its not going to help the yankees. george steinbrenner did it to piss all of boston off.
reasons this is going to bite the yanks in the ass:
1. A-Rod and Jeter the two biggest egos in MLB. Yeah that will work really well in the clubhouse. A team that can't get along off the field won't work together on the field.
2. You really think A-Rod is going to play 3rd all season long (if even through spring training?) No friggen way. He's a better defensive shortstop than Jeter to begin with.
3. Prediction by the All-Star game....A-Rod wants to be moved to shortstop...Torre doesn't want to do it, George makes him....that puts Torre over the line and he finally leaves the yanks.
4. George has just ruined all of baseball meaning by putting his yearly salary over 200 million. way to go.
5. Jeter gets pissed off by then end of the season and ends up somewhere else (possibly boston) next season.
6. Sox win over 115 games taking the division title while the Yanks fall behind us and get booted in the first round by the Orioles.
It's going to be a great season in Boston. We have a kickass starting rotation, a kickass bullpen with williamson, timlin, and embree (mendoza is due for a comeback year,) argueably the best closer in the league, nomah playing on the last year of his contract so he'll be working his ass off, pokey reese at 2nd, and of course manny hitting the shit out of the ball and making unexpected spectacular plays against the wall.
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