# Yankees lose! Yankees lose!  Yankees lose!!

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 21, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341 "2004-10-21T03:55:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/81 "2004-10-24T05:22:07Z")

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> [@The\_Llama](#):
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> PS  
> Just as an aside, for all you out there saying that the high priced Yankees couldn’t buy their way to the world series, and that it’s all about heart, the Bosox have the second highest payroll in all of baseball. That’s not a yankee defense, I’m just sayin is all.

Sigh. Must I do this again?

(a) The Yankees spend 150% of what the Sox spend. That’s not insignificant. Subtract the BoSox salaries from the Yankees salaries, and it’s still more than fully half the teams in MLB spent on their tems.  
(b) The Sox spend what they spend to compete with the Yankees. They have to play them 19 times a season, and they have to beat them.

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**Author:** ![The\_Llama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@The\_Llama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Llama)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/82 "2004-10-24T13:16:04Z")

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(sigh) must I sound like a condescending ass when I don’t know what I’m talking about?  
$187 million isn’t 150% more than $127 million.

[2004 Salaries](http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/salaries/totalpayroll.aspx?year=2004)  
And a portion of that is paid to players that were traded away.

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**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/83 "2004-10-24T13:57:49Z")

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147% is so much different. :roll:

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**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/84 "2004-10-24T22:04:14Z")

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> [@skutir](#):
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> (a) The Yankees spend 150% of what the Sox spend.

> [@The\_Llama](#):
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> $187 million isn’t 150% more than $127 million.

**Llama,** please read the above.

**Skutir** said the Yankees spend 150% _of_ what the Sox spend, not 150% _more_ than what the Sox spend. Perhaps you simply misread it, and maybe it’s just been a long time since you’ve done percents. 187 is, indeed, about 150% of 127.

I’m not sure how to parse “150% more than” into math terms, but it might look like Y = B + (B x 1.5), which means that 150% more than 127 million would be 319 million, which is obviously not the Yankees’ salary. What did you mean by “150% more than?”

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**Author:** ![The\_Llama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@The\_Llama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Llama)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/85 "2004-10-24T23:41:53Z")

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**Fish** is right, I misread it. Sorry.

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