NY Times hints Yankees now proven substandard are bilking taxpayer.

I guess everyone knows the Yankee front office won't complain about the avalanche of twisted media perched atop the so-called Mitchell Report. You haven't seen anything yet--now the NY Times floats the idea the Yankees don't "deserve" any taxpayer involvement in a new stadium. Bud Selig and George Mitchell clearly know they can do anything to the Yankees and they won't complain--maybe it's battered wife syndrome.

• NY Times article by Clyde Haberman:"Then there’s the matter of money, specifically taxpayer money, thrown liberally at sports teams, whether or not they deserve it or need it.

Both the Yankees and Mets enjoy city subsidies — totaling in the hundreds of millions of dollars, by the estimates of some watchdog groups — to build new ballparks that will be smaller than the existing stadiums and cater to the elites that can afford ticket prices that, rest assured, will go up."

• From NY Times article by Clyde Haberman, "For Sports Fans, A Season of Foul Play,"12/18/07. (The article goes into other local sports problems as well).

P.S. Haberman mentions only 1 baseball player. Of course, Andy Pettitte. Only 1, and uses the most vile and disgusting imagery. But, as you say, what's right is right and George Mitchell is a Saint.

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