Less than 2 Weeks

You know, maybe A-Rod is smarter than all of us give him credit for. He does so much stupid shit, the public is really getting to the point where they don't care. He was involved with the Spitzer hooker ring, and I heard about it for 15 minutes. By the time he gets back in May, people will have forgotten he was on steroids.

Seriously, I'm pretty sure it's going to come out that he killed Jon Benet Ramsey, and people will just shrug it off. He's going with the Manny Ramirez philosophy of "I want to, but I can't rip him. I think he's just batshit insane." So give some credit to the A-Rod team of handlers, they really know what they're doing.


There's an old adage that says 'a pair of shoes fits well, if you forget about your feet.'

I have no idea what that means, but there's another one that says 'pitching wins championships.' And for the first time in a long time, that's the strong point of this Yankee team.

You know what you're getting from Sabathia, Wang, and Pettitte. Lots of innings at a superb, above average, and league average ERA, respectively. The two question marks in the rotation aren't the usual "does Kevin Brown have a year left" or "can Randy Johnson handle New York." Its "is Burnett really over his health issues", and "how good is Joba going to be?"

There are adequate arms waiting in the wings in a pinch, highlighted by 22 year-old Phil Hughes. And my God, the bullpen. Rivera is at the very least a deity of some kind. Marte is the Stanton we haven't had since... Stanton. And there are a variety of arms, each with unique, significant pluses- Bruney, Ramirez, Veras, Robertson, Coke, Giese.


This is the most significant reason why 2009 is different than every year since '03.