I can't believe the picture that I have chosen for today's post. Do you know how many times it has been sent to me over the years? Well today I think that it is appropriate:
"Alex wants the Yankees to be a part of this, because the opt-out was not done with the intention of saying goodbye to the Yankees," said the source. "Alex wants to see what his market value is, but that doesn't mean he necessarily wants to leave the Yankees."
Let me start by again giving a hearty F-YOU to both A-Rod and Boras. What this sounds like is that some of the negotiations with the other clubs A-Rod hoped to bank rob aren't going as well as he and Boras had hoped. I'm guessing that they are starting to realize that they screwed themselves by opting out before they even gave Cashman the courtesy of a face to face meeting and there may be a real possibility that A-Rod will actually end up making less than he did last year as a result. Oh how I would love that!
So that begs the question should the Yankees consider renegotiating with Stray-Rod? HELL NO!! I was actually trying to formulate an argument as to why it might not be a bad idea...that was before I read this:
The question posed to Boras was why Rodriguez's regular-season numbers haven't translated to postseason success.
"That's a characterization that, when you look at the data, is frankly inaccurate," Boras said. "If you look at Alex's first season in New York, I believe he was 7-for-16 with two home runs and five RBIs going into Game 4 in Boston.
"The brilliant Mariano Rivera, probably the only flaw he's made in a historic career over the postseason*, if he got those three outs (in the ninth inning of Game 4), Alex would have been in the World Series and he would have been held to have a great postseason.
Hold the phone there BorASS, are you actually trying to go after Mariano as an excuse for A-Rod? You have got to be kidding me! As Julie pointed out in the comments a few days ago, here are Choke-Rod's post season stats for the last few years:
2007 - .267
2006 - .071
2005 - .133
2004 - .258
You can compare other players post season statistics if you want, but its not relevant, we are strictly talking about Choke-Rod's performance. So what happened in 2005 and 2006? Did Rivera steal A-Rod's Teddy Bear or something? My point is not only is he not worth the money, he isn't worth the bad vibes he brings to the team.
From everything that I have read lately I get the impression that MLB is anxious to make Boras look like an idiot, and the players union probably isn't going to go to the mattresses to protect a guy like A-Rod. Honestly, who does Boras think he is? Where does he get off calling Selig and recommending switching the format of the World Series to 9 games, two of which would be in neutral cities? He wants to make the World Series into the Superbowl and the Homerun Derby into some sort of circus side show where the players make extra money for participating. He is an agent, not an owner or even a player. He is bad for the game and a public lynching would be good for all of us.
* I hate to say this but apparently he forgot what happened in game 7 of the 2001 World Series.
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Sounds like the Yankees need to get their shit together. Bruce almighty is FINALLY talking bad about Fag-Rod, Torre signs with the shittyass Dodgers for LESS than what the Yankees offered! Torre must really see bad things coming down the road to pack his bags for a major pay cut. As a true Red Sox fan i never talk poorly about our players, granted the Sox are smarter than Cashman and Jewbrener example being they dont pay 1 player more money for a half season than entire teams get paid for a full season. (Clemens). What was the last great purchase the Yankees picked up? Abreu? Pavano? Clemens? Giambi? Johnson? Pettitte? Girardi maybe? How many times is this gonna happen? Smaten up Jewbrener!! Its not about the money, its about being smarter then everyone else! Example, David Ortiz, Papelbon, Lowell, Ellsbury, Beckett, Okajima, Pedroia, Keilty, Youkilis, should i go on? Not 1 of these players is making over $14 million! In fact only Ortiz is making over $10 million a year!! The Red Sox have only 5 players making $10 million or more. Yankees...11! Coco Crisp made just over $3 million in 2007, Johnny Damon made a handsome $13 million. Same position, both lead off hitters. I challenge you Bruce to compare their 2007 stats and explane to me why Damon makes $13 million a year.
Damon:
93 Runs
144 Hits
27 2B
2 3B
12 HR
63 RBI
27 SB
.270 BA
Coco
85 Runs
141 Hits
28 2B
7 3B
6 HR
60 RBI
28 SB
.268 BA
Now are 6 HR, 3 RBI and 7 Runs worth $10 million more a year?! What a bunch of fag jews! Oh, tell your mom i said hi.
PS Torre didn't leave because of the money he left because he wanted more than one year, and I think he had every right to do that.
Anyway- AROD had his chance.
Let him go to the National League and see how he does there.
Can we talk about someone else??
:)
Oh and the Red Sox payroll is getting up there too so none of you "true" fans will have that to toss around anymore.
amazing!! i provide you with an excellent argument and neither you Bruce, nor Julie can respond to anything other than Torre wants more years and the Red Sox payroll is getting up there too.
Yankees: $195,229,o45
Red Sox: $143,123,714
Mets: $116,115,819
thats roughly $51 million more than the Red Sox. Which is also higher than 5 major league teams total salary. Believe it or not, there are 7 teams with payrolls over $100 million. as to the flaws in my comments, everything i wrote is nothing but facts. i didn't leave room for flaws. unless you wanna comment on why Torre left again, cause thats obviously the main point of the above post.
Q: Sounds like the Yankees need to get their shit together. Bruce almighty is FINALLY talking bad about ***-Rod, Torre signs with the shittyass Dodgers for LESS than what the Yankees offered! Torre must really see bad things coming down the road to pack his bags for a major pay cut.
A: First of all If you have read this blog at all you would know that I have always taken the position that I don’t care for A-Rod very much and that I never thought of him as a true Yankee. His numbers are something entirely different, so anyone in their right mind would have to respect that aspect of his game (with the exception of his postseason appearances in pinstripes). However, his departure, or at least at the point his ASSUMED departure has everything to do with greed and hypocrisy so of course my disdain for the guy is amplified now more than ever.
