I'm still not okay. How are you? Tough few weeks is underestimating the emotion. But I have to say the Yankees-Red Sox 2004 video share across the clubhouse was really the last straw. Another demonstration of Aaron Boone and his awful leadership skills in action. As YES Announcer Michael Kay so eloquently and accurately said, “How, in baseball God’s name, can you be so tone deaf, as an organization?” Kay said. “Are you out of your mind? I talked to three players from the ’04 team—they were outraged by the fact that their failure was being used as motivation for the 2022 team.” Amen Michael Kay. The performance of the 2022 Yankee team from August to present was atrocious. If the Yankees front office is planning on extending Brian Cashman's contract which thereby means Cashman keeps Aaron Boone at the helm, I won't be investing time in the 2023 Yankees. And I am not alone as fans take to Twitter with the same idea.
Source: AP
"Should Judge accept to even meet with the Yankees owner before the bazaar opens? He has every right to reject that. A large swath of players do not reach six years of major league service. The honor of doing so is for the first time as a pro you get to be bid upon in an open market. Judge stared down the Yankees in spring believing their bid was insufficient. He turned down guaranteed multi-generational wealth. He gambled and responded with one of the greatest seasons in history — one that undoubtedly enriched the Yankees via attendance and TV ratings," reported Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Ratings we contributed to- and games we spent a lot of money at only to be left with this pit in our stomachs and ache that will likely not go away until the spring. Or for me, it might be enough to keep me from committing any more of my time with leadership who honestly does not care about the fan.
Source: Sports Illustrated
Management is happy. They make money without having to go all the way to the World Series. They made extra money on two rain delays during the postseason. The Yankee organization is fine with just getting to the postseason, but winning, and putting the best team on the field, well that's just old school. Just read the latest article on the Yankees in Forbes:
"Since George’s death, however, the romantic notion of the overbearing boss wanting to win so badly he’d make a fool of himself to do it has vanished from the Yankees. They may be the richest team, and their owners might be billionaires, but they’re just not that much different from everyone else in Major League Baseball. George had made them extraordinary. Now they’re not. Just ask the Astros."
Fans demand more and are tired of being disappointed season after season for getting almost there. Empty stadiums, lower ratings and unsold tickets are the only way we can show management that we aren't going to put up with Boone anymore. But let's hope it does not come to that and the Hal Steinbrenner cleans house, once the World Series is over and then, after that sign Judge and make him captain.
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--Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Senior Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof
Threaten the bottom line and that will catch the attention of the bean counter Hal. He said he has to answer to his limited partners where Someone said of George, there is nothing more limited than a limited partner under George and there is the difference in the current state of this team.
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