Dodgers end Yanks' payroll streak, owe most tax

[El Supremo]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have ended the New York Yankees' 15-year streak as Major League Baseball's biggest spenders and owe more than $26.6 million in luxury tax.

The Dodgers finished with a record payroll of $257,283,410, according to final calculations made by Major League Baseball on Friday and obtained by The Associated Press. That is more than $20 million above the previous high, set by the Yankees last year.

For the first time since the current luxury tax began in 2003, the Yankees won't be paying the most. The luxury tax was put in place as a slowdown on spending by high-revenue teams, and teams pay based on the amount they are over the $189 million threshold.

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the rest at: http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-dodgers-end-yanks-payroll-streak-owe-most-211645607--spt.html

[El Supremo]

1. ...

[TexasTowelie]

3. I'm giving you a DU Rec for this graphic

and not for your OP. Now tell Cheech to quit bogarting and pass it my way.

[Yavin4]

4. Difference is, Yankees won a few World Series titles

Dodgers? Not so much.

[El Supremo]

5. The word is "bought"...

not "won".

[hughee99]

6. If you could BUY a world series, the yankees would have a lot more.

According to the article, the Yankees held this title EVERY YEAR since 2003 and have a (ONE) World Series championship to show for it since the current luxury tax began.

But hey, the Yankees MAKE a ton of money, what are they supposed to spend it on if NOT trying to make their "product" better?

[Iggo]

7. Exactly.

If you could buy a world series, the Yanks would've won 15 in a row.

[El Supremo]

8. But there were 12 postseason appearances.

Just saying.

[Iggo]

9. Yeah, but they only "bought" one championship.

(Setting up an early defense of my Dodgers as the New Evil Empire... )