Baseball Winning Now Costs you Later, and Yankees Fans are Learning that by Jayson Love May 10, 2016 Daily News – Joe Girardi led the Yankees to the World Series title in 2009, but that seems like a long time ago now for Yankees fans. The pressure was mounting on the Yankees in the winter of 2008. They watched the Red Sox win the World Series in 2007 followed by Tampa Bay winning the pennant in 2008. The Yankees had not only not won a World Series since the Subway Series in 2000, but were stewing over a 2001 Series loss to the Diamondbacks, and a 2003 Series loss to the Marlins. The Red Sox were becoming the class of baseball along with the Cardinals and something had to be done. Enter the free agent class of 2008. The Yankees re-signed Andy Pettitte for 5+ million dollars, added Damaso Marte for 12 million to shore up the mid-relief and spent 423 million dollars to add C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, and Mark Teixeira. Although Burnett’s contract has run out, Sabathia and Teixeira remain very much on the books. Those contracts were added to contracts like Alex Rodriguez’s whom the Yankees signed just under a year earlier to a mega contract after his famous World Series opt out, and Mariano Rivera’s 45 million dollar deal. The Yankees did the right thing. Just 2 years after the A-Rod opt out, and one year after winning the 2008 offseason championship, the Yankees had an actual championship -they won the 2009 World Series. This was no small accomplishment with the talent surrounding them even within their own AL East division. But they are paying for it now and Yankees fans are frustrated. They are frustrated that the Yankees were the only team to fail to acquire a free agent of any consequence in 2015. The team sits at 12-18, entrenched in last place in the division and already 6 games off the pace set by the Orioles. The sports talk radio shows are littered with frustrated NYYers who want Brian Cashman’s head, and blame him for the team’s demise. And yes, some of the moves Cashman has made, such as bringing in Chase Headley, seem to be a mistake. However, the same fans who are complaining now, were most likely the ones clamoring for Burnett, C.C. and A-Rod in 2008 and at the Canyon of Heroes in 2009. The past few years were the years on the long term contracts that fans “didn’t care about” because they had to win now in 2009. So if they didn’t care then, why do they care now? Post Views: 1,110 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Jayson Love Jayson is a Staff Writer for DoubleGSports.com Latest posts by Jayson Love (see all) Red Bulls Forced to Go with Make Shift Lineup Due to International Callups and Injury, Win 3-0 - March 25, 2018 The United States National Team Doesn’t Develop Young Talent? Don’t blame the Red Bulls - March 21, 2018 Red Bulls Make History with Champions League Win at Tijuana, Bradley Wright-Phillips Scores a Brace - March 7, 2018 New York Red Bulls Are New Look Red Bulls as 2018 Season Approaches - February 21, 2018 Related TopicsAlex RodriguezBrian CashmanMariano RiveraMark TeixeiranyyWorld Series Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Newsletter Subscription Can't Miss Posts! Women in Sports: NHL Network Host, Jackie Redmond by Nicholas Durst | posted on March 4, 2019 Women in Sports: Podcast Host, New York Riptide Sideline Reporter, Dani Wexelman by Luke Porco | posted on March 3, 2020 From Paramus High School to CBS Sports, Spero Dedes is making waves in sports broadcasting by Sunil Sunder Raj | posted on October 27, 2020 Lochte, Dressel and Ledecky all Chasing Gold at 2021 Tokyo Olympics by Anthony Paradiso | posted on April 18, 2021 “Overtime” l Ep. 28: TopSpin Celeb-Athlete Tournament – Dec. 6, 2018 by Stefany Romero | posted on December 19, 2018 More in Baseball You Know I’m Right, Episode 112: New York Jets’ Insider Brian Costello (Audio/Video) On the 112th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) On the 109th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 108: WFAN’s Sweeny Murti (Audio/Video) On the 108th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 107: New York Post’s Columnist Mike Vaccaro (Audio/Video) On the 107th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... Stephen Strasburg, Washington Nationals Ink 7-Year Extension Holly Holm to perform at UFC on Fox 20