A-Rod back with the Yankees?

I got home late tonight/early this morning (after a flight from Denver in which the woman sitting next to me had a little 2 year old boy who decided he wanted to sleep on Uncle Alan's lap for the 3 hour plus flight) to the news that A-Rod has approached the Yankees without his agent Scott Boras about coming back to the Yankees and basically owning up to miscalculating the market and not doing right by the Yanks.  Supposedly he wants to finish his career a Yankee.  He and the Yankees are reportedly close to a 10 year, 275 million dollar deal.  Only the Yankees can provide such drama (and it would appear such money).  So in spite of the Mets, Dodgers, Angels and Boston being mentioned, it looks like the best statistical player in the game will be coming back to play in pinstripes.  Red Sox fans I am sure will be up in arms over this one.  I think they like talking about what the Yankees do and don't do, more than they like talking about their own team.

In the meantime, I don't know what to think.  My son Landon is a huge A-Rod fan, but even he recognized a money-hungry, selfish move for what it was and Landon is only 8.  Do we just chalk it up to bad advice from his over confident, svengali like agent and hope that he will start hitting in the post-season?  Should we open our arms and welcome him back to the fold, knowing that one day he and Derek Jeter will have plaques next to Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio and Mantle?  Hey, man we are the NY Yankees and why shouldn't the best hitting regular season player be on our team.  So Sox fans, eat your hearts out! Looks like you will have 10 years to boo A-Rod in pinstripes.