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When you have aging stars; a big payroll; and you underachieve, this is what is written. This brings up bad nightmares for me personally.

When you have aging stars; a big payroll; and you underachieve, this is what is written. This brings up bad nightmares for me personally. Will the Yankees have the guts to rebuild from within? Will their media and fans allow them to take risks or will they simply go out and sign more old and expensive free agents; make a splash; and go for it again? Rinse and repeat. I have always thought that in baseball, young pitchers growing up in the family is a key to success as well as building a tight team that focuses on fundamentals and plays for each other. Can a team with a payroll of over $200 million underplay its individual ego for the collective benefit of the team concept? Time will tell. It will be interesting to watch the A-Rod drama next as he has said that his agent will make the final call on where he plays next season. He has the best stats in baseball but he doesn’t deliver in the playoffs. He is the highest paid player in baseball. Does he deserve a raise? Would someone pay him more than $25 million per year - as the Indians entire payroll is around $70 million - and they beat the Yankees like a drum?

It feels better to be 3 and 0 than 0 and 3 that is for sure. But we have miles to go before we sleep. We must keep playing well; dictating the pace of play; and we must remain healthy. We probably need 96 points to safely make the playoffs or we need another 90 points or 45 wins out of the 79 games left.

It feels better to be 3 and 0 than 0 and 3 that is for sure. But we have miles to go before we sleep. We must keep playing well; dictating the pace of play; and we must remain healthy. We probably need 96 points to safely make the playoffs or we need another 90 points or 45 wins out of the 79 games left. We shouldn’t be cocky or confident as we have just started the season. We still aren