Yankees utilize bottomless wallet once again…

While doing some blog surfing in the aftermath of what I think is a great American tragedy (the closing of Yankee Stadium) I came across this article.  I thought it was an interesting way for the most hated team in sports to try and boost their image nationwide; what’s $1 million to an organization who spends nearly $200 million a year on its players’ salaries (and will not make the playoffs I might add)???  However, with sentiment surrounding the closing of baseball’s most famous landmark, it may have been a strategically-timed move on the part of the organization—-it should simultaneously provide assistance to a group in dire need, quiet baseball cynics as the season closes for a team with no excuse not to be a perenial playoff contender, and divert attention away from the decision to destroy a valuable piece of American history.  Although as an Orioles fan I find it impossible to not despise the New York Yankees, it is nice to see the Steinbrenner’s  throw some of that seemingly endless cash towards a good and worthy cause…