Saturday, February 7, 2009

NEW YORK NEW YORK!

So with spring training around the corner i cant help but to get excited for baseball :) I am especially excited for this season after the free agents the Yankees have signed this off season. They acquired AJ Burnett, Mark Teixeria and CC Sabathia. You can argue that CC has been one of the most dominating pitchers in baseball the last couple of years and if AJ stays healthy which i believe he can he will be an important part in the rotation. The comment has been made that Burnett will get hurt like always because he already got his money. I think the Yankees have made a statement in the AL East. They have the veteran leadership and they got the young talent. Look at their potential line up!

Damon
Jeter
A-rod
Teixeria
Canon
Matsui
Poseda

over 3/4s of those players could be batting clean up on any other team! If they serious don't score at least 7 runs a game this team should be labeled the biggest bust in major league history!
Texeria just needs to start off hot so he feels comfortable in NY because if he starts of slumping the NY media is going to be all over him......and if you are just coming to NY you need to have a happy marriage with the NY media if NY is a place where you want to build your career around. Look at Jeter hes never really had a problem with the media and theres never been any rumors about him leaving NY. If you're a great player you don't even have to be a great player but a mediocre player that comes through when you have to in the clutch and have tough skin NY is the place for you. For example look at the Yankees teams from the 90's they never had a bunch of studs on the world series teams yes they had a couple superstars but they never had the A-rods or anything. They had the Paul O'neals and the Scott Borasis..I think that's what NY needs to remember yes its nice to have a line up with every guy at any at bat could hit one out, but they need chemistry and this year i think they realize that. I believe that the Yankees front office has put together a team with a bunch of guys that can play but that will also get along with each other. There just can't be any animosity between Jeter and A-rod this year. I never know if i believe that there is but the NY media always starts stuff like there is. Jeter is all about business and he always makes that clear. Jeter has always been a superstar a pioneer for the game you could say. A-rod on the other hand is a celebrity. That's not necessarily a bad thing but he needs to keep that on the down low during the season...The team doesn't need any distractions such as Madonna rumors flying around. If he wants the media off his back for once he needs to live a quiet life during the season. If he can hit .350 the whole season no bad months and put up a golden glove season at third i could care less what he does but that hasn't been the case yet since hes been at NY. I've never believed that one person can be a team,like the saying theres no I in team but this team will live and die on the season A-rod has so please don't screw it up or you wont be A-rod anymore. You will be A-Fraud for good and your days in NY will be limited.

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