The Yankees won a string of World Series in the mid to late '90's, they were the best team playing game in and game out, and were going down in history as one of the best dynasties in the history of the game.  Then things began to change, and they lost some of their youth, went for bigger stars and destroyed the balance that was necessary for a winning team.. and as a Sox Fan, I have loved it ever since.

And Guess What? They are doing it again.  As a Red Sox fan, I don't look foward to the offseason, but Yankees fans do, and they should considering that they have a fantasy baseball draft every offseason, reeling in the biggest names at the highest of prices.  They got Sabbathia, may get Manny, AJ Burnett and Derek Lowe, but what good is that going to do for them?  Are these guys going to get them to a world series? Or even an AL East Title?  If you look at the previous champions, they didn't win through huge free agent signings, they won through youth, finding a balance of solid team players that work together for the best of the team.  The Devil Rays are a perfect example, although they came up short of the World Series, they had a team full of great draft picks, young, ambitious, team players who lived to play the game they loved, and would probably do it for free if money was not an issue.

I have been hearing the applauses and excitement of yankees fans for a few weeks now.  I don't know what they are so excited about, finishing third in the AL East wouldn't excite me.  My best friend is a monster yankees fan, an encyclopedia of yankees information, adoration and love for his team.  AND HE IS PISSED. 

Here is why (in his own words):

(1) We paid CC the most money in the history of pitching...and had to drag him to NY against his will
(2) trading for Mike Cameron who is a career .250 hitter, has 0 range in the outfield, is 36, and strikes out 150-175 times a year with no walks
(3) offering AJ Burnett more money than Josh Beckett or other aces are paid...who is always injured and has an ERA over 4.00 and is completely overrated
(4) and we do this the year we finally stop paying Carl Pavano....yet do the same thing for 30 million more
(5) now we are offering Sheets a deal....Ben Sheets....never pitches more than 2 months a season....will lose a 1st round pick to the Brewers when we sign him...after already giving up a 1st rounder to sign sabathia
(6) Leaving Lowe on the table...the only pitcher of everyone who has not missed a start in 4 years...has won a world series...has pitched in the AL East....is clutch, and WANTS to be on the east coast
(7) Meanwhile the Red Sox just lay in the weeds....trade a useless outfielder for a setup reliever...look like you'll sign texiera....looking to trade another useless player Lugo for an energy and character motivator in Byrnes who fits perfectly on any contender
- and probably throw Lowe on the back of the rotation
- and win the world series
- while we win 89 games, miss the playoffs, and have our rotation miss 50 starts combined
(8) i'm [Explicit] sick of this team....i really am....i used to look forward to baseball season from November 1st on....now they take away my [Explicit] stadium, ruin my franchise, let Tampa Bay leave us in the dust...make every horrible move possible...and turn us into the 2003 Oakland [Explicit] Raiders
(9) Texiera walks A Lot, hits 30 homers, drives in over 100, plays gold glove championship 1st base every night, character player, tough, young, perfect
(10) Ellsbury, Pedroia, Ortiz, Tex, Youk, Bay...Beckett, Lester, Matsuzaka, Lowe....see you in late october holding the trophy
(11) you can do whatever you want with my comments...they are uncensored uninterrupted passion
(12) look at our [Explicit] cool crew....Swisher hitting .219 at 1st WOW...Cano who forgot how to hit and lost his fielding ability at 2nd...aging Jeter with 0 range or RBI ability at SS...Mr. Overrated Sh*&tface at 3rd....Nady in RF....Cameron who can't handle the Mets but can handle the Yanks? in CF...and either Old washed up Matsui or old washed up Damon in LF...injured Posada behind the plate with no arm

And to add... "Brian Cashman is officially dead to me"