The New York Yankees 98 Season :: American America History

The New York Yankees 98 SeasonAs anyone on the face of the civilized world k flats by now , the New York Yankees have just completed one of the most dominating seasons in the history of professional sports. In the process, as many phemomenoms before them , sports or otherwise, they have captivated not only a city and a nation but much of the planet as well. I have seen Pakistani and Korean tourists visiting New York for the first time buying and proudly wearing Yankee caps and T-shirts. These people , obviously, know little or nothing round the game and are not truly baseball fans but are testimony to the Yanks compelling accomplishments.But the full appreciation of what this team has done in 1998 belongs mainly to the dyed in the wool baseball fan. The guy whos been following baseball as a religion , collecting cards , reading loge scores and fantasying about being a big league hero long before his puberty began. It is among this elite group where now, in the afterglow of the succ ess and rejoicing , that the endless debate over whether this is the greatest team of all time will rage in every locker room, bar room and position for most of this offseason.Many of the self proclaimed baseball gurus from all of the radio and TV talk shows and web sites have decided to take the politically invent approach and say that you cant really compare this team with the great ones of eras past. They say its an apples and oranges comparison. I say this is a load You can , and if youre a rightful(a) fan , should compare them. And you can draw definitive conclusions.I agree that the debate over the greatest in most arenas is hopelessly subjective. Who was a greater president , Lincoln or Roosevelt? If you ask who was the sexiest female screen star ever , depending on who you talk to and what their tastes were , youd be as likely to hear blue jean Harlow or Lana Turner as Sharon Stone.The key difference here is that these qualities cannot really be quantitatively measured . The fundamentals of being a great leader or being sexy have not really evolved over the centuries. Our interpretation of these things may have but not the fundamental qualities themselves. So comparing these qualities from contrasting eras would be very very subjective.