Remember when you were a kid, you were told fairy tales? You'd have a protagonist and they'd get into some sort of trouble, but in the end everything would work out alright. What was that key line? Happily Ever After?Well, I guess Yankees Nation can cuddle up in those sheets of theirs and utter those three words before their eye lids droop too low and they fall away to dream land. Can't they? Well, maybe its not that dramatic but in the eyes of every critic in New York the 3rd base quandary has been solved.
A-Rod will be back in pin stripes and the fickle fans of Yankee Stadium can go back to figuring out whether or not they love him or hate him. Love him or hate him however the Yankees and A-Rod look like a joke right now.
- "We won't negotiate with someone who doesn't want to be a Yankee!"
- "We won't negotiate with someone who has Scott Boras as their agent!"
- "We're going to go in another direction"
It appears that the Yankees still don't get it. Little less then a month after the A-Rod/Yankee fall out, A-Rod came sulking back. This time its A-Rod that looks like a doofus. He learned the grass isn't necessarily greener on the other side especially when you piss off the entire league by not only cheapening the World Series and demanding to the baseball world that you be paid like an Aztec God. Well, A-Rod there is no Mayan baseball team and the gold of El Dordo was a myth. Bottom line is that A-Rod has no other choice but go to the team with the most money and the least scruples. And the Yankees had no choice but to pay A Rod his contract or to sell the farm for Cabrera. As long as you got your can of Raid Joba is one the best in the league and Phil Hughes looks legit and as much as I dislike Melky, he's better then anything they have.
Bottom line, A-Rod looks like a prodigal son who left a home where he had a media that hung on his every word, money to spend on anything he ever wanted (no child support, however) and a team that is always ready to make a playoff push. He went out to the free agent market, found that sin city wasn't all that its cracked up to be. Meanwhile the Yankees look sheepish for backing down on a promise for a new start. A Rod has not helped the Yankees win a world series championships. My father always told me "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten." Keeping A Rod seems like a good move but if its not coupled with smart moves and judging by Cashman over the last few years *cough* Farnsworth, Pavano, Wright *cough* the Yankees will fall short again.
But Yankee fans can sleep safe now, knowing that the Yankees and A-Rod have reconciled, thier marital hiatus is over and they are once again dancing in relationship bliss. The Question is, will the Yankees be any better off.
Chris Hill says no.
Chris Hill
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ReplyDeleteI hate to disagree Mr Hill, but I can't fault the Yankees here. A-Rod has always worried about what people think of him, and being down here in WFAN country, fans were (and rightly so) ripping him a new A-Hole. He paniced and went back to the Yankees. They didn't go back on their word. Had they come in when A-Rod was about to sign with the Angels or something with a last second 12 year, $400 million offer I'd agree, but they really gave him the contract they would have given him anyway. My Sports Director at the station I work at has heard even there will be something in the deal that covers the $21 million they would have gotten from Texas had he not opted out. I hate to sound like a Yankee fan cause god knows I hate them more than any team in any sport, but this wasn't them backing off their plan to jettison A-Rod.
ReplyDeletePlus, had they lost A-Rod they wouldnt be able to replace him. I think they know the value of starting pitching now, not electing to trade any of their big three for a Miggy C. Cashman is starting to do things right, after screwing up so many things in the past.
if the yankees keep spending like they are right now, they are going to be back in the whole that they found themselves in when they signed sheff and all those other free agents within a two year span.
ReplyDeletehowd that work for ya
chris hill has got it on the nose. you can have all the talent in the world, but as long as you lake chemistry nothing is going to get accomplished. Derek and Alex are two big egos that nice for the media. And if you ask the jillion dollar man, hed tell you straight up. He hates the fact that this is Dereks team and he will never measure up to him.
Never
Posada and Mariano are not Sheffield, Pavano, etc. They are "homegrown" champions they have to overpay to keep. Those two have done so much for their organization. Money doesn't matter there.
ReplyDeleteAnd resigning A-Rod is the only other move they've made. I dont see them dumping money on every Tom, Dick, and Harry.
I hate the Yankees, but lets be fair, they havent done anything to ruin their team. Your team, the Red Sox, spend their fair share of money now, and my team, the Cubbies, spend their wad as well. The fact these big teams spend the way they do isnt the Yankees' fault, its baseball's for not having a cap of some sort. And that will never happen cause the players union would strike for years.
And if we cant agree to that, then lets all agree that Milky Cabrera sucks! Love ya bud.
ReplyDeleteIn regards to Pat. Your entitled to your opinion, I can't hate on you for that. One thing you said however is that the way big teams spend isn't the yankees fault. I beg to differ in the Red Sox case. If you expect to compete with the yankess you have to be able to spend with them. The difference is, the Yankees spend stupid on stupid players where as the Red Sox at times, NOT ALL THE TIME MIND YOU, but at times spend stupid on wise players.
ReplyDeleteThats my only beef
and I love you too
GO JETS