Letter to George
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by user Alanschech
Dear George, I am no Yankees fan, but I have some thoughts of how to get your team back to the promised land. I know that you want to compete with the Mets, but you don't have a prayer of doing that with the way you are constructing your team at this point. Here are some thoughts......
Get rid of K-Rod, I mean A-Rod. He can not hit, or field for that matter, at any time where it actually matters. Yes, he does his great work during the regular season, and he makes all of your fans think he is wonderful. But, when it is time for things to matter, he is nowhere to be found. I don't think he has driven in a playoff run in years. He just can't do it here. His problems are so much in his head, you need to get rid of him, and even pay some of his contract when you do it. Go a different direction.
Get some young pitching. This is the way you must go, as clearly evidenced by your best pitching being Wang with 19 wins. It has been long past the time where you can count on Mike Mussina and Randy Johnson to be aces. Get some young pitchers and build your staff around them going forward.
Finally, this is the most important change you need to make--stop with signing all high priced All Star players. Clearly this does not make your team better, as you have not won a World Series since 2000, when you beat my Mets. You need players that play as a team, like the Mets do. As you can see by the production of the team, this does not build championsips. Get some role players. Remember the 90s, when you had players such as Chad Curtis, Scott Brosius, and Ramiro Mendoza? These were not headliners, but guys that did their job. You don't have a cohesive team, the way the Mets to this season. Sign some players that actually fill a need, rather than bring people into the seats or earn you time on the back pages.
As I said, I am not a Yankees fan, but even a man who hates the Yankees the way that I do can clearly identify your major flaws. Follow my tips, and you can again challenge the Mets for control of the city. Eventually.
Sincerely Alan Schechter
