Don't forget me. I am an Angel fan that is pulling for the Phillies to take it cause of my hatred for the Yankees. Also, the Phillies, in my book, are what I like to call a heart and soul team. They made it for a reason without all the overspending like the Yankees. If the Phillies make it, they deserve it, and also to prevent A-rod from getting a ring.

Yeah the poor Phillies with their measly 113 Million Dollar payroll...

Yeah to the clueless....

1. Ryan Howard 15,000,000
2. Brad Lidge 12,000,000
3. Chase Utley 11,285,714
4. Jimmy Rollins 8,500,000
5. Raul Ibanez 7,166,666
6. Joe Blanton 5,475,000
7. Pedro Feliz 5,000,000

And the Yankees payroll is greater, only because of things like this....

Players like Jeter, Posada, Matsui and Riviera made lifetime commitments to the Yanks. Including some who helped the Yankees to 4 rings in 5 years.
Players like AROD that is getting a prem to become the all-time HR hitter or Jeter and Rivera who are considered one of the greatest at their positions.
Players like CC and AJ who get a premimum for playing in NY - highest tax rate in the US!
Players like Teixeira who got bigger contracts as others bid them up forcing the Yankees to pay more.

Player Salary (US$)
1. Alex Rodriguez 33,000,000
2. Derek Jeter 21,600,000
3. Mark Teixeira 20,625,000
4. A.J. Burnett 16,500,000
5. CC Sabathia 15,285,714
6. Mariano Rivera 15,000,000
7. Jorge Posada 13,100,000
8 a. Johnny Damon 13,000,000
8 b. Hideki Matsui 13,000,000

and also, lets look at the Angels who I had a bartender whining to me that the poor Angels aren't a big market team and not like the Yankees, Mets or the Red Sox.

1. Torii Hunter 18,000,000
2. Vladimir Guerrero 15,000,000
3. Gary Matthews Jr. 10,400,000
4. John Lackey 10,000,000
5. Brian Fuentes 8,500,000
6. Scott Kazmir 6,000,000
7. Chone Figgins 5,775,000
8. Bobby Abreu 5,000,000

PS. To me, any player over 5 Million should be playing at the very same high level and the difference in pay is mainly only due to the players length of time the player has been signed for.

2009 Total Payroll
New York Yankees $201,449,189 ($52,075,202 mills more than the Mets)
New York Mets $149,373,987
Chicago Cubs $134,809,000
Boston Red Sox $121,745,999
Detroit Tigers $115,085,145
Los Angeles Angels $113,709,000
Philadelphia Phillies $113,004,046
Houston Astros $102,996,414
Los Angeles Dodgers $100,414,592
Seattle Mariners $98,904,166
Atlanta Braves $96,726,166
Chicago White Sox $96,068,500
San Francisco Giants $82,616,450
Cleveland Indians $81,579,166
Toronto Blue Jays $80,538,300
Milwaukee Brewers $80,182,502
St. Louis Cardinals $77,605,109
Colorado Rockies $75,201,000
Cincinnati Reds $73,558,500
Arizona Diamondbacks $73,516,666
Kansas City Royals $70,519,333
Texas Rangers $68,178,798
Baltimore Orioles $67,101,666
Minnesota Twins $65,299,266
Tampa Bay Rays $63,313,034
Oakland Athletics $62,310,000
Washington Nationals $60,328,000
Pittsburgh Pirates $48,693,000
San Diego Padres $43,734,200
Florida Marlins $36,834,000

http://content.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/salaries/totalpayroll.aspx?year=2009

Hehe, yeah, thanks Scott!

Pedro Martinez is questionable?

no sht, mindless Cowboy fan and as you are too clueless to understand the above, that 50 Million is made up on the premimum of Arod & Jeter's extra salary for things other than on the field.

Jut like the Red Sox paid a 50 Million Dollar posting fee for Dice or was he worth 60 Million in that first year.

Burnett is unreliable as well, so...

true

i see the Yanks winning tonight. they better or this series is OVER!

He says the Angels are not a big market team? Hmm, we did rank 5th in attendence (only behind the Dodgers, Yankees, Phils and Cardinals, respectively). Granted some of that attendence is based on the fact that the Angels Stadium has the best value of any stadium ($3 seats). The funny thing is that to us, mid 30,000 attendence is considered lousy (places like PNC park, Kaufman and Camden Yards would be happy to have that attendence). I am saying the Phillies payroll lower compared to other championship caliber big market teams. Based on that list you gave, the true overspenders (besides the Yankees) are the Mets and the Astros, cause their high payrolls led them nowhere. And because the Phillies are a big market team, spending 100 million is expected (along with the Angels, Dodgers, etc), I mean, you wouldn't expect inferior teams like the Royals, Pirates or Orioles to spend anything, especially their empty stadiums. I am saying that $200 million is just a little too much.

Let's go, Pedro! Let's go, Pedro! Let's go, Pedro!

DAMN IT! I wanted this win bad for Pedro.
Manager should've yanked him after the 6th inning was over.
Shouldn't have let him start the 7th.

Phillies missed a great chance to go up 2-0 in the series.

Great chance. Lol. 4 hits yesterday vs Cc in 7 innings. And tonight 1 run. Lucky lee pitched a great game in 1 or it would be 0-2.

Also glad selig is fine with the umps. Sure as he counts his 15 million dollar salary

So how does home plate ump not overrule that miscall. Esp with howard first running to first.

But still on the umps. Th ball strike calls on the corners are a joke as I bet the umps are wrong 50 percent of the time.

Also. Really nice to see rivera go out and always when needed just pitch 2 innings. Just like the older ones.

And what a cheap shot by madison hitting teixeira. What if the phillies aren't ahead, they play dirty.

so if Yanks win Game 3 and are up 2-1, will Lee then pitch Game 4. Also makes him available for Game 7.

PS, Any chance of rain-outs in Philly over the next week.

wow, lots of comments by all after a Yankee loss in Game 1 but none in Game 2 even though that was a great game with some big ump mistakes.

Sorry CryBabies. So Lets Hope for a Yankee Win in the WS to just shut you guys up for the year!

Very classy, Goldie.

This is turning into a great series, but I want to see more offense!

well still better than the butt heads above, you don't care about the quality of the game but only care that they hate the Yanks or New York.

PS. Were you disappointed in the lack of Yankee hitting in the 1st game also?

He's a Phillies fan.

They were hating on the Yankees, not Yankee fans.

Why would I be? I want to see more Phillies offense!

Yup but he said it was a great series he wanted to see more offense...so I was wondering if he was talking about both sides.

Why would he want more offense from the Yankees?

Cause that is what he said...just like you once said and your friend, they like lots of run scoring.