2. Collect the table scraps, aging stars past their prime, and overpay for them.
3. Chase the "White Whale," Cashman's annual pitching target, buy trading a package of young players; explain that none were actual prospects, but that the Yankees cleverly outmaneuvered other teams into thinking they are.
4. Leave at least two gaping holes in the lineup, with the understanding that the front office will "make some deals" at the August 1 trade deadline.
5. Repeat, over and over, until the YES announcers have memorized it, that none of the young players who were traded were actually ever part of the franchise's plans.
6. Watch the Mets, Giants, Jets, Knicks, Rangers, Nets, Islanders, Liberty and - is there a NY Cornhole team? - everybody else to implode.
I am not available for comments as I will continue sitting shiva for the foreseeable future.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like the usual plan. It has worked well so far. Why change it? All they have to lose is the fanbase. Anyone remaining who's not completely enraged is just a poser who likes Yankee swag.
ReplyDeleteI’m not a poser and I like my jerseys and caps .
ReplyDeletePerhaps a new life awaits us in the Off-world colonies! A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!”
I only wear the Renagades, Cider Donuts (Renagades Alt. name), and Pizza Rats (Alt name of the now defunct Staten Island Yankees)
DeleteI didn't say that they were Yankees Jerseys or Caps . . .
DeleteBUT THEY ARE - and they were all acquired during a different and better time in our collective history . . . .
DeleteSo this one then? https://cdn.staticsbb.com/uploads/101078/cart/resources/20241110/5A81ED5E-1EBC-4878-5E7C-9AB4BC5F2EF7.jpg
DeleteThankfully notš¤£
DeleteDoug, I like your thinking about renegades merch. I'll have to throw them some love next time I'm there
DeleteEl Duque, sadly, has nailed the off season. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same. As. It. Ever. Was.
ReplyDeletePenn State fired James Franklin. Take heed, Hal.
ReplyDeleteI seriously hope the owners push the basic agreement showdown to the point where they blow up MLB as it is. SOMEBODY will fill these huge stadiums. Gotta be better than watch Hal & Pal lose the same way every season...
ReplyDeleteRufus, that was indeed a great take. I just wish I had written it. "Mistake a legacy for a liability...Champions impose their will...The Yankees don't exist to be efficient. They exist to make other men question their gods."—Oh, baby, I love it!
ReplyDeleteThe one I do worry about, if he sells the team, is who he might sell it to.
Hoss, I too wish I had written it. Totally stolen from the interwebs, but really echoes what we all believe here
DeleteOh, and Carl J. Weitz, is that bit about completely renovating the Stadium for real? Couldn't find it anyplace else. Not saying it isn't happening—just can't picture Hal doing anything like that without a huge public subsidy.
ReplyDeleteNothing like the smell of a burning dumpster.
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