This and That

With the Holidays last week, I did not get any writing done.  I figured instead of writing a handful of different articles about everything that happened, I would just catch up with one big This and That column so here it is.  Let’s dive into everything notable since Xmas. 

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The 2024 Yankees

How big of a Yankee fan am I?  Well, I have been a die hard, life long 49ers fan.  They played in the Superbowl this Sunday.  For the last 2 weeks since the NFC Championship game all I could think about was…. the Yankees line up.  As excited as I was for the 49ers and how badly I wanted them to win, with pitchers and catcher reporting this week, the only thing on my mind is the Yankees batting order and how bad Boone and company are going to screw it up. 

It’s been established that they plan on batting Juan Soto second and Aaron Judge 3rd.  Even Judge mentioned it at an event he was at.  This blows my mind.  For the last 2 seasons all we heard about from anyone around the Yankees, reporters, fans, etc, is that the Yankees need someone to bat behind Judge.  They need to get Judge some protection so teams can’t pitch around him.  So they go out and actually get Juan Soto, which I have been calling for since he was on Washington, and they want to bat him in front of Judge.  Really??!?  After 2 years, we finally get a guy and they want to bat him ahead of Judge. 

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