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Colin Cowherd – 1937 Preseason Monologue
“Watch the Yankees”
Everybody’s laughing at the Yankees again. Last place last year, last place projections, new manager nobody trusts. I get it. The resume doesn’t pop. Greg Campanelli? Anaheim didn’t win with him. Kansas City was a disaster. Hundred losses last year. If you’re just reading the back of the baseball card, you’re out.
But here’s the thing — fit matters more than history.
I’m hearing the same thing from three different people: the players are buying in. Not politely. Buying in. Campanelli works rooms. He doesn’t bulldoze personalities, but he also doesn’t let talent coast. That’s rare. Especially in New York.
And New York doesn’t need a genius. It needs a grown-up.
This team’s been drifting. Too much waiting around for three-run homers, not enough accountability. Campanelli’s not afraid to bunt. He’s not afraid to hit-and-run. He’s not afraid to tell stars, “You’re not above fundamentals.” And sometimes that’s all a sleeping giant needs — structure.
You know what else I like? Anaheim became a powerhouse after he left. That tells me he didn’t poison the well. He built something. Kansas City? Yeah, ugly. But bad organizations stay bad even when you do things right. That’s not always the manager.
And here’s where I’ll go out on a limb.
Everyone’s penciling in Tampa Bay. Boston’s respectable but capped. The Yankees? They’re supposed to finish last again. That’s the assumption. That’s the blind spot.
Watch out.
I’m not saying World Series. I’m saying relevance. I’m saying competitive games in September. I’m saying this team plays harder than you expect, runs more than you expect, and wins games they “shouldn’t.”
This is my dark horse.
Not to be good.
To surprise you.
And when the Yankees are competent again — even just competent — the league feels it.
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