Kournikova was an absolute amazing tennis player whose singles career was derailed by injuries that worsened her ability to live up to hype as a singles player. If she hadn’t been injured at Eastbourne in 1998 she likely would have won there and been a legit contender at Wimbledon (she was 17). She was also the world…

Flawed article. You claim that the 1998 Yankees had only 4 “home grown” players contribute at least 1 WAR that season, but you only counted players that they drafted for some reason. (I’m assuming to make your article look better.)

I guess Bernie Williams and Mariano Rivera don’t count as home grown because they weren’t drafted, they were signed? They only went through their entire farm system before the big leagues, guess that doesn’t count. At least not for your argument.

They outspend the next-closest team by 20 percent, something the dynastic Yankees of the late 90s/early 00s never did. (They were second in payroll the year they won 114.) Guess you actually have to win something before people start bitching about money.

NOTE: I have zero problem with any team spending whatever the…