Secondly, the detection of multiple planets demolishes once and for all the lingering doubts of some astronomers that the single planets found around other stars are not planets at all, but small, faint components in otherwise conventional binary star systems.
Once the Yankees look like the Yankees again, they will take their shot, with only one nagging question lingering in the background waiting to be answered: When they do return, will those aging stars have enough left to make a difference?