't like thier fans. The stereotypical Yankee fan from New York City is a brash new yorker who comes across as a complete ******* with a superiority complex. If that's your view of the yankees and their fans, you want them to lose.
Others probably hate them because they're simply overexposed. ESPN is the "SOX AND YANKEES" network and it pisses people off. Others probably hate them because of super shady tactics in previous decades where they appeared to use the Kansas City Royals as a farm system, keeping the Royals afloat by buying/trading for any good player on KC, I forget if there was a personal relationship between yankees and royals management(this is 40s-60s IIRC) or the royals were just stupid.
Also, its sports. People irrationally support their own teams and root against others for tons of reasons.
/shrug.
I love my sports, and the hating adds to the fun.