The Teixiera signing by the Yankees is further proof of the sport of baseball slowly dying. Not only should MLB be blamed for letting this happen, but I'm also starting to dislike Yankee fans who aren't completely embarrassed by their own team. How can anyone be proud of the Yankees? I understand if your heart lives and dies with the logo because you've been a fan your whole life, but what continues to happen over and over again in baseball is really obscene.
Baseball is the sport I love the most. I could give up all other sports but not this. And to see this happen is breaking my heart.
Blibble, I agree almost to the word with what you so perfectly expressed. With that in mind, I love baseball. Sure, it's slow to watch on tv, but to me it's pure theater on a field.
Maybe I should say I loved baseball. I've been a Red Sox fan for over 40 years and I must admit I don't like what they've become in the last few years - they've become mini-Yankees.
This whole giant payroll thing has ruined the game. I will no longer go to a major league game (unless I'm given free tickets ).
What Bud Selig has reduced MLB to is an abomination. Whether Selig or the fans of the few MLB teams with money realize it or not, they are alienating 75% of the fans of other teams. MLB should adopt the non-guaranteed contract format used the NFL. The only thing guaranteed for the NFL is the signing bonus. Signing 8 year deals in baseball is plain dumb.
That said, the Yankees will rue the day they signed Sabathia. Steinbrenner once called Dave Winfield "Mr. May," which was a shot at how Winfield played poorly in the postseason. The torch for that moniker is about to be passed. Sabathia has sucked when it mattered most: 1) the end of 2005 season when the Indians needed one win to gain the wild card, 2) 2007 ALCS he folded like a cheap tent twice under the pressure of a big game, 3) and the 2008 NLDS horrific performance with Milwaukee. In fact, the two postseason wins CC enjoyed were due entirely to his offense's output: in 2001 ALDS, Cleveland scored 17 runs and in the 2007 ALDS, they scored 12. He could not handle pressure in two mid-market towns (Cleve & Mil). He sure as hell will not handle it in the Big Apple. Not only that, but the guy will be on the wrong side of 30 by the time the contract is up and his ballooning weight will be a factor in his performance.
CC Sabathia will the pitching equivalent of a complete postseason choker as A-Rod is on the offensive side of the coin.
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