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haha ya i might've missed it... o well. more time to rant on the evil empire!

I think that this could just hurt them even more. I know they had one real big super star in A-Rod last year and he had a bad year. Now they haev 4 in Burnett, Sabathia, A-rod and Texiera. I think Tex and A-Rod will both only be going for their numbers which will hurt them down the line and CC and AJ will come out and try to prove they are the best thing that has happend to then and end up falling apart at the end of the year kinda like CC did in the playoffs with the Brewers except he wont be pitching on three days rest every time

Cheesy I do agree that this might not work out and I am hoping that it will. I did say that and it could be like the Tigers where they got superstar after superstar and finished last last year.

Ok, let's talk about chemistry. Last night I was watching a TV show on Comcast Sports Net called Chicago Tribune Live. It's kinda like Around the Horn, but it's an hour long, and the panel changes with each topic. Last night they had on Cubs TV play-by-play annoyance Len Kasper. But instead of being annoying and idiotic he actually brought up a good point. They asked him what impact the Milton Bradley signing will have on the chemistry of the team. He goes, "chemistry is one of the most over-rated things in this sport. Look, this is baseball, there are 162 games in a season, there are times when everyone gets along and there are times when everyone gets a little chippy. But the thing is, if the team is winning, the chemistry is always going to be good. But it's when they're losing that the players kinda turn on each other."

So with the straight up talent of the Yankees they will make the playoffs. Buuuut they'll choke because they still have A-Rod.

Woohoo, Bob, you and I actually agreed on something.

Tigers = FTW!

Well reading what len kasper said i think he's kind of wrong. Whatever the team is doing doesn't necessarily mean that the chemistry will do the same thing. Look at the Mariners... they sucked last year but you didn't see any player or coach throw each other under the bus. The manager stood up for his team, and had a positive attitude everyday. With the yankees on the other hand, once they start to lose it's going to be the dallas cowboys 2.0.

how do the mariners "not count." I was just proving a point that just because a team does bad they don't turn on each other. All the time now you see bad or slipping teams turning on each other so character is an issue with your yankees.

true but jeter's been on that team since... psh i don't know early 90's?? With all these superstars coming in... sabathia, burnett, texieria, it might be different. And all be it the issue of character probably won't be that big of a deal but then you're going to have to look at the media. If they don't perform what will happen? Look at what the media did to Randy Johnson. Look at what they're still doing to a-rod. If these new guys don't win it will be the same story and eveyone knows it.

When people talk about how brutal and intense the New York media is, they mean it. Living in New York in the heart of it all I see it all the time on our papers. Of course if the Yankees don't win a World Championship they will be scrutinized. Because the Yankees have set the bar for themselves to make a run at the Championship every year. The Mets get the same stuff the Yankees do.

The Knicks are a circus nightmare themselves and the Rangers are an exception lately to the media due to the hockey coverage not really being that "interesting" as compared to a titanic Basketball franchise and the arms race between the Yankees & Mets.

It's New York, there's a certain bar you have to reach every year. You don't see the Brewers or the Pirates get bashed in the papers when they don't compete, do you? A-Rod is a celebrity whether we like him or not and he plays for one of the top 5 most profilic baseball franchises.

I mis-read your statement then steve.

I gotcha steve... and yes if a team has enormous expectations and they don't meet them, of course people are going to turn on each other and get aggrivated. I don't see the difference if players turn on each other in football or baseball. I understand that baseball has 162 games but they play practically everyday. If they don't get over their "problems" qucikly, many games will suffer. In football you could bomb a game but then have a full week to "recover" and try and regroup.

Bob333 wrote:

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I wouldn't want to play for the yankees even I did have the talent, constant media coverage has got to get old after a while. Yankees will make a giant run at the playoffs now whether they make the World Series is beyond me. If A-rod can hit and the pitching is solid then they have a good shot, if not then they will make the playoffs and make an early exit

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i agree with the part when you say if the pitching is solid, then the yankees have a shot. but a-rod is not the only bat in that line-up. with teixeria, thats going to take a little pressure off of a-rod. the reason why the yankees didnt make the playoffs last year was because of spotty pitching, and because they were horrible with runners in scoring position with 2 outs. the game tying run would be at third and a-rod, or jeter, or abreu, or giambi, would ground out. i think this year with teixeira they are definetly going to improve in that category

 

yeah sometimes it was good, sometimes it was bad. hence the term, spotty

Jeff said earlier that those Yankee teams from the mid-90's had great talent. I disagree. guys like Leyritz,O'Neil, and brosius didnt have a ton of talent but they knew their roles and played with heart and passion. thats the issue the Yankees have now is that they have no heart or passion when they play. Most of the time it seems they just come out and expect the other team to cower in awe. Then when the other team doesn't, the Yanks have a hard time trying to fight through it. The series in the ALCS when the Sox came back from being down 3 games to none blew the modern mystique of the Yankees apart. No one is in awe of the anymore and until they get some guys in their who play like Jeter and less like A-Rod they wont win the series.

On a side note, as a Cub fan they should have never signed Bradley. They should have gone with Adam Dunn.

Better fielder....the guy only played 25 games in the OF last year. He has never stayed healthy when he had to play the field. Dunn is a walking machine and would hit 45 homers in wrigley.

but the gap is way bigger between milton's offense and dunn's defense. Sure dunn isn't as good a defender but there's no way bradley can put up the offensive numbers that dunn can. If you think wind would affect dunn who can crush a ball 460+... think about bradley.

I mean Bradley will put up good numbers in Wrigley, if he stays healthy which he never does when he has to play the field. Dunn can play the field and he would be insurance at 1b if the Cubs decide to move Lee after the season.

with all the signing the Yankees made is it even possible to live up to expectations unless they win like 130 games and the World Series. The Yankees could spend more wisely and help bail out the economy instead of spending half a billion dollars on what 4 players.

True but there's a difference between contending and winning.

I don't think so C.C. will be better this year than last year because he'll go on five days rest instead of three.

Knowing the Yankees some of the money will go to waste and it happend with Carl Pavano and Jason Giambi.

Yes the Yankees spent a lot in an economy in trouble right now, but it can turn into a positive if the Yankees make more then last year thanks to ticket/merchandice/television etc. sales. Signing Sabathia, Burnett and Texiera has helped sell the higher priced seats in the new Yankee Stadium. It is great for the city of New York if they are successful.

i just think the yankees have too much talent to choke away a season. That roster is just so loaded i don't see how all of those superstars won't show up. When the playoffs come i can see it but as of making the playoffs, i don't see that being a problem.

if they have the money, i dont see why they dont get the best talent out there. the reason why the yanks, sox, mets, and cubs are in contention every year is because there not afraid to spend money.