Not Friends... Who cares
I'm usually way excited about the start of Spring Training. It generally marks for me the start of lots of hours spent in front of the TV watching the Yankees. Unfortunately the start of Spring Training 07 for the Yankees has already turned into a circus.
There was the first day pitchers and catchers reported where the news made a big deal about Mariano Rivera saying he needed to be respected or else he was walking at the end of the year. It was his way of announcing "Hey, I need to get paid". No Yankee deserves it more than him, but this was far from front page news. The Yankees and Mariano went through this in 04 when Mariano's contract was about to expire then. They renegotiated in March and he entered the new season with a big contract. The same will obviously happen with him again this season. There should be no worries.
This week brought the shocker that Alex Rodriguez announced that he and Derek Jeter are not close friends anymore. Was anyone surprised by that... no. Yet every local paper treated it as front page news. Followed by press conferences by each player and Joe Torre. Enough. Its obvious to everyone they arent great friends and havent been for some time. Does it matter. No.
The Yankees found themselves in a similar situation in the late 70's with Thurman Munson (the heart and soul of the team) and Reggie Jackson (the high priced free agent) hated each others guts. The parallels between both teams are amazing. Yet that team still found a way to win back to back world series.
Now would everything be better if they were both friends, of course. Can they win with the two of them being less than blood brothers... again of course. I enter this season the same as I've entered the last 11 seasons, thinking the Yankees can win the World Series. Stay tuned for a futre post where I make full baseball predictions, as well as the Final 4.
There was the first day pitchers and catchers reported where the news made a big deal about Mariano Rivera saying he needed to be respected or else he was walking at the end of the year. It was his way of announcing "Hey, I need to get paid". No Yankee deserves it more than him, but this was far from front page news. The Yankees and Mariano went through this in 04 when Mariano's contract was about to expire then. They renegotiated in March and he entered the new season with a big contract. The same will obviously happen with him again this season. There should be no worries.
This week brought the shocker that Alex Rodriguez announced that he and Derek Jeter are not close friends anymore. Was anyone surprised by that... no. Yet every local paper treated it as front page news. Followed by press conferences by each player and Joe Torre. Enough. Its obvious to everyone they arent great friends and havent been for some time. Does it matter. No.
The Yankees found themselves in a similar situation in the late 70's with Thurman Munson (the heart and soul of the team) and Reggie Jackson (the high priced free agent) hated each others guts. The parallels between both teams are amazing. Yet that team still found a way to win back to back world series.
Now would everything be better if they were both friends, of course. Can they win with the two of them being less than blood brothers... again of course. I enter this season the same as I've entered the last 11 seasons, thinking the Yankees can win the World Series. Stay tuned for a futre post where I make full baseball predictions, as well as the Final 4.
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