My Thoughts on Some Recent Tweets (X)
- Paul Semendinger
- 6 hours ago
- 2 min read
by Paul Semendinger
February 21, 2026
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My Thoughts - So, in essence, if Aaron Judge was a writer for SSTN over the winter, he would have been saying what many of us we saying, "These are the Yankees, they need to get the players they need."
Judge then makes sure he doesn't say too much, he's an organizational guy who doesn't create controversy, but he said the quiet part out loud - the Yankees no longer operate like the Yankees and that frustration impacts the players as well as the fans.
My Thoughts - This is example 45,765,231 of how to set up a player for failure. This, though, might be the worst case of this ever. He will hit like Judge, run like De La Cruz, and catch like Molina???!!! Come on, the kid just signed. Why didn't they say he is faster than a speeding bullet? "Superman? No way, this kid is better." Ridiculous.
My Thoughts - How cool is this? Lou Gehrig as a football player at Columbia. I love it.
My Thoughts - How about we let Lagrange be Lagrange and leave it at that?
My Thoughts - It wouldn't be spring without articles like this. I remember reading one spring that Tim Leary looked as good or better than any pitcher - ever. (Or something like that.)
My Thoughts - Today the Yankees have Aaron Judge, the modern day Babe Ruth. By and large Judge is expected to carry the Yankees in 2026.
But when the Yankees had Babe Ruth, even back then, they didn't say, "We have the great hitter, he should carry the team alone," they still went out and gathered more great players. They signed Lou Gehrig from Columbia. They signed Tony Lazzeri out of the Pacific Coast League. They found Bill Dickey and signed him off waivers. On and on. The goal was greatness. They didn't say, "We just want to be a little better than the other teams in the league," they wanted to be the absolute best.
For the Yankees, those days are no longer and it's a shame.
My Thoughts - Well, here we go. It has started. I'm not optimistic about the 2026 Yankees. That being said, I know some very knowledgeable fans who believe this Yankees team can be special. In the end, this is why they play the games. It would be nice, finally, to see a World Championship in 2026. Let's see where this all goes.
Let's Go Yankees!
(And the TV schedule...)
