Ugh. This truly is a dark day for all Yankee haters, and even darker for Red Sox fans. But Saro, I think you might be going a little too far, giving up baseball altogether.
I've always been against a salary cap, but this trade may finally force me to change my mind. It really is outrageous how high their payroll is getting.
That being said, this is obviously a fantastic trade for the Yankees, and as far as I'm concerned a stupid move by the Rangers. If the rumors are true, the Yanks will only pay $16 mill per year for A-Rod. Even in this depressed market, ARod is clearly worth more than that. I don't understand why the Rangers were so desperate to move ARod.

If Derek Jeter really is a team leader and really cares about winning, he will immediately call up Joe Torre and volunteer to move to 3B. This isn't like my idea for the Yanks to get Kaz Matsui, who is still unproven. This is fucking ARod, the best SS since Honus Wagner. And he's won 2 straight Gold Gloves. Even Jeter has to realize that ARod is better with the glove.
According to UZR, the difference between ARod and Jeter defensively is about 4 wins per year. We can probably guess that ARod will be better at third, too, but the difference would probably be signigicantly less because less balls are hit to third. Plus, Jeter's lack of range would probably be less of a problem at third, and his strong arm will help him.