ARod Trade I can't believe it finally happened. But more impossible to my beliefs: Am I actually starting to like the Yankees? First off the money part is insane. The Rangers will still pay 50+ million of his contract. The Yankees now have 6 of the richest 12 contracts in baseball history. Thats crazy. But also, ARod has 345 home runs. The guy is 27. The next closer person by the age of 27 had 290 something home runs. He has almost a hundred more than Hank Aaron did at that age. Wow.

Here is what I have learned since the ALCS
1. I don't like the red sox
2. I don't hate the yankees
3. Its such a bitch slap to the redsox that the yankees got arod. I like it. I like AROD.
4. I'm starting to have feelings for the yankees I've never had. I'm a diehard Braves fan and will always root for the Braves in any scenario... But as far as the AL is concerned. I'm going to start pulling for the Yankees, albeit not very loudly. When people ask why I have all of a sudden changed how I thought about the Yankees, I will say "I'm from NY, deal with it"... and then i will continue to talk about 345 home runs by the age of 27, 26 world series championships.. etc etc..
5. It kind of hurts me to say that I'm starting to like the Yankees, but... the Braves are still better. (But I am pissed they lost Sheffield, Lopez, Maddux, etcetc)  ¶ 2/18/2004 05:58:00 PM