Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE FALL OF ROME?

Friday, August 4, 2023

THE FALL OF ROME?

It is just a fact of life. As “poetically illustrated” by Sick Boy in the cult classic Trainspotting;

“First ya have it, then ya lose it…then it’s gone forever. All walks of life.”

Now Johnny Lee Miller (the actor that portrayed Sick Boy) was speaking about the career of Sean Connery, but the comparison can be made about the state of the New York Yankees as well. We are in the fall of Rome, gang. The Yanks are making the mistakes the once great empire made. They became lazy. They became complacent and uninspired. They lived off the glory of yesterday and thus lost the ability to fight for tomorrow. Sound familiar?

I’m a coach... one of my many hats. I work every day with outstanding student athletes looking to push themselves to new levels of strength and speed. It’s been amazing to see so many of them enjoy great successes. However, I always remind them to, “NEVER BUY A HOME IN YOUR COMFORT ZONE!” The Bronx Bombers have done just that!

They are trying to stay the course in a game that has change so much since they last held the title of World Series Champions. Yankee Brass has made mistake after mistake, and they continue to speak down to the fan base; “We know what we’re doing.”

CORRECTION! You KNEW what you were doing when then Stick Michael was at the wheel. Brian Cashman is not a great GM… never has been. That is a fact. He had a big checkbook and used it when the Boss allowed him too. The heart of his 2009 team was there and beating and Cash added some big free agent pieces to push the Yanks to number 27! But let's face it. He hasn’t developed much… he hasn’t done much of anything. He does enough to keep his job. Hal ain’t George and Brian knows that.

The Great Emperor of the Bronx Coliseum is gone and like Commodus to George’s Marcus, Hal is weak and will skipper the fall of the Pinstripe Legion.

Everyone wants to hang this on Boone. It isn’t his fault in my opinion. However, I never thought he should’ve been named Manager and I like Boonie. The Yankees need a leader who knows how to make big contracts work like they are just up from the Bush Leagues! A baseball mind that knows intangibles! We had one in GI Joe in my opinion. Aaron is a great guy and was a heck of a ballplayer once upon a time, but now is the scapegoat and will be sent to fight gladiators to his demise! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!! We’ll watch the skipper get axed and NOTHING will change. NOTHING!! The fix is to allow it to fall and rebuild smarter, younger, faster!

The upside? Well, he patrols right field. There is a heart that has the same blood that pumped in the Dynasty years. #99 is a guy they can build from. He is a leader. He doesn’t like to lose. He takes guys under his immense wingspan. There are materials to get the Empire back to something we can cheer for. Will it happen? Your guess is as good as mine, folks. I know Cashman is dug in like a tick and Hal doesn’t know an ERA from an IRA. We will need new leadership, and at this point I’d let, THE YANKEE FAN SEATED IN SECTION 214, ROW J, SEAT 7 be the new GM.

Have a sense of humor…we’re gonna need it.

HEY! Eric Idle, take it away!