Baseball News

The Wall Street Journal has a piece outlining how Alex Rodriguez came to be a Yankee:

If the Boston Red Sox hadn't been so brutally aggressive and then blinked when it came to paying Rodriguez about two million more per year; if the Yankees hadn't freed up some cash by messing up their negotiations with ace lefthander Andy Pettitte; if starting Yankee third baseman Aaron Boone hadn't foolishly torn up his knee by playing off-season basketball--if all this hadn't happened, then the Yankees would not now be fielding a team with the best shortstop in modern major league history.

Or perhaps we should say the best third baseman in modern major league history, which is what Rodriguez will soon be. Add one more fluke to the roster: The Boston Red Sox forgot to ask A-Rod if he would play third base.

How ironic that the highest profile deal since Babe Ruth involved both the Yankees and Red Sox, was lost by the Sox, and fell into the Yankees lap by pretty much by accident