Monday, December 1, 2025

Winter's here, and it's time for the 10 Yankee Questions of the Apocalypse

For 16 years now, the great and glorious New York Yankees - in the words of Kurt Vonnegut - have not won doodley squat. 

Sixteen years... 

Epstein's favorite number. 

Longest drought in Yankee history.  

All the way back to 2009, when Trump's Celebrity Apprentice competition was won by Joan Rivers.

Sixteen years. Yet the owner seems more concerned about the rent he pays on Yankee Stadium. 

Maybe the Mets should outbid him and move to the Bronx? The Yankees could move to Tampa and play at Steinbrenner Field. Big savings. 

Time is ticking on the careers of Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Gerrit Cole.  This upcoming season may be their last, best chance at a trip down the Canyon of Heroes. Yet the owner was lamenting the high payroll. 

I wish IT IS HIGH commenters had been allowed in last week's media Zoom call with Hal Steinbrenner. Here are 10 questions I'd love to hear.

1. Will you ever top the Mets in a toe-to-toe bidding war?

2. Will the Yankees really trade Jasson Dominguez, at age 22?

3. How deeply do you plan to raid your farm system, the team's future, in trades?

4. Are you ready for the Mets, Dodgers, Blue Jays or Redsocks to sign Kyle Tucker?

5. Do the Yankees have a Plan B, in case Anthony Volpe simply fails?

6. Short of him dropping his pants in public, is there anything that would cause the Yankees to fire Aaron Boone?

7.  Is Ben Rice the future catcher or first baseman? Do you plan to decide in 2026?

8. Last year, did we see the best seasons we will ever get from Max Fried and Carlos Rodon?

9. With Trent Grisham and Jazz Chisholm, can the Yankees ever be a team that manufactures runs, rather than relying on homers?

10. Are you prepared for the Mets to become NYC's premier team?

7 comments:

Jaraxle said...

The Mets will sign Tucker and trade for Skubal at the deadline. Imai will sign somewhere no one is expecting like Philly. The Yankees will overpay for Bellinger who will get hurt in May, and hold onto Jd and Jones until the deadline where they’ll trade one for a past his prime starting pitcher with “veteran presence”.

JM said...

I don't think the Yanks would fire Boone if he dropped his pants in public. It would really depend on what he did next.

JM said...

"In New York, Westmoreland, east of Syracuse, had also tallied 25 inches as of Sunday morning, and Ellicottville, south of Buffalo, was up to 19 inches.

"The next storm system, meanwhile, is already beginning to come together."

17 inches in Utica. Duque, what's the early score?

el duque said...

As of Monday morning, Syracuse leads the Golden Snowball with 17 inches, Buffalo second with 7. They get headlines. We get inches.

AboveAverage said...

Inches is what could get Boone fired if he drops his pants in public.

AboveAverage said...

Sources say that’s his nickname for it . . .

13bit said...

You beat me to the punch with that one, AA. Except my comment might have been more graphic, repulsive and offensive. Still, we're drinking from the same cup on that one. With the Boone suspension, it also would depend on camera angle and lighting. He could get away with a lot if you just keep it on his face. The B-Roll is what gets hime canned.