NY Times Guy Is wrong On One major point...so he must be a NYY toady

For those of you who do not venture into the woods, the above creature is a toad.  Kiss him and he remains a toad.

Here is what he said in today's NYT sports section:

1. " In taking Stanton, the Yankees are who we thought they were."  Yup.

2.  The Yankees have, " a persistent habit of buying the shiniest toy in the whole store." Yup.

3. The Yankees never go too long without asking their fans something like this,

 " What do you want?  You want the moon  Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down."  Nope.

The Yankees never give any consideration to what the fans want.  This NYT observation as to the underlying motivation of Yankee fans, sounds like a plant from Cashman.  It is wrong and so the author must be a Yankee toad.

 No fan would say this.

I believe the fans loved the re-building from within our own farm system movement.  It energized the team. It energized the fan base.  It placed the team in the underdog position, and it was satisfying to see success emerge.  We barely missed getting into the WS.  Barely.

The idea of fans insisting upon acquiring the biggest and best, most expensive marquee player available through trade or free agency is anathema to me. That approach represents decades of old, usually failed, strategy.  Remember Jay Buhner.  Remember Kevin Brown?

In 2017, we developed our own star and his name is Sanchez, Judge, Bird and Severino.  Maybe Anjuhar, Torres, Frazier, and Wade. Maybe Chance Adams and Jake Cave.

Fans would prefer to keep it this way.

We never ask for the Yankees to muddle up the works, and do something stupid.
Which, in my toady view, is exactly what they just did.

It was like they could not resist.  Like this is a heroin fix.  "The one time home run champion is available for just over a quarter of a billion dollars, so let's go get him."  No matter what price we pay.
Think of the seats this guy will fill in the Goldman Sachs section!

We shall rue this day.  Ribbit.