Hypocrite.

Imagine if the Yankees had signed Matt Holliday. Lupica would have chastised the Yankees for trying to buy the World Series, trying to buy an All Star at every position, blah blah blah.

I find it odd that everybody is telling the WS champs how they should spend their money:

"They are a better team with him than they are without him and they don't have to lay off members of the grounds crew to get him."

I agree.

Damon should be the fifth or sixth outfielder on this team.

Swisher, Granderson, Holliday, Bay, Manny, Damon. Though Manny would probably DH.

Oh, and Halladay should be the #1 starter.


"You know how long this would take to work out? One day this week. That's if the Yankees really ever wanted him back in the first place."

The. Yankees. Did. Not. Want. Damon. Back. In. The. First. Place.


"But it is better business for the Yankees, because they really can make their team better and their fans happy (does anybody NOT want Damon back?) at the same time."

I know some people who don't want Damon back, but that's just me.

Damon is suddenly being presented as some kind of fan favorite. Kind of reminds me of last year's sudden ascendance of Mussina and Abreu.


"You know Yankee fans know the market, they know about all those Carl Crawfords out there next winter. But they are infinitely more interested in the season their team is about to play, and winning two in a row, and having their team resume its play as the baddest on the planet."

Not even close.

It's sort of like when Cashman passed on Johan Santana because he had CC Sabathia in his sights.


"They're not being asked to break the bank here. It's not like the gap between the two sides is as wide as CC Sabathia."

Ha ha.

Tiger Woods has sex with lots of women and CC Sabathia is fat.



"But are we really supposed to believe that Hal Steinbrenner found $180 million under the bed for Mark Teixeira last winter and now can't find whatever it will take to bring back a popular, winning ballplayer and stick him back in the No. 2 slot behind Jeter?"

No, sir. We are not really supposed to believe that.

You figured out all on your own that the Yankees didn't want Damon back.

Granderson will bat second and play better defense than Damon. But it's not really a baseball discussion, anyway.

Lupica seems angry about the fact that the Yankees are disingenuous. Lupica finds it necessary to call out the Yankees on their bogus PR stance.

It's like being angry that Billy Mays lied to you -- the mighty putty doesn't really work.