tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post8945358246516777520..comments2024-03-28T12:51:03.623-04:00Comments on IT IS HIGH! IT IS FAR! IT IS... caught.: Major League Baseball finally did it: It has destroyed the once dominant franchise known as the New York Yankees Stanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758839786688249648noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-86680155604977719752015-02-24T09:42:31.369-05:002015-02-24T09:42:31.369-05:00The problem is there does not seem to be any Plan ...The problem is there does not seem to be any Plan B. OK, so you go through the motions on Moncada because you think it's a bad risk to bet $63 million on a number 10 prospect. I mean if he turns out to be as good as Gregorius that is probably a successful signing. So why pay $63 million?<br /><br />I understand that, but what are you going to do instead? Just pocket the money? Plan B should be to fire every empty suit in the place and get real management in there. If there is no Plan B, then just spend like the Dodgers and Red Sox and see what happens.ceejanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-81080195742847978272015-02-24T08:37:31.195-05:002015-02-24T08:37:31.195-05:00From a lifelong Yankee fan. Subscription cancelled...From a lifelong Yankee fan. Subscription cancelled they stink plain and simpleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-81374943622941689032015-02-24T00:14:10.819-05:002015-02-24T00:14:10.819-05:00Sorry, duque, but this is just an incoherent rant....Sorry, duque, but this is just an incoherent rant. There are plenty of other franchises subject to the same spending limits, rich and poor, who are not mired in the Steinbrenner/Cashman swamps of stupidity. If it makes you feel better about being a Yankee fan to find the fault in the stars (MLB) rather than in the team itself . . . well, whatever works for you. THEN you proceed to demand regime change. That's closer to the truth, but no less incoherent in view of your previous blame-shifting. Moreover, you imply that the only thing that ails the Yankees is spending limits--as though Steinbrenner's profligacy was what won them their past pennants--but this is a brain-dead myth purveyed by the Gammonites and parroted here by you. If you look at what built the dynasties of the late-seventies/early eighties and the late-nineties/early aughts, it was, in the first case, a series of shrewd trades engineered by Game Paul (merely supplemented by a couple of free agent singings), and in the latter, the equally deft internal player development reign of Michael/Showalter. NO SUCCESSFUL YANKEE TEAM WAS BUILT CHIEFLY BY GAUDY CASH OUTLAYS TO FREE AGENTS. <br /><br />It's your choice if you want to root for a rotting corpse. But don't let the fumes take a permanent toll on your ability to grasp facts and logic.<br /><br />Have a nice cup of soothing chamomile tea and start rummaging around for a new team or a new hobby. This one is driving you over the cliff.<br />Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-57180735253937868762015-02-24T00:07:37.575-05:002015-02-24T00:07:37.575-05:00Hal Steinbrenner is a fucking nerd. Selig probably...Hal Steinbrenner is a fucking nerd. Selig probably spent his last few years as commissioner stuffing Hal in lockers and giving him swirlys. What we need is an owner who is an alpha dog. Someone who doesn't play by the rules and does what he wants when he wants to do it. Or maybe we need two. That's right, I'm talking about the partnership of Vladimir Putin and Ted Nugent. World Series rings from here until all the oil in Siberia dries up.Leinsterynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-90227440846259113752015-02-23T19:50:11.995-05:002015-02-23T19:50:11.995-05:00Yeah, I love that. "Higher-ups" told Ha...Yeah, I love that. "Higher-ups" told Hal to back off. He's the owner. What higher-up? God? BernBabyBernnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-2256860226865740382015-02-23T18:41:06.873-05:002015-02-23T18:41:06.873-05:00It's truly pathetic to watch the sports media ...It's truly pathetic to watch the sports media (including RAB) carry water/gatekeep for this decadent empire.<br /><br />And then RAB has the gall to run a "Who was the biggest loss of the off-season" post today (Moncada was not an option).<br /><br />I'm anticipating RAB's Moncada post-mortem along the lines of, "yeah it sucks, but we need to get over it; be excited for pitchers and catchers," a tedious pragmatic rationalist canard. <br /><br />Then the RAB bro-toady commentariat will come around and turn against the critics and cynics (although many RAB commenters are rightfully indignant today, the brainwashing propaganda machine will eventually lull them into submission).<br /><br />Cue further excuse-making for ownership and a somber wave of our 3 white, pinstriped flags (for A-Rod, CC and Tex).Hermodorusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-1826191446023879822015-02-23T18:12:04.682-05:002015-02-23T18:12:04.682-05:00Hal has sent his propagandist into full force with...Hal has sent his propagandist into full force with Heynman & co. The new rumors: it was not HAL, no way, who nixed Moncada, he was "very interested." Some completely independent "yankees higherups" were wary of the money however. right.Not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-1412898935469621942015-02-23T17:54:34.218-05:002015-02-23T17:54:34.218-05:00#SellHalSell #SellHalSell BernBabyBernnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-37690548248364063512015-02-23T17:36:48.089-05:002015-02-23T17:36:48.089-05:00Thank you sir.Thank you sir.Hermodorusnoreply@blogger.com