Well, there you have it. The Mark Teixeira sweepstakes has ended and the New York Yankees walk away with the superstar free agent first baseman. All the major outlets are reporting that the Yankees have reached an 8-year deal with Teixeira worth close to $180 million. Once again, the Yankees dig into their infinitely deep pockets and leave the rest the league in the dust. First they lure C.C. Sabathia away from Los Angeles by making him an offer he couldn't refuse, then they snatch up A.J. Burnett, and now this. Believe it or not, my friends, the Yankees have spent over $400 million in the span of two weeks.
This is exactly why I'm a Mets fan. Even if I could get behind American League baseball, I don't think I could ever fully get behind the Steinbrenner Yankees. Personally, I really feel the way they manage that organization does a disservice to Major League Baseball and to the fans. Everyone knows the Yankees are almost solely responsible for MLB salaries having skyrocketed in recent years. The way they throw money around takes that little something away from the game. There's a little less magic in the Bronx. Its more like the last few rounds of monopoly, when your evil sister has hotels on Broadway and Park Place, yet she insists on buying up everything else on the board, thereby taking the fun out of the ENTIRE GAME.
Yeah. It's like that.
Baseball is about so much more than money, at least it is to me. For all the Yankees have spent in this off season, it better be worth it. I would just LOVE to watch them spend all this dough and not make the playoffs again. It would be such a sweet personal victory, however unrealistic. A girl can dream.
I'm mostly disappointed because I really wanted Teixeira to come back home to the National League, specifically with the Nationals. They wallowed at the bottom of the NL East last year, and a superstar first baseman would really have given that organization a lift. Plus, I would get to see Teixeira play the Mets several times a year, and that would have been nice. I don't make it up to Yankee Stadium much, as you can surely imagine. I'd really prefer not to hear about the Yankees any more between now and spring training either. I'm officially over it. If they sign Manny Ramirez, I'll be angry, but not surprised. Hopefully they can manage to shut the hell up for a few weeks and give me some peace.
To Texeira, Sabathia, and Burnett I say: Good luck with that.
-boogie
Tuesday, December 23
Yanks Sign Teixeira
Tuesday, December 9
Ya Know... Some People Don't LOVE The Yankees
Namely CC Sabathia. Sorry Bombers.
Reports are in that Sabathia has turned down the Yankees 6 year deal. Yankees fans and personnel have no concept of how anyone would not want to play in the Bronx. They feel it's a high esteem and honor to play within that organization.
And while I understand that everyone feels that way about their own ballclub, to that i say... really, Yanks? I understand and appreciate the history that comes with being a part of the Yankees franchise, I do. But coming off a year where they not only didn't win the World Series or even make the playoffs, they were also out of the playoffs practically in April. That makes me wonder, why is it such an honor? What makes playing for the 2009 Yankees a better opportunity than playing for the Washington Nationals?
As it stands, sticking with the Brew Crew seems to be the direction CC is headed, but the Giants remain confident that they will start '09 with Sabathia on the mound.
Wednesday, October 22
Joba Takes One For the Team
So obviously Yankees fans across the nation rejoiced this past weekend as they watched the Cinderella story Tampa Bay Rays take down their archrivals, the Boston Red Sox. But that elation was short-lived as the news broke of Joba Chamberlin's DUI broke.
I know this argument has been made time and again with the plethora of Hollywood celebs received DUI after DUI this past year, but come on now. Joba plays for the YANKEES - a team who has the highest payroll in baseball, paying their players out over 209 MILLION dollars yearly. Now granted, after you remove the salaries of A-Rod and Jeter, this leaves about 17 dollars for the rest of the team.
Point being, I KNOW homeboy can afford a car service. Even I can dig out a twenty from my dusty wallet to pay for a cab, There is no excuse for driving drunk. NONE.
Let's get it together, Joba. You have had more than enough time to mourn the sorrows of being sent home in September. Or do what I plan on doing. Get drunk and scream at the Phils from the comfort of your own living room.
Tuesday, September 30
Yanks Rookies Get OWNED
This could be the best day ever because the hazing pictures JUST. KEEP. COMING.
Not only did the Yankees dress up the lowest men on the totem pole as the fuckin VILLAGE PEOPLE (Alfredo Aceves - Indian, Humberto Sanchez - Sailor, Juan Miranda - Policeman, Francisco Cervelli - Biker, Brett Gardner - Construction Worker, and Dave Robertson - Cowboy), but they blasted the Village People's Greatest Hits while the team took pictures.
Fabulous.
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