As a loyal NY Yankee fan I am sick and tried of all of the spending coupled with the lack of performance that has been going on with the Yankees for some time now.
In the off season the Yankee's got big time free agents AJ Burnett, CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeria.
Now I have to give credit to Cashman for the Nick Swisher deal. Nice job.
But now the three top free agent pick ups are not playing anywhere near the level they should be playing.
CC Sabathia has showed some signs of life but still has a way to go.
Teixeria is hitting home runs but his average is below .200.
AJ Burnett has been OK but as I write this the Blue Jays just beat him.
Wang is slowing making his way back.
Jeter was out with a oblique strain.
Joe Girardi has turned into some bad Joe Torre clone. I mean is this the guy that won Manager of the Year and got fired the same year because he flipped the bird to the owner?
As I writing this we are 6.5 games out of first and 5.5 games behind the dreaded Red Sox (who have taken five in a row from us this year).
There seems to be some activity in the Farm System but for years the Yankees have not taken the time to build up the system.
There is such a thing as chemistry and throwing all these "superstars" on one team does not dedicate a Word Series win. Just ask some of the Olympic Basketball "Dream Teams".
Enough is enough. Hank has to either be like the old man and fire Cashman and take control of the team or take a different route and fire Cashman and replace him with someone he is will to let the Yankees grow.
The Yankees have not won a World Series in this century and I am sick and tired of Red Sox fans saying. "We have won two World Series this century....how many have you won?"
Nine years without a championship is like 90 years in Yankee time.
Major changes have to be made. Bring back the ghost of Billy Martin. At least he will seem upset by the situation and not asleep like Cashman and Girardi.
Special shout out to www.pinstripealley.com. A great Yankee blog.
UPDATE MAY 19th, 2009:
OK you got me. I wrote this post last week. I am hoping that last week was the bottom of the Yankee season. We have seen some rays of sunshine in sweeping the Twins. Lets hope we are now on the right track. I still have a lot of questions (Posada for one). What do you think? Will we make the playoffs?