The Last Piece of the Puzzle

To paraphrase, Smith said the Yanks should quit messing around with their half-evil persona and tack another 70 million bills onto their 430 million-dollar spree and make it happen, sticking it to Boston and everyone else.  If you're going to be evil, Smith reasons, be evil all the way.  When you're north of 400 large to begin with, what's a straight half-billion? Be evil and win.  

Don't think for a second that I approve of the Yankees team-assembling (notice I did not say team-building) model.  I don't. I think it's the soulless, gutless antithesis of baseball's finest points. That said, Stephen A. is right about at least one thing:  the Yankees are so obviously committed to this way of doing business and have been for so long, why not finish it?  Why not embrace the role of villain fully and see how far it gets you?

As a Yankees hater, I'm all for the narrative that sets them up as the team everyone loves to hate.  Adding Manny to their piecemeal All-Star review only makes it sweeter, especially when they still don't win this year.