[NU Sports] Yanks

[Jeff Beamsley]

Actually in a sort of perverse way, I think that the Yankees are good for
baseball - at least the way baseball is played today.

Here's why I say that.

They have proven that this is no longer a game where an unlimited budget can
buy you a championship.  The game is now all about young players,
particularly young pitchers.  So it is much more about having a good farm
system, good scouts, and good instructors.  This levels the playing field for
everyone and small market teams like the Rockies and the Indians have an
opportunity to make investments in their farm system, have some home grown
stars, and play in a WS even though their payroll is 25% of what the Yankees
pay.  But at the same time, these same players still have an opportunity for
a big payday once they have paid their dues and established themselves and
legit big leaguers.

Jeff






-----Original Message-----
From: johnadeg at comcast.net [mailto:johnadeg at comcast.net] 
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 12:40 PM
To: Jeff Beamsley; nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Yanks

Let us hope that the Yankees finish dead last under whoever the new manager
is. Maybe some of the players whose option have run out will go play
somewhere else.  My Detroit Tigers could use a couple of them.

John DeGroat
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jeff Beamsley" <jeff.beamsley at hilgraeve.com>
> I agree with you.  The Yanks showed their true colors yet again in 
> their shabby send-off of Torre.
> 
> However, you have to take ego into account here.  Tony LaRussa has a 
> lot of it.  He wants to go down in history as the best baseball 
> manager ever.  He has been angling for this job for a long time.  Now 
> that the opportunity is here, this is his last mountain to climb.  He 
> won in Chicago. He won in Oakland. He won in St. Louis.  His swan song 
> is going to be winning the WS in New York on the biggest baseball stage in
the world.
> 
> The timing couldn't be better.  The team is going to be rebuilt.  The 
> Yanks showed this year that they have enough good young talent to 
> build a team around.  LaRussa will continue to have an unlimited 
> budget AND they are going to have a new stadium.  Don't think for a 
> minute that LaRussa doesn't get a little wood every time he thinks 
> about being the first manager to lead the Yankees to a WS championship in
the new ballpark.
> 
> Also the game is changing toward more of a National league model with 
> small ball (pitching, speed, and defense) proving to be a better 
> strategy that big-inning baseball.  LaRussa has proven he knows how to win
with that model.
> 
> 
> Mattingly is clearly their manager in waiting, but he has already said 
> that he doesn't think that he is ready now to take on the job.  He's 
> been in organization long enough to know that it's going to take a 
> year or two to get this team rebuilt to where they are going to be 
> competitive.  The new stadium is scheduled to open in 2009, so the 
> timing for LaRussa is great.  He rebuilds the team.  They open the new
stadium.  He leads them to the WS.
> He'll turn 65 that year.  He maybe manages another year or so, turns 
> the reins over the Mattingly who will be in his early 50's (Torre was 
> 56 when he took over), and rides off into the sunset and into the hall 
> of fame as the greatest baseball manager ever.
> 
> Does this all mean it is going to happen?  I don't know.  It is really 
> hard to predict situations where the room is too small to hold all of the
egos.
> But the entrails definitely point out the possibilities.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] 
> On Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 9:33 AM
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Yanks
> 
> Anyone who considers working for George Steinbrenner should be put 
> into a strait-jacket and locked in a rubber-lined room.  He will 
> eventually get there anyway.  If Tony LaRussa is smart, he'll stay 
> right where he is.  Don Mattingly is a lifetime Yankee, so he might not be
as smart.
> 
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