ESPN.com - MLB - A-Rod to get Big Apple introduction Tuesday: "NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez is coming back to New York, the city he left when he was 4, and moving onto the biggest stage in town -- Yankee Stadium.
Baseball's highest-paid player, and perhaps its most talented, was finally and officially dealt to the New York Yankees from Texas on Monday after commissioner Bud Selig approved the record-setting swap.

'I'm pretty excited. This is a big, big one,' Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said at the team's minor league complex in Tampa, Fla.
'It ranks with when we signed Reggie,' he said, a reference to slugger Reggie Jackson."

Spring training begins this week, and Steinbrenner has gathered the Gods of Baseball to his Mount Olympus. An astounding deal. I'm an Orioles fan, and expect the O's to perform above 0.500 (at the minimum) this season, but it may be that we'll only busting our behinds to contend with the Red Sox for the wild-card berth.