"The Yankees need an aging, slow-footed, full-time DH like they need higher ticket prices. But it was pretty funny to hear David Ortiz wax poetic about the team he killed for so many years because, well, honestly - did you ever think you'd hear a player talk about the Bronx as a place to get away from all the drama?

The late George Steinbrenner would be horrified. Indeed, if The Boss was still running the Yankees, creating back-page drama at every turn, he'd probably jump at the chance sign Ortiz as a way of sticking it to the Red Sox.

These days the Yankees don't think much in terms of theatrics."