This is the headline in the MLB section of SI.com right now. The subcaption says “will the yankees really replace a legend with a rookie?” As if that’s the first fucking time in the history of baseball that a good pitcher has retired and a team, instead of replacing him by spending millions of dollars in free agency, has used it’s farm system to fill a hole.
Oh, those poor, poor Yankees. How will they ever manage with only 3 All-Star pitchers instead of 4? My heart breaks for them and their uncertain future.
God I hope they come in 4th place this year. But then poor Ivan Nova would probably get the majority of the blame. And ARod. But not Jeter.
first!
First!
/suck it, Clown
I bet he pitches better than Burnett.
Hi Hef!
[Fast-forward 50 years--Clown is sitting on his porch recounting the fall of the Yankees dynasty to his great-grandkids]
“It was horrible. No longer were we able to rely on our financial advantage. Instead we were forced to make smart draft choices and show patience with our farm system. Well, I don’t have to tell you that patience and intelligence are not exactly cornerstones of the Yankee way. Suffice to say, the team went bankrupt in 8 months and they sold the team to a travelling circus.”
three generations in 50 years? that’s a lotta bonin’.
Are we putting the banned back together?
/1Happy tweeter’d
Look, it’s very stressful replacing a Hall of Famer.
As long as Andy shows Ivan where the HGH is he should be ok.
They let rookies play in the MLB? What’s next, women voting?
Are we putting the banned back together?
/didn’t read Rex’s comment
also, /runs around the room with sparklers.
This is the best day ever!
i missed this place.
How could the Yankees allow such a headline? Disgrace.
Nice. Used to lurk, now I’ll annoy people
Welcome back.
/gives the Call Me signal to Muriel