Here Come The Yankees

George Steinbrenner is rumored to be ill or too tired to oversee the daily operations of his baseball team. Without his menacing (and often caring) presence, the Yankees seem to have been allowed to run pretty much free this season. There were some early season meetings and threats, but Joe Torre and company were given free rein to dig themselves a hole or find a path to glory. With injuries multiplying and high priced stars such as Johnny Damon and Bobby Abreu not earning their keep, things looked bleak for the one hallowed Bronx Bombers. But a stubborn desire to get it right by not purchasing anymore high priced free agents and holding on to top notch young talent like Phil Hughes, Andy Phillips, and Melky Cabrera has paid dividends. The Yanks have been on a tear. They are winning series after series and have just completed a five out of six win road trip against Chicago and Cleveland. With all the hoopla and hysteria over Barry Bonds, the New Yorkers have been able to actually accomplish this all under the media's radar. One has to marvel at the machine the Yankees are. They have an amazing coaching staff, a pitching corps that is starting to become hard to beat, and star players like A-Rod, Jeter, Posada, and Matsui that work in precision type manner. When you see that the team is slowly transitioning to younger talent while maintaining such a high level of success, one must wonder if this Broadway show is ever going to have its lights turned off.