George Steinbrenner's Yankees are DEAD
Yankees banking on IF's after a lackluster offseason The fan unrest is not about Anthony Rizzo. It has nothing to do with Anthony Rizzo. When the 32-year-old first baseman trots onto the first base foul line on Opening Day, he will get thunderous cheers. Yankee fans are not upset with Anthony Rizzo—we have no reason to be. This is about Hal Steinbrenner not being his father. This is the kid Steinbrenner not being man enough to pay for a World Series. If you have a problem with that, grow up. Even if you try to win through the draft, eventually you have to have to pay people. This is about analytical nerds and shareholders building up a wall in front of the Steinbrenner family vault. We are no longer the Big, Bad, New York Yankees that we once were. The team that set the mark and put fear into other teams’ eyes is gone. What is in its place is a shell of the former dynasty. A franchise with a lost identity. Instead of opening the wallet and paying for players who are known elite