Buffalo Boy's Blog

This lame ass idea is the very reason why New York City needs to be lopped off this state and be on its own. Make it I don't know, the 51st state and call it the State Full of Stupid Yankee Fans. Of course that wouldn't be fair to the fans who rank two steps higher than Yankee fans, New York Met fans, so lets just call it The Waste State.

The dumb Yankee fans want to build the captain of the New York Yankees, Derek Jeter a bridge and name it after him so that he doesn't leave when he becomes a free agent. It would be 512 feet long and cost $87 million dollars. As if the millions of dollars he will get offered to stay by the Yankees wouldn't be enough.

So instead of building them a monument in Monument Park, lets build them a monument before he retires and earns his way into the Hall of Fame. We still haven't found out if hes on the steroid list, that could change everything.

I say if these idiots want to pool their money to build Jeter a bridge fine, go ahead but here are the rules: A) You don't get one cent of New York State money to build it. Don't even ask B) You don't get federal money either. C) EVERY PENNY that goes to this project comes from the city of New York.

If that is the case then go ahead and waste your $87 million. I just find it really sad that we can find $87 million for that but how many families in New York City are living in poverty? How many are going without food? How many text books and computers could be bought to modernize and equip the New York City schools with that money?

Where is sports going if this is what you have to do to keep a guy on a team? Do the Sabres have to buy Ryan Miller a city block? Should we invest in waterfront real estate to keep Lee Evans a Buffalo Bill? Hell no.

Lets be honest, Derek Jeter has great career numbers but hes no Babe Ruth folks. Your treating him like the greatest Yankee ever, hes no where close to the greatest Yankee ever. I can name 5 right now that were better and always will be: Lou Gherig, Mickey Mantle, Joe Dimaggio, Babe Ruth and Don Mattingly. That doesn't include one pitcher so I would start with Jeter at maybe 8th. Far from deserving a bridge. Save your money and buy it for Mark Messier clearly the greatest New York Ranger of all time.