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The Beginning Of The End & Changes For Tonytalkssports

Tomorrow it will be official: Mariano Rivera will be retiring at the end of this baseball season. How fitting that with the 2013 season looking to be one of the worst in recent Yankee history, Major League Baseball's greatest relief pitcher is ready to call it quits. It's rather unfortunate that the team he plays for has done nothing to put itself in a position to get another World Series title for him.

The Yankees made a conscious decision to let Russell Martin, Nick Swisher, Eric Chavez and Raul Ibanez leave the Bronx. While one can make an argument that this was the right thing to do, the problem is that the Yankees did nothing to replacement these players. You see they believed that the team had enough firepower to still win. Well, they didn't count on Mark Teixera and Curtis Granderson to be out of action until mid-May. By that time, it may be too late.

I will be shocked and stunned if the Yankees make the playoffs this year. I'll go one step further, it may be a stretch for them to win more than 85 games. The person I hold responsible for this is Brian Cashman. He has done absolutely nothing to provide quality depth for this team to sustain injuries which will take place when you have the oldest team in baseball. In addition, the farm system that he heads up is years away from producing any bona fide major league ball players.

Yankee fans get ready for the worst season that this team has had since the late 80's. Smugness and arrogance reigns supreme in the Bronx and it will be interesting to see how long it will take to wipe the smugness off the faces of Levine, Trost and Cashman.
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Because of my work responsibilities, posting in the morning has been increasingly difficult. So starting this evening, my new posts will be published in the evening. Tuesday's Thoughts will continue and will be posted Tuesday evening. I am also going to dedicate a day each week to comment on either the Yankees, Maple Leafs, Browns or Knicks. A lot will be determined if one of the team's had a game that night. If that happens the post will be about the game.

I hope you still are able to follow tonytalkssportsblog.