Look I KNOW that most people in Louisville think that "basketball is god". But baseball has a ton of people who care and follow the sport. That is why I do write so much about baseball here. And in Louisville, as being the Triple-A home for the Cincinnati Reds, the deal that happened recently between the Mets and Johan Santana has huge implications for many Reds followers in Louisville.
It is obvious that while the Mets scored a MAJOR coups in snatching Santana from the Twins, it is also true that the Twins really took a major bath on the deal. The question is, what happened that BOTH the Yankees and the Red Sox backed off of this deal?
Personally, I think the only reason that the RedSox were involved to begin with was to keep Santana out of Yankee pinstrips. While they would have loved to have had him, I do not think they were all that keen about losing Ellsbury, or a couple of the other players mentioned, given what they have returning in their pitching rotation anyway.
Why did the Yankees backoff? Good question. And I really have no idea. The Yankees pitching last year was AWFUL, and without question they BADLY needed Santana far more than Santana needed to play in front of those backwoods, country morons, known as "Yankee Fans". But here is what is interesting, George Steinbrenner would never have allowed Santana off the hook, whereas his idiot progeny did. In two of the major off-season deals, (Santana recently and the nearly botched loss of A-Rod), it is becoming VERY clear that not only are these guys not their father, they are complete idiots. (More's the better for a lifelong Yankess hater and RedSox fan like me!)
These are guys have nearly screwed up and did screw up two of the biggest deals in recent Yankees history, and the more they get involved, the more you realize that they are not the right owners for this storied ballclub.
If the Yankees start going down the tubes this season they way they did last year, these guys might just be stupid enough to not only fire the manager again, but also have a "fire sale" on some of their better players, just to try and get a "quick fix" in place.
It will be interesting to watch over the next few years.
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