Yanks ahead 2-0

Originally Posted by GPK

They payed a bundle for it too....

I really don't see that, I really don't. Jeter is by far the reason the Yanks are where they are. Since he was DRAFTED by the Yankees its not really their fault that he demands a high salary to keep him.
A Rod is an embarassment and a burden to the team. He has over 20 errors and his fielding alone has COST the Yankees more games than his meager batting everage has won. Johnson has been mediocre at best.
Cano and Melky Cabrera(farm system) and key players and dont make all that much. Berniew Williams another farm system guy decades ago has come up huge this year as well. Mariano has been around forever and also came from the farm system. Sheff and Matsui have missed practically the whole year. Guys like Phillips, Guile, Cairo, Green, etc came through when noone thought it was possible(including me) for the Yanks to stay within range when everyone was hurt.
Boston is no stranger to buying players and they said that had Nixon been hurt one day earlier than he was that they would have made a higher offer than the Yanks did for Abreu. That one day cost em.