There is definitely a business side to the game that is an ugly aspect of things. The behind closed doors conversations about money and player evaluation should stay behind closed doors. Randy Levine does not seem to understand this. For some reason the Yankees ownership parades him out there as if he’s a public figure head of the team who has to make the statement that nobody else wants to have to make. That would be understandable if he did it in a way that was palatable. He does not do that. Every time he speaks publicly he comes off as a pompous douche bag that makes me hate my favorite team.

Two recent examples include his comments on defending the team’s high ticket prices for field and club level seats. He essentially said the high ticket prices are a way to ward off a certain clientele. As in “fans who do not look the part shouldn’t be allowed to sit amongst the elites”. That kind of thing. Also, in an arbitration hearing to determine the yearly salary of a pretty beloved pitcher, spent the entire hearing mispronouncing the players name. He was sitting in an arbitration case arguing to lower the salary of a guy whose name he couldn’t even be bothered to remember. Just a smug asshole all around