You can tell absolutely nothing is happening when stories like this show up as the lead on Yankees.com
The grins had barely faded from Mark Teixeira’s grand introduction when several officials, drawing their paychecks from the busiest club of the winter, cautioned not to expect another major free-agent signing in the Bronx anytime soon.
But with less than six weeks before gates are unlocked at George M. Steinbrenner Field, many fans have hit the Internet banging drums for one more big addition — Manny Ramirez still needs a home, the thinking goes, and the Yankees may need one more big bat.
Never in hot pursuit of Ramirez, the Yankees also have never officially bowed out. The case on one side makes some sense — after all, if you’re going to write $423.5 million in checks for CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Teixeira, what’s one more megadeal?
At some point, the public perception of the Yankees transformed into that of a club playing above the fray, with Monopoly money. But even as a franchise that can call upon financial promises from a new stadium and a prosperous television network to navigate the uncertain economic climate, the Yankees appear to be done making it rain.
There is no question that adding Ramirez to Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez in the heart of the order would create a powerful trio — one that could help end the Yankees’ World Series drought of eight years and counting, alleviating concerns for a lineup counting on strong returns from Jorge Posada and Hideki Matsui.
What you see here is a whole lot of made up stuff to try and make up a story somebody will read. The conclusion is: nope, the Yankees are not signing Manny. Surprise!!!
Spring Training cannot start soon enough.
