Sunday, November 23, 2025

The road to Hell is paved with cheap Yankee ownership

Posted by el duque at 6:50 AM


Somewhere, Hal is making his budget. If he's not willing to spend, we're going nowhere. 

That's all I got to say today.
 

29 comments:

JM said...

Dear Doug,

As for Tatis, no. You might have heard that this Grisham guy is our centerfielder. We need Bellinger in left because we know he can play there and do a good job.

Riddle me this: what do Machado and the Black Plague have in common? Right. You avoid them.

Cashman isn't addressing SS because tossing Volpe aside would be incredibly embarrassing. And saving his hollow-eyed face is more important to Cashman than winning. He might stick with Ed McMahon at third for the same reason, or because, you know, "underlying numbers" or some such twaddle.

We also need a catcher who can hit as well as catch. Don't see that happening, either. The rotation will be patchwork until Cole, Rodon and Schmidt come back. Then it will still be patchwork, but "good enough." Which goes for the bullpen, too.

Once again, we'll be playing with half a real team and the other half Cashman Follies. Whoopee.

Your pal,
JM

November 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Carl J. Weitz said...

El Duque. Sometimes, less is more.

November 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
JM said...

And sometimes, Les is Nessman.

November 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Rufus T. Firefly said...

As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

https://youtu.be/lf3mgmEdfwg

November 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
AboveAverage said...

Sometimes they can….

Until they can’t…….

There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
And it's alright, baby, it's alright

And it's very far away
But it's growing day by day
And it's alright, baby, it's alright

And would you like to come along?
You could help me sing this song
And it's alright, baby, it's alright

They can tell you what to do
But they'll make a fool of you
And it's alright, baby, it's alright

We're on a road to nowhere (hey)
We're on a road to nowhere (hey)
We're on a road to nowhere (hey-hey)

We're on a road to nowhere

November 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
13bit said...

He's a real nowhere man
Down in Tampa's nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

Doesn't have a point of view
Cheap as dirt and crying, too
That he's so broke and helpless, too, oh Hal...doo doo doo

Nowhere Hal, please listen
You don't know what you're missing
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command

He's as cheap as he can be
Doesn't care about victory
Nowhere Man can you see me at all?

Nowhere Man, don't worry
Just let Brian make some curry
Leave it all till somebody else lends you a hand

Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere Man, please listen
Send Randy Levine back to prison
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command

Hal's a real Nowhere Man
Down in Tampa's nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

November 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
AboveAverage said...

Excellent- Bit, Bit

November 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Rufus T. Firefly said...

AA,

Whenever I hear that song (even when it's sung by the voices in my head, who are tone deaf) I always think of a (car) trip in the 80's into the semi outback of far north Queensland in an open top jeep.

I pulled onto a side road to relieve myself of several Victoria Bitters. After getting all too close to a humongous termite mound-- more like a 20 foot obelisk, I got back in the jeep and road to nowhere came on the low fi radio.

I thought at the time that it was a very bad omen, and I would never be seen alive again.

November 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
13bit said...

Out of college, money spent
See no future, pay no rent
All the money's gone, nowhere to go
Any jobber got the sack
Monday morning, turning back
Yellow lorry slow, nowhere to go
But oh, that magic feeling, nowhere to go
Oh, that magic feeling
Nowhere to go, nowhere to go

November 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Rufus T. Firefly said...

"He's as cheap as he can be
Doesn't care about victory
Nowhere Man can you see me at all?"

Lyric gold.

Should be played at the stadium instead of cotton eyed Joe

November 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
13bit said...

one more and then I'll stop...

Two of us riding nowhere
Spending someone's
Hard earned pay
He and Hal Sunday driving
Not arriving
On their way back home

November 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
BTR999 said...

“… that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."

November 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
AboveAverage said...

Money
Go away
You get a good job with more pay and you′re okay

Money
It's a gas
Grab Mr Cash with both hands and mount his ass
New car, caviar, four star, daydream
Think I′ll buy me a baseball team

Money
Get back
I'm alright, Judge, keep your hands off of my pudge

Money
It's a hit
Don′t give me that all right in front of us bullshit
I′m in the high-fidelity first-class traveling section
And I think I need a Lear jet

Money
It's a crime
Share it fairly, but don′t take a slice of my pie

Hal is Satan
So they say
He's the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a ring
It's no surprise that they′re giving none away
Away, away, away
Away, away, away

Just go away

November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
AboveAverage said...

Saw David Byrne's new show this past week and it was one of the best concerts I have ever seen.

November 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
TheWinWarblist said...

As always, FUCK HAL.

Preferably with the dead frozen head of Jose Altuve.

November 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
TheWinWarblist said...

And fuck David Byrne too.

November 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
edb said...

Congrats, Duque, So appropriately written.

November 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
AboveAverage said...

HAHAHAHA - why David Byrne, Winny ?

November 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Doug K. said...

