You get what you pay for

The Yankees proved again that you get what you pay for. They are scratching the check for the league's most expensive first baseman, third baseman, short stop, catcher, starting pitcher and relief pitcher. And yesterday, they won their 27-Th championship after a break of almost a decade behind all those horses. We expected the Yankees to win it all from day 1 of this season - or any other season for that matter. And then we spend the rest of the season hoping they won't win. This is what the sport of baseball has come down to these days. Yankees and 2 or 3 other teams spend all the money and accumulate all the talent. If that talent comes through, they win. If not, they go out and spend more money and accumulate more expensive talent next year. The rest of us just watch this spectacle with a profound sense of detachment.

This year, the Yankees stars delivered in the playoffs and they closed the deal. C.C.Sabathia and A-Rod were awesome. Mo, Jeter and Pettitte were their usual self and only Tex was a little down in the World Series. Hideki Matsui became the first Japanese-born player to win the World Series MVP award and we almost forget this guy in that roster. I guess he only hit .615 in the World Series and why would anybody talk about him? The Phillies played well and gave us some interesting moments, but Chase Utley could only take them so far all by himself. Ryan Howard was no good in this series and they absolutely need the big guy. Their pitching was good, but not as good as the Yankees outside of Cliff Lee. In game 6, Pedro had nothing to offer. Everybody was his daddy on this day. Cole Hamels finally got his wish and the season ended.

It was an interesting season for A-Rod for sure. He started with a full-blown steroid scandal and hit rock bottom in terms of his image and popularity. Ironically, this is the season he finally comes through in the playoffs and the Yankees win it all. Now the fans will finally start embracing him as a hero. Thats how unpredictable life is. Finally the half a billion dollar man has one championship. Lets see if he gets more. The new Yankee stadium has also come on board in style. In other MLB news, San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum is facing misdemeanor marijuana charges following a traffic stop in his home state Washington. I am normally not too exited or surprised by such news about athletes, but his one is shocking! Lincecum looks like a 12 year old and I can't believe he actually drives a car.

In the NBA, I am happy with what I have seen so far in the Phoenix Suns. They are 4-1 and are looking good. Steve Nash is carrying the team and he might be playing better than even his 2 MBA MVP seasons. They were undefeated, but then Orlando on the road on a back to back night killed them. This team will probably be bad on most of it's back to back nights given the age and the playing style. But so far, everybody is doing great. Hill and Nash are looking very good, Amare is coming around and Channing Frye and Jared Dudley are godsend for this team! Frye will probably never be as good as Shaq, but for this team he is a much better fit. This team might be better than what experts were saying initially. Tomorrow, they are playing one of the 2 undefeated teams, the Boston Celtics. If the Suns want to make statement, this is the game to do so. The other undefeated team in the league is Denver and they are good too. The Cavs are just 3-3. A .500 record is probably good enough to get into the playoffs in the L-East, but thats not what the Cavs are playing for. They better start putting up some numbers.