The Yankees are a nod away from obtaining Alex Rodriguez from the Rangers for Alfonso Soriano…
So let’s see, they now have a line-up that has Derek Jeter, A-Rod (arguably the best player in baseball), Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, Bernie Williams, and Jorge Posada one after the other. The payroll is at $190 million, or >$60 million more than the 2nd highest Red Sox. I know that big contracts does not a championship make, but this is getting absurd. How many superstars can one team have? Are Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa gonna join the parade? Heck, let’s just rename the team the New York All-Stars and ship all of MLB to NY to face the minor-league juggernaughts of Tacoma and Pawtuckett. And from a human-interest angle, how do you cram all of those big heads into one locker room? Perhaps Jeter starts cracking as his shortstop-hood is in jeopardy, and A-Rod takes over amid furious objections, which causes the team to degenerate into petty squabbling that leads to 5-10 errors per game as A-Rod and D-Jet fight over grounders, offsetting the 7 trillion home runs (give or take a billion) that the team is slated to hit.
So, uh… I-CHI-RO!