Darn Yankees

How the mighty have fallen. Take the highest paid team in baseball, add an epidemic of injuries and misdeeds by these spoiled boys of summer and you have to field a team of rookies, and has beens who are no longer feared or loathed by the rest of the BB world, Broadway or anyone else. The Damn Yankees, the team you love to hate are no more. The Bombers, pounding their way to more championships than any other team in history, of any sport, are now just fizzled out sparklers, that can't bully anyone.

The once menacing NY Yankees, The Bronx Bombers  are fielding a team that could have easily been taken with volunteers  from the stands. It would be a great opportunity so now it really does make sense to bring your glove to the stadium as it seems that everyday someone is pulling a muscle, breaking a wrist, fracturing an ankle or swerving not swiveling a hip. You might get called upon to fill in. This could be a great PR stunt as your face appears on the Big Sport-a-tron 3000 screen and you are invited to "Come on down," complete with Price is Right music and Bob Barker ( is he still alive?) announcing your name. "Now playing 3rd base, Morris from Mosholu Parkway!"

They are now on track to use more players in the course of a season then any other team in history. Now there's a distinction! Despite this cast of casted characters, they are still within striking distance of first place. Rather unbelievable and a testament to the pitching even though they have an average age of 37, ancient by pitching standards or the fact that the talent in BB has diminished substantially over the last 5 years.

Things are so bad that the Love/Hate relationship with Alex Rodriguez has thawed a bit, except of course for the general manager telling him to "Shut the $%#@ up! "about his comeback. Today's report is that he might return or retire. I'm betting on the first RE as he would be leaving over $100million unless he can cut a deal. And when he returns the fans will boo roundly unless and until he hits his first home run. With a team like the current Yankees, this drama is pretty much all we have to look forward to...

Play Ball!