Johnson over Beltran, Yankees Mistake?
I was just reading this article over at ESPN about whether the Evil Empire of the Yankees is collapsing. Bob Klapisch brings up some good points about the Emperor himself, Steinbrenner being addicted, in a sense, to getting Randy Johnson. So much so that when Carlos Beltran offered his services at a $10 million discount to the Boss, he wasn’t even interested.
Flash forward to now and we have Bernie Williams on the bench, John Lieber in Philly, Jared Wright (Lieber’s replacement) on the DL, Kevin Brown still a Yankee (WOW— I’m as shocked as anyone, especially since his ERA is over 8 ), Johnson in pinstripes and Tony Womack in left field. What happened to that wonderul team that the Bombers had on paper?