re pleasant yankee surprises in article apr alleg edu luriem alleg edu michael lurie the liberalizer writes actually i kind of liked the abott trade we did trade the rookie of the year snow but with don mattingly at first for another years why bother i d be willing to make two wagers snow doesn t win roy mattingly is out of baseball within five years i m skeptical of the first because i don t think snow is that good a player and he is on a losing team i m skeptical of the second because of his back mattingly is this year and how many players play until they are not too many and most of them didn t have chronic back problems when they were could be wrong on either or both but i think that s the smart way to bet cheers valentine
