Yankees' Payroll Mocked In Faux MasterCard "Priceless" Ad (VIDEO)

The Yankees may have won the world series, but they had a little help along the way. One enterprising video editor detailed the more than 201 million reasons the Yankees were able to field such a talented team by mashing up some of the team's more expensive players with the famous "Priceless" MasterCard ads. Video embedded below.

Matsui's 3 RBI's in the title clinching game: $13,000,000.00

Derek Jeter's .462 World Series batting average: $20,000,000.00

ARod's 19 hits in 15 playoff games: $32,000,000.00

Winning the World Series Championship: $201,449,189.00

There are somethings money can't buy. The World Series isn't one of them.

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Comments

[Aldo Rodriguez]

Whoops! How did that get there? I should never leave my computer unattended without putting it on stand by. My bad.

[skunky93]

Jealousy will get you no where.

[ramblingjohnny]

It true and false. They don't buy a world series with 200 mills because that what they spent for the last ten years and it been ten years since they won it. But what they do get is an almost guarantee Divisional playoff spot every year. A perfect 14 since 1995 and 8 League Championship Series Appearances over the same period add to that 7 World Series Appearances and of the seven times the Yankees did get to the World Series they won 5 since 1995!

[wrenchdevil]

Fact: The Washington Nationals were the most profitable team in MLB this year, yet they refuse to spend $ to provide their fans a competitive team. They'd rather pocket their portion of revenue sharing $ than give the fans a team worth watching. Isn't it the responsibility of owners to give their fans the best team they can afford?

Fact: The Yankees heavily contribute $ to other teams, both thru the luxury tax, and by consistently filling AWAY game seats. The Yankees handed out $95 mil in 2009 through revenue sharing and the luxury tax, which went to help pay for salaries on every other team.

Fact: The Yanks sell more team logo merchandise NATIONWIDE, than any other team. They have a huge fan base that goes way beyond the NY metropolitan area. Your neighbors in Fargo help pay for the Yankees team.

Assumption: If given a choice, 99% of MLB players would rather play for The Yanks than a team like the Royals (no disrespect intended), where tradition rules, fans understand the game, and endorsement opportunities abound. That's why a salary cap in baseball will never work. If A. Rod had to take a $10m pay cut to play for The Yanks or sign with the Royals for the same $, who would he choose?

Fact: $ alone does not make for a winning team, just ask the Mets. 3 of the top 5 payroll teams this season did not even make the playoffs.

Fact: 27 WS titles.

[FirstGame72]

Great post wrench!
Let me just add that it's important to remember that all the talk over the last fifteen years about team payroll and "large vs small market" teams is just a way for the owners, through the media, to turn fans against players and drive their salaries down. Am I the only one who remembers the time before the sports media came up with the small/big market team talking point and they told us that paying huge salaries to major league players would "ruin the game" by driving fans away? When it did the opposit occured and baseball revenue got bigger, not smaller the media switched gears and started picking on the Yankees 24/7.

[Altoids]

In regards to your first fact: do you claim that the Yankees ownership isn't profiting the same amount or more than teams that supposedly pocket their extra cash?

$95 million is a pittance spread over all the other teams.

Not sure what the merchandise point has to do with whether the Yankees bought the World Series. If anything, it reminds us that they have the most money. All those non-NY fans are bandwagon fans, btw.

Not sure how much tradition and fans understanding the game really affects where the player wants to play. MLB players want to play for the Yankees because that's where the money is. Institute a salary cap and that's not the case anymore.

[AxelDC]

The Yankees spent 5x on players what the Florida Marlins did this year.

The NY Yankees just buy championships by using their NYC marketshare to bribe the best players from other teams. Where is the sport in that?

[annie0107]

oh please, just because your team is too cheap to pay.

your team's owner probably took his share of the luxury tax (paid by the Yankees) and put it in his pocket - where is the sport in that???

[Moarku]

Let's not forget how a few years back the Marlins demolished the Yankees in their own stadium despite having about 1/4 the payroll at the time. :)

Face it, when it comes down to it the team spending $200mil is SUPPOSED to win. Which basically means the only time the Yankees are remotely interesting is when they lose. Don't get me wrong, I don't begrudge anyone who grew up with them and is rooting for their home team. But why anybody outside the Bronx would root for the most boring team in baseball is beyond me.

[Jeffrey Hunter]

Probably some sore loser Red Sox fan put this together. hahahahahhaha