Take It or Leave It

It is time to get my sports hat out once again.  Anyone who knows me knows I bleed Yankee pinstripes, but if this continues I may want a transfusion.  I am talking about what the New York Yankees are doing to their captain Derek Jeter.  OK the offer is 45 million over three years.  My problem is the take it or leave it attitude they have.

Jeter has been a good soldier and captain for the Yankee team. Saying and doing the right thing on and off the field.   The least they need to do during this contract non negotiation is respect him.  Yankees GM Brian Cashman, nothing more in my opinion than a butt kisser to his new boss, should sit Hal Steinbrenner down and tell this man Jeter is the Yankees.  Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, all deserve respect.

Derek Jeter is getting none.  This could have been predicted the way Hal treated Joe Torre.   Take it or leave it Joe.  Joe decided to leave it and he was gone to manage the Dodgers, taking them to the playoffs. The real Boss, George, really did not know what was going on.  His heath made it impossible for him to run the team.  Hal has turned the Yankee family into nothing more than a business.  Boss George would spend lots of money on the Yanks, his OWN money.  Sure he was criticized, but other team owners were pocketing the tax money they were getting from the Boss and not reinvesting in their team.

I would hate to see Jeter in any other uniform, but Cashman told him to see if someone will pay him more.  OK call his bluff.  Go out there and see if others in Major League Baseball will give you the respect you deserve.  Derek Jeter has done so much more than play baseball.  He has entertained millions with the way he goes all out all of the team.  If you want a role model for your kids, who better than Derek Jeter?  Hal and his Yankees brass should wake up; see what the Boss did for his players, former players and the community known as the Yankee Universe.

Now is the time for all Yankee fans to let Hal and company know how they feel.  I feel betrayed.  It started with Torre and is continuing with the post season negotiations.  Who knows, maybe the next Dodger owner could woo me to their side.  At this point, the way things are going it would not take much.