I will admit that I am not fond of the Yankees, but am not into being a Yankee hater. It is mostly that I find their way of remaining at or near the top of the baseball world very distasteful and almost feel like they are cheaters.

Yes, I have heard it all before that any team can buy their own players and win a trip to the World Series, however this simply isn't true. The Yankees have the money to spend while other smaller market teams don't. Or if a team at least has some money to go after free agents, one bad signing can kill them, whereas the Yankees can simply spend even more to neutralize the damage.

I have always believed in grooming your farm system and having home grown talent develop along with your veterans to lead the way. Trades are an acceptable means as well of attaining players to fill the needs of a team, but this off-season has really made me sick with the way the Yankees are spending outlandish amounts of money to buy up such great stars as Mark Teixeira, C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Brunett and maybe even Manny Ramirez. It's like the upcoming season is already written.

The Brewers lost their best pitcher in C.C., who performed magic for them. Meanwhile the Angels lost their best offensive player, and so on and so forth. It's simply too much. 

I can only say that I will be rooting for any team that plays against the Yankees this year because I don't believe in buying your way into the World Series, and if it wasn't for teams like the Yankees and Red Sox - who spend mostly to keep up with New York - these ballplayers wouldn't be dictating the insane amount of money they are getting and would also force Scott Boras back into his little hole in the ground.

I actually have more respect than ever for Arte Moreno and the Angels when they withdrew their offer for Teixiera saying Boras was using them just to drive up the price. The Angels also didn't bother to try to keep Frankie Rodriguez because he wanted the moon. So teams like the Angels will play with who they have and give younger players a chance.....the way it should be.