Baseball's Top Team
By Kelly S. Croslis

Each year as the baseball season winds down, the inevitable conversation emerges - who will win the World Series and do they deserve it. This year, as the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies faced each other the topic became more heated.

Over the years, the New York Yankees have been one of the best teams in baseball. This year World Series win brings the Yankees total to 27 making them Major League Baseball's best team, the closest team, with 10 World Series wins is the St. Louis Cardinals. This statistic alone will once again revive the argument that the Yankees bought another championship. The fact that they went 9 years without a title does no good to silence the complaints or the defense for their ability.

The Yankees, for nearly a decade have held the highest payroll in major league baseball, bringing with it both talent and criticism. One would think that with the level of talent the Yankees bring to their team, they would win a title each year - it is expected actually and when it does not happen, there is a backlash from fans thinking how could they play so bad with all that talent, only to be countered the next year when they win, "see, you can win all your games if you pay enough."

So, what is the big picture? Is it the money or the talent that puts a team together? The answer very well may be - both. While money can bring in the best players, having them perform and play as a team is vital. It's not the money itself that makes the team; it merely brings the right players together.

In reality, each team in MLB can be accused of the same practice. When a player is acquired by a team, there is hope that they will turn the teams luck around, after all "he's a star." Then there is the other side of the coin, if they are having a losing season, it's more of - "They need better players, and then they could be a better team." Often these comments are followed by, "the Yankees do it, why can't we?"

While the Yankees have won the most Championship games in Major League Baseball, should they be chastised for their spending and star players? If not the Yankees, maybe some other team would be at the top of the heap, being chastised for the winning.

What happened to just playing the game?

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