Why would the Yankees sign Nick Johnson when Hideki Matsui signed with the Angels for $1 million more?
It’s not like Johnson is going to be anything other than a designated hitter, because the Yankees already have two first basemen in Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher. — Daniel E., Great Neck, N.Y. Simply put, this is where the business side comes in, and it’s not always a whole lot of fun. Matsui was a terrific Yankees player for seven years, but the writing was on the wall as early as Spring Training that no matter what he did in 2009, chances were that New York was not going to bring him back.
