On The Yankees

I was waiting to see "what would happen with the manager spot" before I jumped into this topic, so I can nail all the various sub-topics at once....

Joe Torre - Joe, you got a shitty offer from Hank (we all know it's Hank running the show now, not George), and I'm glad you had the spine to stand up and say "No." Twelve years in the post-season is a record that any other team would kill or die for, and while the Yankees' front office might like to say "October's great, but rings are what count," the truth is you brought home fine jewelry 1/3 of the time. You deserved a deal that wasn't so blatantly insulting (a pay cut AND a no-confidence-vote one-year contract was a one-two punch of 'fuck you' that you were right to walk away from). It's looking like you're going to LA, and probably taking Donny with you. Good luck with that, you're a class act, and we'll miss you.

A-Rod - Fuck you. Sure you had a decent year this year, but in the post-season, we saw the A-Rod of seasons past, the one who can't hit the broad side of a barn. If there's some other team who wants you, please feel free. But if you thought the boo'ing was bad at Yankee Stadium in seasons past, wait til next season. If that booing got to you, as you said it did, might I suggest you tell Boras to only talk to National League teams. At least that way you'll only have to put up with it 3-4 nights in October.

Joe Girardi - Welcome aboard, man.

Roger Clemens - I said it when you "un-retired" to play in Texas without even giving the Yankees the courtesy of a chance at hiring you that you were "dead to me". When that didn't work out so well, and you came crawling back to play here, desperate for another chance at "going out on top", I still said to everyone you were dead to me. You're still dead to me, and now you've just blown your chance to retire from on top. Loser. Get the hell out of here.

George and the Kids - It's weird to see Hank's name on the press announcements, but it's good. I'm glad it's happening while there's still a chance of George offering advice when it occurs to him. Had it changed hands at a later year, that opportunity might not exist. It'll be interesting to see the direction the Hank era takes the team. It sounds like it's going to be more manageable... hell, it sounds like they're even thinking 2008 might be a "transition/growth year", which would be unheardof under Darth George.

Red Sox - They earned it. We didn't. Simple as that. Does it pain me to see the Sox getting rings? You betcha. But you have to give credit where it's due, and they rode first place pretty much the entire season, and didn't give an inch in the post. There's some who are saying they're "the new Yankees". Well, they've got a bit of "catch-up" to get to that point, but I see a lot of the "winning attitude" over there which has been noticeably lacking on the field in the Bronx.

Hopefully next year will be different....