Well I guess technically everyday is a great day to be a Yankee, but today is even better.  Me and my Yankee fan buddies (above) are already cracking open the champagne to celebrate in all likelihood, World Series #27.

First they robbed the Tigers blind in trading Kyle Farnsworth, who was pitching well of late but still sucks, for an everyday Hall of Fame catcher in Pudge Rodriguez.  Granted Pudge is not the same Pudge as he was in the late 90’s, but everybody knows this is a huge upgrade over Jose Molina who was an automatic out a.k.a. “The Varitek” of the Yankee order.  Now add Pudge to the bottom of that lineup and I’ll certainly take my chances with Damon-Jeter-Abreu-Arod-Giambino-Nady-Cano-Pudge-Cabrera.  Is that the best lineup in baseball? I don't know whose is better top to bottom.

And obviously reason #2 why today is a great day to be a Yankee, their arch rivals just traded away the best right-handed hitter in the last 30 years, and career Yankee killer to boot, for some guy on the Pirates. 

Jason Bay has been a productive hitter in meaningless National League games with nobody paying attention, sure, but something tells me Joba Chamberlain and Company would rather have him waiting on deck behind David Ortiz than Manny Ramirez in the late innings of a big game.  Actually, other than Donnie Baseball, I can't think of anyone I would dread seeing more in a pressure situation than Manny.

The bottom line is Red Sox fans can argue all day whether or not this was the right move – but as a Yankee fan, undoubtedly this is a great day.  Anytime the Red Sox get worse, means the Yankees just got better.