Champion Yankees Ready For Repeat

The World Champion New York Yankees have arrived at training camp, and are set, and ready to rock and roll on pursuing the franchises 28th championship.

Gone are Johnny Damon, Melkey Cabrera and Hideki Matsui. In are Curtis Granderson, Javier Vazquez and Nick Johnson. The Yankees off-season was addition by subtraction. Granderson give the Yankees a legit center fielder, who is young, 30, and can hit home runs and steal bases. Johnson, a former Yankee prospect, will take over the DH roll for the popular Matsui, who won the World Series by himself in Game Six.

There will be pressure to win it all again, there always is in Yankee land. Plus much has been made in recent weeks about the clubs reluctance to negotiate extensions for Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and manager Joe Girardi. However the club's M.O. is to not discuss contracts until the season is over, this one is just beginning.

Jeter, Rivera and Girardi will get paid in due time, they have earned it.

The Yankees only concerns in camp is to see who will be the fifth starter between Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes. The loser gets to set up for Rivera this season; not a bad cons elation prize if you ask me. They have to find out if Vazquez can pitch in New York. Last time he was a Yankee in 2004, Vazquez was a complete bust, highlighted by his dreadful performance in the 2004 ALCS. And they have to figure out whether to lead off with Granderson, or move him down in the order.

YAWN! Boring! But when you win a World Series, a boring Spring Training is actually a good thing.