What will King George do now?

Carlos Beltran to play centerfield?

Or how about Kevin Brown to Atlanta for Andruw Jones to replace Bernie in center?

Or will they go after Randy Johnson somehow?

Or just throw cash at the likes of Carl Pavano, Brad Radke, and of course Pedro Martinez, Derek Lowe, and Jason Varitek.

Today marks the beginning of George Steinbrenner's favorite season: The hot htove baseball season. Where money is now object (to the Yankees at least) and the Yankees can make daily backpage headlines.

Like how Bernie would welcome Beltran to the Yanks and how Posada would welcome Pedro. Although who knows if Posada is even going to be back with the Yankees with the Varitek rumors running rampant.

And one thing I don't get, if the Yankees are willing to pay Kevin Brown to not be a Yankee next season, then why aren't they willing to pay Jason Giambi to be an Oakland A so they can get their hands on one of their "Big 3" pitchers?

Or maybe it's just that Billy Beane has moved away from OPS and has embraced the ever expanding world of defensive metrics and we all know that defense isn't Giambi's strong point? Although, I'm starting to wonder what Giambi's strong point is right now since he's shrunken up quicker than a grape left out in the Las Vegas sun ever since BALCO became the most famous co-op in all of sports.

All I really want are a few guys that don't mentally break down like Brown, or the guy the Yankees dumped on the Dodgers to get Brown.

And a few guys that don't choke on the big stage like pretty much every Yankee did in Games 4 through 7 against the Mini-Mevil Empire.

Although, I wouldn't shed a tear if George went insane over the loss to the Sox and decided to put Varitek, Martinez, Lowe, and Mia's pookie as the first 4 items that Cashman has to pick up at the store.

I'd love to hear the Fenway Faithful's response to that opening day lineup for the Yanks.