Most NY writers criticize Steinbrenner for setting unrealistic goals and, at the same time, label the season a complete failure if the Yankees don't win the World Series.
Most NY writers claim the Yankees need a younger, more athletic team and then claim that signing the old and slow Hideki Matsui is a priority.
Do I agree that '05 was their best season since '01? Well, no. But at least they made the playoffs and caught the Red Sox after I'd personally given up on them.
Davidoff reminds any spoiled Yankee fan willing to listen that the Yankees did, in fact, have a pretty good season overall in 2005 and their roster moves provided some hope for the future:
"From their horribly rated farm system, the Yankees found a frontline starting pitcher, Chien-Ming Wang, and a starting second baseman, Robinson Cano. That's a successful year for any organization. The Yankees need to take more chances on homegrown guys, regardless of what Baseball America or competing organizations think of them.
From Shawn Chacon and Aaron Small, the Yanks saw the value of low-risk acquisitions. Incredible, isn't it, that the team spent something like 100 times more to invest in Carl 'Why smile when you can scowl?' Pavano than they did to land the season-saving Small?"
With Kevin Brown and Bernie Williams off the payroll, they're instantly even more young and more athletic.
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