C.C. Sabathia Deal is not Penny Wise but Pound Foolish

Every few years the Yankees get stung in pitching. I predict that the rumored deal with C.C. Sabathia will sting worse then any before. To spend $160 million for a 7 year deal on Sabathia is pure stupidity. Yes he can pitch, but for how long?

Sabathia has a weight issue. He has talent, but the extra baggage around his middle will eventually wear on his talent and his body. I would not have made the deal. I would offered him 3 years at $15 million a year and NutriSystem.

When the Yankees made a "great deal" with Jason Giambi, it backfired on them. In the end, amid Jason, PHD issues, the Yankees got stuck with s mediocre player. No one would touch the contract to acquire Giambi. I see similar issues coming down the road for C.C, only not steroids, cardio meds for when his CHF kicks in from his weight issues.

The Winter Meetings this year are in Las Vegas. The Yankees are acting like they are already there. They are gambling big money on someone who does not value health.

There are many things I can say about the money given to Alex Rodriquez, Derek Jeter or Roger Clemens, but come their due, they were fit and looked like baseball players. C.C. looks like he should be doing a stint on ABC's "According to Jim" Come to think of it Jim Belushi looks to be in better shape than C.C. Sabathia.

Sabathia is too unfit to even be in the NFL.

Here we go again, can anyone say Kevin Brown.............................. Really Cash haven't you learned anything yet?

Another Fine Mess

In the most recent acts of stupidity of an athlete, NJ Giants Plaxico Burress shot himself in his own leg with his own gun while at a nightclub in NYC on Friday night. Not only that he got NY Giants teammate Antonia Pierce to hide the gun from the police.

1. If you need a gun for protection, then hire a body guard who is licensed to carry a weapon.
2. 
   If you need a gun at a particular nightspot because you feel for your safety, then stay home.
4. If you have to be stupid and shoot yourself, be a man, an down up to it, don't get teammates in on the cover up and don't stand before a judge and plead not guilty to the charges.

Personally I think the Giants should suspend Plaxico for the rest of the season without pay. Actually he should be dismissed from the league and sent to the home for those athletes without a brain. He's be in good company, he would join Michael Vic and Terrill Owens. I am sure there is a fourth out there so they could round a fourth for bridge.

What type of example are these supposed rule models think they are setting? They set a bad example.

It's time the sports leagues, owners and players did something about the behavior of their athletes. Bad behavior in business will get someone fired, even a top performer. Why is this not carried over into professional sports?

Are we required to reward the stupid? No we are not.

As to Plaxico, be a man for once in your life, change your please to guilty because you are stupid. Then go on air and make a public apology to your team and to your sport. You have 60 minutes of fame every week of football season, isn't that enough? Do you need to be on the crime blotter as well as the sports page.

In the end Plaxico was not schedule to play this week, but his act of stupidity got him more press then the Giants got for their crushing defeat of the Redskins on Sunday.

Now isn't that a fine mess mess you have gotten into Plaxico?