Why the Yankees are the best team in baseball...

[Burton58]

Money certainly does help, but to get that money you need to put a good product on the field perenially, it doesn't just appear out of thin air

Exactly. The mlb didn't just say poof here's 800 million dollars but only for the yankees

[Buffalo Phil]

Mariners are re-building, Ichiro figured he wasn't a part of it anymore and figured he might as well let the younger guys develop and play. He also felt like being on a winning team.

Ah, gotcha.