It doesn't grow on trees.
Soon, maybe today, Cody Bellinger is going to choose his future team, and - Breaking News: It might not be the Yankees. If so, we must accept the reality that Amed Rosario and Paul DeJong - (not exactly Sabathia and Giambi) - are this winter's big Yankee free agents, and if you don't like it, "Tough-titty" said the kitty with the milk so warm.
Yeah, it woulda been nice to sign a few Kardashians. Michael King seemed like a perfect fit, Alex Bregman would have been a poke in the eye to Boston, and - yeah - we all figured Trent Grisham would leave, and we wouldn't be harpooned to his $22 million qualifying offer. We figured Cody was a generational shoe-in - good grief, his dad's greatest moments came with the Yankees. Worst case scenario: The great fruits of our farm - Jasson Dominguez and Spencer Jones - would save the team. It would be a great winter, and the Yankees would do whatever it took. Back in the day, they always did.
Welp, we've been waiting 10 weeks, while Bellinger luxuriates, and all the major free agents are off the board, except for Framber Valdez, who we watched deliberately cross-up his catcher with a fastball to the chest last year, and who in Creation wants that asshole in a clubhouse? He's all yours, Boston. (Unless, of course, the Yankees smell a bargain? Once upon a time, they did with a publicly challenged Aroldis Chapman. How did that turn out?)
So, we wait. Yeah, we'd like the Yankees to be the Yankees. But they're not. That ship sailed. This winter, our byword is "affordability." The Steinbrenners cannot just spend like idiots. Obviously, they don't have the money.
It's sad, seeing a great family face financial distress. Hopefully, we fans will support them with extra ticket sales and YES subscriptions. Have you purchased your Schlittler jersey? We need to get this family back on its feet. Can we subscribe to their YouTube channel? Wait... does Hal have a podcast?
Write this down: Hal needs a podcast. He can sell ads to Simply Safe and that drug that combats bulging eyes. Nobody wants bulging eyes. They're scary. We need Hal back in the ring, tipping cabbies an extra two dollars, and taking the family to Applebees now and then. Less than a month a month to pitchers and catchers, people. We're on a shoestring, people. Send what you can!
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I wonder if, like Doug K, I enjoy watching the NY Giants because I know they probably won't win. Every good or great play is a nice surprise, and I have to look deeper into the game to enjoy it. Even their fuckups are kind of enjoyable, in a humorous kind of way. When they prove their ineptitude, it proves the truth underlying the joke.
The Yankees? I didn't start following them until their worst years of the 60s. But I loved listening to and watching the games and truly wanted them to win, yet understood it probably wasn't going to happen. So the Folly Floater, putting in Rocky Colavito to pitch, and Mantle's rarer heroics were all dear to my young heart.
Maybe I should just go back to that attitude. Seems like Hal and Cash have. I can laugh at Boone's onfield goofs, Volpe's brainfarts, the big blowouts followed by runs being perversely scarce.
Might be fun.
Then again. . .
I watched on TV the game when Rocky Colavito pitched. It blew my mind.
Rocky Colavito is a great name. They don't make them like that anymore. Great name for an ice cream too. Maybe a spumoni made with marshmallows and walnuts.
His full name was Rocco Domenico Colavito Jr. I hope somewhere there's a Rocco Domenico Colavito The Third.
JM - It does make watching them (The Giants) less excruciating. That said, I look forward to a time when the team can damage my spirit again.
As to enjoying Boone - Never! A leader should be good at his/her job not entertaining. You can be both I suppose but competence first and foremost.
Casey Stengel?
Yeah. I thought of him instantly as well. Yogi. LaSorda. Earl Weaver.
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