Noticing a pattern yet? In fact, you have to go all the way back to President Eisenhower to find a Yankee World Series title during a Republican administration. On the other hand, since the 1920’s, Lyndon Johnson has been the lone Democrat President not to witness a Yankee World Series title in office. All in all, of the 26 New York Yankee World Series titles, 19 have occurred with a Democrat in office, while only 7 have occurred under Republican leadership.

We know that he didn't do any good for the Yankees

I think it’s pretty obvious as to why the Yankees failed to win the World Series during the Bush Administration. President Bush is a former co-owner of the Texas Rangers, an American League rival of the Yankees. It is clear that President Bush struck a secret deal with Bud Selig and Major League Baseball to keep the Yankees from winning. It is unsure whether John McCain will keep that agreement alive, but it is pretty reasonable Obama won’t.

Vote Obama, and the return of Yankee glory will usher in the return of American glory and economic good times. Is it just a coincidence that the last Yankee dynasty occurred smack dab in the middle of one of the greatest economic periods in history? It has been noted that Yankee ace Chien Ming Wang influences the stock market in Taiwan through his successes and failures. The New York Times Freakonomics blog has also noted this phenomenon as well as recognizing the influences that national soccer teams have on the respective economies of their home countries. A Yankee World Series win in 2009 will excite Wall Street and America and jump start this economy.

He may be a die hard fan, but what has he ever done for the Yankees?

If Democrat administrations favor the Yankees, they downright love the Green Bay Packers. The lone Super Bowl of the Brett Favre era occurred during the Clinton Administration, while the Bart Starr era Packers won two Super Bowls, and six NFL Championships during the administrations of FDR, JFK and LBJ. Green Bay saw their first three NFL Championships during the Herbert Hoover and Calvin Coolidge administrations. That’s nine total Packer championships for Democrats, and three for Republicans. If Obama wins today, you might as well go to Vegas and bet on the Packers for this upcoming Super Bowl.

The Chicago Bears may have won their only Super Bowl in 1985 when Reaganomics was in full swing, but they won six prior NFL Championships all during Democratic Administrations, from JFK, through FDR, all the way back to Woodrow Wilson, plus another two for the Republican Herbert Hoover. Likewise the St. Louis Rams won a Super Bowl for Bill Clinton and an NFL Championship for both Truman and FDR.

Now if you are a fan of the Oakland A’s, vote for John McCain. The A’s last saw a World Series for Bush the Elder, had a dynasty going for Richard Nixon, and another Dynasty for William Taft. Then throw in two World Series for Herbert Hoover, and an Obama victory does not bode well for the Athletics.

The San Francisco Giants haven’t won a World Series since back when they were the New York Giants and Ike was in the White House. They won once for FDR, but their other three championships were for Harding and Teddy Roosevelt. To finish off New York, the Mets may have only two World Series titles, but both occurred for Republicans, Nixon and Reagan.

Republican administrations also happen to favor a couple of NFL franchises. The Indianapolis Colts have won Super Bowls for Bush the Junior and Richard Nixon, and NFL Championships for Nixon again and Ike twice. The New England Patriots may not be favored so much by Republicans as they are by President Bush who has seen all three of their Super Bowls. This makes a simple sort of sense, the only organization that likes to spy more than the Bush White House is the Bill Belichick Patriots.

So, does you’re vote complement who you root for?

There are certain players you know you just can’t trust to stay healthy. Carl Pavano is their president, but last year was already the last straw, and the team was not counting on a single inning from him. But there are other players who deserve zero trust going forward as well. Jason Giambi is still a beast when healthy, but he’s basically lost two out of the past four seasons to injure or poor health. He just can’t be counted on to stay healthy. With injuries that have whipped out most of his past two seasons, Phil Hughes may qualify for this classification, but he still has some time to heal up and enjoy a long career.

Baseball Prospectus‘ injury guru Will Carroll has recently written about another type of player teams should be cautious with regarding their future health, the aging iron man. Think Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada. These are players who were previously the epitome of health, but eventually the injury bug strikes. Because these players have so little experience with injuries and rehabilitation, they lack the “skill” to heal that a player who’s been injured a few times in the past have learned. They may also attempt to rush back from injury, further compounding the problem. And of course, Matsui and Posada are getting up there in years, injuries will now lag a little longer than they would on a twenty-seven year old.

Johnny Damon is a similar type player, but rather than suffering a single serious injury, he is slowly dying the death of a thousand small nicks and bumps. For the future the Yankees need to be cautious with Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Mariano Rivera. All three of these players are used to playing full seasons, or in Rivera’s case being amongst the league leaders in relief innings, all three are on the wrong side of 40 and all three will more than likely attempt to rush back prematurely because the team depends on them.

And lastly there are the freak injuries. There is a reason the American League doesn’t require pitchers to run the bases and Chien-Ming Wang discovered why. Joba Chamberlain as a younger pitcher was more susceptible to injury than most, but the Yankees have taken proper caution with his development and use, and yet sometimes injuries just happen.

Going forward Brian Cashman needs to take health into account when building the 2009 Yankees. $200 million can buy a good team only if that team actually takes the field. He needs to let go of aging players with injury flags like Jason Giambi and Bobby Abreu. Both have been healthy this year, but that is no guarantee they will be healthy next. Likewise, Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui should be let go for 2010. Mike Mussina should be thanked for this season and sent on his way as well. Maybe he can pull a Jamie Moyer and throw over 200 innings for the next five seasons, but the odds are against it. It’s worth the risk to offer Andy Pettitte a one year contract, plus he’s a True Yankee®.

Thinking free agents, the Yankees need to target healthy players in their twenties. Luckily, some of the biggest stars in the market, CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira, fit that bill exactly. Despite his health this season, Ben Sheets is not a good consolation prize to Sabathia, nor is Oliver Perez. If Adam Dunn doesn’t resign with Arizona, he could be an interesting alternative to Teixeira as a potential convert to first base, but a position change is also a health risk. Dunn will be only 29 next year, and he’s played at least 150 games the past five years. Theoretically Pat Burrell could be signed and transitioned to first as well, but with three years on Dunn that’s probably not the best idea. Besides, Burrell just seems like a player who’s ready to miss half the season with a knee injury. Needless to say, Milton Bradley and Rocco Baldelli should be avoided like the plague.

If Brian Cashman returns as general manager, he needs to evaluate players with the understanding that health is just as important a skill to the Yankees as contact, defense or throwing power, if not more so.