Bronx, New York is a place full of surprises. Hey you never know what you may encounter in a place dubbed Da Bronx! You may get a rude answer if you asked for the right time or you may get a helping hand if you fall down. The Bronx is a place full of diversity, but the one common denominator is that in the Bronx around Hot Stove time all the attention is focused on the men who own/manage the pinstripes.
We New Yorkers get early Christmas presents and we can thank Steinbrenner Claus. He doesn't live in the South Pole, he lives in Tampa and sometimes makes an appearance in New York. This year Steinbrenner Claus brought three invaluable presents to the Yankee faithful. No need for stocking stuffers...well if your stocking is red, white and made in Boston, than your stocking was stuffed with panic and worry!
Mark Teixeria, C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett will call New York their homes for many years to come! They will here more cheers than boos.
When C.C. takes the mound at the home opener in the new Yankee Stadium, he will hear a crowd so loud he would think he was Obama accepting the office of the president of the United States.
It does not stop there. When Big Tex walks to the plate as the number three hitter in this feared Yankee lineup, he will hear the same exact loud cheers that C.C. heard a half inning ago!
A.J. will have to wait for the next day, but he will be more prepared than C.C. and Tex for the ovation from the Bronx Bombers faithful. There will be no excuses after that first day. As far as Yankee fans go...once you signed your name on that "fat" contract you will do the right thing by the Yankee faithful every time you take the mound or step to the plate!!
The critics, mostly angry owners, feel the Yankees hierarchy have ruined the financial scope of baseball. The Brewers owner, the Marlins G.M., major league baseball and the dreaded Red Sox have taken their jabs at the Yankees spending. Not one peep has come out of the Yankee hierarchy mouths. You see they take their time before commenting on others comments. They choose their words.
Actually they do what my mother always says, "Think before you talk!" I have gone through various message boards and comment sections of newspapers and voiced my support of the signings by the Yankees. Here is my chance to voice my opinions to "legit" sports fans.
Yes the Yankees outbid themselves for the services of C.C. Sabathia, but that is the Yankee way. That is how they signed Jim "Catfish" Hunter, Reggie Jackson and Dave Winfield. Blow the other teams offer out of the water and sign your man.
Funny, isn't that the way these baseball owners, who complain about the Yankee way, bought their teams? I mean what did the Brewers owner think when he bought the Brewers for $220 million, "I got me a team that will win the World Series for years to come"! Relax there Gordon Gecko! The first step is you buy the team, the second step is that you build the team to win.
Look at Dave Samson, Marlins G.M., complaining that the Yankees are bad for baseball. Well Mr. Samson aren't you the guy who sold most of your team after you won the 2001 World Series?
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