Thank you Mr. Cashman (aptly named)

For giving Andy what he wants

Now, if you can only momentarily pull your head out of your ass and remember what won you the World Series. Pitching. So trading two pitchers (one young, one tested) for an overhyped centre fielder while the World Series MVP and Japanese Cash COW Hideki Matsui, and less impressive, but equally clutch, Johnny Damon are not signed must be a great idea.

There are two different problems with this deal. On the one hand, we get another bat when the one thing we have is lots of bats. On the other hand, we gave away two very good chips which we could have put into the Roy Halladay sweepstakes. Halladay, Sabathia, Pettitte, Burnett - holy mother of god what a rotation that would be. Hands down the best in the majors - probably best in a couple decades - possibly best ever.

Now, don't get me wrong, if the Yankees traded for Roy Halladay it would be the last step in the creation of a salary cap in baseball- which would be bad for baseball, and horrible for the Yankees. But, Coke and Kennedy were solid, and could be traded knowing that they could be counted on for serious innings. Instead we got a prima donna who has not demonstrated to be all that much better than what we have NOW. And we gave up a great outfield prospect in Austin Jackson. AND what are we going to do with Brett Gardner.

I honestly believe that if it wasn't for George's wallet - which also routinely gets us into trouble - we would be worse than the New York Knicks for making deals. At least we can spend our way out of trouble.