That’s working out really well so far, isn’t it?

Interesting article from Will Leitch¹ today on how the Yankees’ habit of luring superstars has actually turned into an advantage for the Yankees, because now other teams are being forced to pay NY prices for their top talent, when really only the Bronx Nine can afford to do so.

I think, in the main, he’s absolutely correct. The Yankees have the most revenue in Major League Baseball by a large margin, and can afford to hand out the kinds of contracts that other teams really shouldn’t. And I think he’s right about how that applies to Joe Mauer in the sense that, if something happens to Joe, the Twins are indeed toast.

However, I think he’s wrong about how much the Yankees would have paid if Mauer had been on the open market. Given the gap between Baby J and the rest of the talent pool, I think the Yankees would have opened up the wallet to make sure he ended up in pinstripes. Obviously we’ll never know, but that’s my two bits.

Regardless, yet again another competitive advantage goes the Yankees’ way. We can only hope they’ll compensate with more bad ideas like the ‘Joba Rules’.

I was lucky enough to attend the very first regular season game at Target Field, as well as two other games during the week. I sat in 3 very different parts of the stadium and spent a lot of time walking around. While there have been a ton of posts on the internet regarding Target Field, I still have the audacity to think that my thoughts are valuable.
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I go to the downtown Target once or twice a week to stock the work fridge with healthy (or relatively speaking ‘healthier’) snacks. I’ve worked my ass off (almost literally) over the last two years, and I enjoy being fitter, happier, more productive. So yeah, nothing too crazy. Stock up on some yogurt, milk, granola bars. Try to pack my own lunch most days, and if not, find a nice-looking sandwich to bring home.

Which is exactly why I’m baffled by my instincts each and every time I pass the rack of 99 cent bags of Doritos. I’m a rational adult. I can pretty quickly make the call that a bag of Doritos is the epitome of ‘empty calories’. If you were to put a Dorito section into the food pyramid, it would be in the group that represents the slave labor that built the food pyramid. Still, I want to buy and eat them, and it’s a fairly intense wanting.

So I resist, and resist some more. But I can empathize with people who just can’t seem to stop eating [problem food x]. Stay strong, friends, you can do it.

‘Kick-Ass’ star, 19, engaged to 43-year-old was the headline. Now I’m not one to look down my nose at older women scooping up younger men. The double standard of older men and young women has been in place far too long.

But dude… you really could do better. It’s one thing for a young guy to hook up with Demi Moore… but really? She’s more than twice your age, and has a daughter 6 years younger than you.

Just creepy no matter how you look at it.