So have you heard the big baseball news? No, not the Red Sox sweeping the Rockies out of the World Series. It’s the report that Alex Rodriguez has opted out of the largest contract in baseball history essentially saying to the rest of the Yankee team, “This town’s not big enough for the both of us.”
Buster Olney, sports columnist and author of the book, The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty, put out an article this morning that puts things into perspective. An excellent read, but the last line says it all.
“Somebody will buy into A-Rod, of course. He’s an extraordinary player. The cost will be hundreds of millions, and the heart and soul, of his next franchise.”
With A-Rod gone, we lose his 54 homeruns and 156 RBI, but we may just get our team back. Here’s to next year and the building of a new Yankee dynasty. The first spring training game of 2008 is February 27th. That’s only 121 days away.
