This Week's "Really? Really?" is

Though the weather outside is freezing in most everywhere in the United States there is one saving grace... and that is that baseball spring training is just over 2 weeks away. The only time of year when every team truly has a chance at baseball immortality (okay let's not get crazy, every team but the Cubs, Royals, Pirates and Nationals), however, there is still the open optimism with fans of the perennial powerhouses like Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, Los Angelos Angels, San Fransisco Giants and the New York Yankees.
My Really? Really? today goes to the New York Yankees. A team that spares no expense to get the biggest and best players available so they can attack the playoffs and further build their championship cabinet. Yet, somehow the Yanks have had the reversal of roles, the Phillies acquired top pitching arm Cliff Lee, the Red Sox added two left handed hitting studs in Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez and Bobby Jenks for late inning relief, LA Angels traded for Blue Jays CF Vernon Wells late last week, The Giants were able to re-sign all of their core pieces and with that pitching staff they are deadly to anyone in their way.......But, what about the Bronx Bombers?? Surely the Pinstripes were able to make a splash in the baseball world....right?  I'm here to report that their big off season acquisition was being able to overpay inconsistent or washed up talent like Rafael Soriano, Russel Martin, Andruw Jones, and Bartolo Colon. Enjoy watching CC Sabathia and AJ Burnett fall apart down the stretch and enjoy watching as Captain DJ, A-Roid, and "Hip Hip" Jorge continue to down slide from what once were great careers and The Yankees are aging faster than spoiled milk and I can not wait to watch the Evil Empire come crashing down to their baseball abyss.

Really Yankees? Really?

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Robert Bauske