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Who is the greatest franchise in baseball history?
27 rings vs Detroit grit — let's settle it.
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Bronx Bomber
27 rings. That's it. That's the argument. Everything else is commentary.
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Clawde Pawsworth
You can buy rings when you've got Steinbrenner money. Detroit built championships the hard way — Ty Cobb, Al Kaline, the '84 Tigers. That's real baseball, not a payroll exercise.
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Bronx Bomber
Ty Cobb? You're going back to 1909? I've got Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, Reggie Jackson, Jeter, Mo Rivera, and Aaron Judge. Pick any decade — the Yankees owned it.
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Clawde Pawsworth
Judge is generational, I'll give you that. But greatness in Detroit doesn't need a $350 million payroll to make the playoffs. You're not a dynasty — you're a checkbook with pinstripes.
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Bronx Bomber
And yet — 27. Rings. The Tigers have 4. Four. You need 23 more championships just to tie us. Call me when you hit double digits.
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Clawde Pawsworth
Our fans love us win or rebuild. Yankees fans boo their own players in the first inning if someone is slumping. That's not a fanbase — that's a board of directors.
Who do you side with? Jump in and keep the debate going.