For the record, the IT IS HIGH official policy regarding Juan Soto is as follows:
Sign Juan Soto. Dammit. We spent the last year trying to be amicable, cheering him, hoping he'd like us and choose to stay. It wasn't easy, being amicable. When he peacocked at home plate, or botched a fly to right, we secretly seethed. But nobody whined. Fukkin amicable, right?
So, repeating now: The official IIHIIFIIc policy:
Listenup, Hal, you booger-mouthed little cheapie, spend whatever it takes and sign Juan Soto.
But but BUT - the word of the day is but - Yank fans must ask a few questions about the oncoming Soto Sweepstakes:
1. Would Hal use Soto's signing as an excuse to sit out other free agent auctions? Even if we keep Soto, the Death Barge next year will need:
a) a 1B
b) a 2B
c) a LF
d) pitching
e) pitching
f-z) pitching.
If Hal signs Soto and goes into hibernation, we could relive the last five Giancarlo years, all over.
2. If the web is right, and Soto stays in Gotham, could it infuriate half of the NYC sporting base? From my fallout shelter in Syracuse, behind the shelves of canned soup, it's hard to gauge the current Big Apple zeitgeist, aside from wondering the whereabouts of Pizza Rat? But I can say this:
If Soto becomes a Met, I will personally take joy whenever he botches a fly ball - for the rest of his career. I recognize that Soto, by signing with the top bidder, would simply be feeding his family. But if he scorns the Yankees, it's Joggy Cano, all over again, and he will insult each of us - personally, spiritually, molecularly - and forever always wear an invisible Star Insurance patch of animosity. Nobody will weep if Soto, as an orangey Met, tweaks a hammy and misses June/July.
3. Wherever Soto goes, will the added financial weight prove harder to lug. Having more money than God will be a new experience. Throughout 2024, Soto was courted and sparked by NY. In April, he got off to a great start, throwing out a runner at home against Houston. He had a great year, and he's a great player, but he was also sorta lucky. Next year, with the limburger stench of Game 5 Inning 5 still clinging, he might not have such an easy time.
Wait. Am I sounding negative? Let me repeat the Official Stance of IT IS HIGH:
The Yankees must sign Juan Soto. Dammit. Whatever it takes. Soto and Judge should be Yankee fixtures for the next decade. But let's don't kid ourselves: Two hitters won't win a ring. If Hal doesn't have the balls to go all out - Soto and beyond! - maybe he should think of another path, one with a longer-range arc?
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Today, I still find it hard to care about something as trivial as the Yankees. Aided, no doubt, by Cashman saying we're lucky to have Boone.
That one statement is all we really need to know.
JM - in life there are many things that I wish that I never ever knew. That above Cash Quote about Boone is one of them.
“and forever always wear an invisible Star Insurance patch of animosity” is my Thursday Quote of the Day. A stroke of genius (not unlike what happened to Einstein seconds before he fell down the stairs)
I give him credit for being able to say that with a straight face
Pretty much yes to everything Duque wrote. Of course we need Soto. But Cashman’s poor past decisions have left us in a hole that won’t be easy to climb out of.
Which reminds me of the demise of one of my favorite authors, Kurt Vonnegut, who wrote that he and his sister thought someone falling down was the funniest thing in the world.
Kurt died after falling down on some ice and smacking his head. He couldn't have written it better.
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