Paying for Machado, especially his declining years would be a nightmare. And therefore very Cashman..

That's the kind of move that would lead us, "Miles from nowhere."

November 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Doug K. said...

Hmmmm... from today's Yanks Go Yard

"However, Yankees play-by-play broadcaster Michael Kay just proposed a completely different idea for left field: Fernando Tatis Jr. That would require a trade with the San Diego Padres, who the Yankees just did business with for the Juan Soto deal back in 2023.

Yankees fans are naturally thrilled by Kay's suggestion, which isn't without multiple layers of reasoning. For one, Kay feels that the Yankees would be unwise to overpay Bellinger.

Michael Kay argues why the Yankees should trade for Fernando Tatis Jr. rather than re-sign Cody Bellinger"

November 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
BTR999 said...

Does anybody take Kay seriously at this point?

November 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
BTR999 said...

Love T-Heads

November 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Doug K. said...

Himself

November 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Doctor T said...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Doctor T said...

Dear Hal,

If you want to have a championship team that remains the team to beat for the next 5-10 years, get rid of everyone in your organization above the players. Start with Cashman, Trost and Levine. Then get rid of everyone in player development, your medical staff, your PR department, your analytics department, your coaches and - of course - your manager.

While you are cleaning house, get rid of whatever AI program is making your decisions, because it's a piece of crap. Also sell your investments in AI, because that market is about to crash too.

Then rebuild the team's infrastructure completely, replacing Cashman's yes men, with experienced baseball professionals. Good news! You'll save millions in bloated salaries, starting with Cashman, Trost and Levine.

Hire managers and coaches who can make smart, in-game decisions without camping your so-called analysts in the hallway just behind the dugout, or your stupid AI bot's war plans. 97% of business AI applications fail and your team is a shining example of that.

Hire scouts who were successful ballplayers and managers. Make sure that any nonsense coming out of your analytical department is vetted by baseball veterans. When conflict arises, ignore the geeks and listen to the veterans.

You will know this plan is working when your prospects arrive in the MLB matured as players, with a solid grasp of baseball fundaments, how to field their positions, baseball smarts, situational hitting and the ability to do more than strikeout, hit home runs or throw the ball a 100 miles an hour. Being mentally ready, a solid team player and knowing what 'clutch' means will also indicate success.

Other indications of success will be not breaking ballplayers like breadsticks, accurate assessment of medical reports on FA and trade candidates.

And of course, winning ball games, especially high leverage and post-season games.

Why should you listen to me? Because it will cost less money than your current situation. You'll save millions empting out your front office for starters, and your prospects won't flame out when they get to the show. That will make you less dependent on the FA market and have better candidates for trade. And when you go to the FA or trade market, you'll have competent people assessing potential talent, instead of yes men, panic cats and fools who make decisions based on your PR department or another team's.

You might also consider not hiring anyone in your PR department going forward. Everyone laughs at them. They bloat the heads of prospects who can't measure up to the hype, stunting their development. A championship team will sell more tickets, etc, than all the hype in the world.

Thank you for considering my seasoned advice. If you like, please send me a check for 1% of the money you'll save by listening to me. That check will be so large, I'll never have to work again. Be well.

November 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The Hammer of God said...

Amen, Doc!

But there is one thing: your suggestions would help the team win a championship & save money & make even more money. I'm not sure that is what Yankee ownership/management wants. In fact, the more this mediocrity and asinine management continues, the more convinced I am that they really don't want to win. They want fiscal stability/risk management. And the current bullshit actually helps them achieve those goals.

November 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Hammer of God said...

One of the facts that tend to prove their intentional mismanagement is that, as soon as one bad contract comes off the books, they instantly replace it with another bad contract. They're not interested in running an efficient, no nonsense operation. They actually want a certain amount of mismanagement. Some of it is risk management. Some is intentionally wasting money for tax shelter purposes.

November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Doctor T said...

I have to agree with you, Hammer. And I'll add one more detail: membership in the Yankee inner circle of decision making requires that you 'be from the manor born' and are down with the wink & lie, insider, boys club of corruption. That's why their PR department has colonized player development and why Aaron Boone is the perfect manager, as the inner circle sees it.

They have enough championships to drive ticket sales. They've probably crunched the differental value of 'hope' versus realizing an actual championship. I'm sure hope is more profitable.

Hal's recent foray into international sports probably also offers some artbitrage opportunties, we haven't thought of.

Gambling is yet another - largely undocumented - source of potential profit. Beyond advertising and sponsorships, who better to juice gambling margins and profit from unexpected game outcomes than the mighty inner circle? Players and coaches will get caught. But who's monitoring the front office or the owners?

Indeed, I'm surprised the Yankees haven't gotten into crypto. It seems like the perfect source of income for lazy rich guys who want to make money doing nothing.

November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
AboveAverage said...

D.T – if you get that 1 % check you should keep 75% of it and perhaps consider splitting the remainder equally amongst all of us here.

November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM

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