It is April 1. As I write this I can look out the window at blooming forsythias and fat robins hopping in too green grass.
In three days, baseball starts for real with my team opening in Fenway Park. The New York Yankees are the greatest team in the history of the game and begin the new year defending their 27th world title.
But as an undying, but objective, fan of the Yankees, they will not win their 28th title in 2010 and they will not repeat as victors of the AL East.
This is a weaker team than we saw last year and three of their rivals in the most powerful division in baseball got better over the winter.
The Yankees start the year with a shortstop who will be 36 in June, a catcher who will be 39 in August, and a closer who turned 40 in November. They have one starter who has never ...
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Article written by Perry Arnold
MLB 2010 Preview: New York Yankees Will Not Repeat and Will Not Win AL East
Posted: 1st April 2010 by Perry Arnold in MLBComments Off on MLB 2010 Preview: New York Yankees Will Not Repeat and Will Not Win AL East