Second, Torre’s departure and subsequent signing with the Dodgers has nothing to do with seeing bad things coming down the road or money, it has everything to do with respect. Remember Torre grew up in New York, this isn’t a vendetta against the Yankees, it’s a result of mistimed disrespectful statements from Stienbrenner. This isn’t anything new though, he has always done that. But to tell you the truth, Torre’s exit is probably the best thing that could happen for the Yankees right now. Girardi will be a much better manager given the make up of excellent young players and battle tested veterans. Honestly, Torre never the greatest manager in the world either.
Q: As a true Red Sox fan i never talk poorly about our players, granted the Sox are smarter than Cashman and ***brener example being they dont pay 1 player more money for a half season than entire teams get paid for a full season. (Clemens). What was the last great purchase the Yankees picked up? Abreu? Pavano? Clemens? Giambi? Johnson? Pettitte? Girardi maybe? How many times is this gonna happen? Smaten up ***brener!! Its not about the money, its about being smarter then everyone else! Example, David Ortiz, Papelbon, Lowell, Ellsbury, Beckett, Okajima, Pedroia, Keilty, Youkilis, should i go on? Not 1 of these players is making over $14 million! In fact only Ortiz is making over $10 million a year!! The Red Sox have only 5 players making $10 million or more. Yankees...11! Coco Crisp made just over $3 million in 2007, Johnny Damon made a handsome $13 million. Same position, both lead off hitters.
A: But as a “true Red Sox fan” you make comments that make no sense and are mired in un-navigable conjunction.
The Red Sox are smarter than Cashman and Steinbrenner? Really? How much did you guys pay for JD Drew this year? And are you really making an argument for Coco Crisp, because that is just hilarious. You’re wrong, it isn’t about being smarter than everyone else, it’s about good scouting, keeping players healthy, and hoping that they work out. It isn’t rocket science.
Clemens was a mistake, and Damon is starting to break down, but so are Manny and Ortiz. Players get older, there is no way to ever tell when they will start to decline. Look at Jorge Posada, who would have ever imagined a 36 year old catcher would have such a great year at that age.
You aren’t making any persuasive arguments here. Do the Yankees spend a lot of money? Of course, do the Red Sox spend a lot too, you bet. There is nothing to the payroll argument anymore. The Marlins and Angels proved that years ago. What it sounds like is that you are happy that you won the World Series, and you should be. But if you are going to comment in the future please use well thought out arguments, or at least keep the derogatory comments to a minimum. That way we can all just laugh at you, like I am sure everyone else you know does all the time.
Let me say I am personally sorry to anyone who may have been offended by his or her comments. I don't appreciate crap like this on my blog.
"as to the flaws in my comments, everything i wrote is nothing but facts. i didn't leave room for flaws. unless you wanna comment on why Torre left again, cause thats obviously the main point of the above post"
your entire post was what i called you on!! thats histarical! you couldn't comment on why Damon makes $10 million more a year than Coco Crisp, yet they have indentical stats. if you wanna break it down to fielding percentages we can do that too! here we go, let me know if you dont understand what i'm writing.
Crisp:
FPCT(fielding perct.) .997
ERA(errors) 2
DP(fielding double plays) 7
Assists(outfield assists) 10
RF(range factor) 3.07
Damon:
FPCT .968
ERA 3
DP(noodle arm, & he played 10 games at 1st base) 1!
Assists(noodle arm) 3!
RF(noodle arm) 2.77
all scouts look at the stats i have provided you, both fielding and batting.
Now please!! explane to me why Johnny Damon makes $10 million dollars more a year. PLEASE!!
just so you know, i think the Sox should keep Ellsbury instead of Crisp. So i'm obviously not a huge Coco fan. But i am a fan!
oh, i almost forgot about your comment on "good scouting", and "rocket science". do you really want to go there? obviously "good scouting" would have pointed out Coco's numbers and said they're identical to Damons, BUT he's younger!!!!!!!! so either the "good scouting" did notice Coco and STEINbrener and Cashman are complete idiots and decided to sign someone for $10 million dollars more than they should have. OR, they Yankees have morons for scouts. You tell me Bruce.
lets see...what next...OH! J.D. Drew, ya he gets paid $14.4 million, but that only puts him 6th highest paid player on the Yankees. He's probably gonna be paid more than he's worth, but atleast he's not a headache like Alex Rodriguez. Drew shuts his mouth, comes to the park, TRYS to play his best(sometimes its not good enough) and sometimes he gets 6 RBI's in a game along with a grand slam. Oh wait, that was a post season game, so those stats don't count. Here's one that does, he's part of a back to back to back to back home runfest off nonother than the Yankees. Red Sox have 1 over priced player on there team, who many over priced players are on the Yankees?
Sorry, back to the Damon thing, you said,
"Clemens was a mistake, and Damon is starting to break down, but so are Manny and Ortiz."
well if its commen knowledge that Damon is starting to break down, why did they sign him for 4 years? seems dumb to me, but what do i know. just so you know Manny's in a contract year and Ortiz just signed a 4 year deal 2006. same salary that Johnny Damon got. I'd rather pay $52 million to Ortiz over 4 years than Johnny Damon. But again, what do i know.
i'm not making a payroll argument, i'm making a smartness argument. it seems obvious to me that STEINbrener and Cashman aren't making the smartess contracts. but what do i know.
great call on picking up the $16 million dollar option on a slightly above average player. funny thing about Abreu's numbers and Drew's numbers. there almost identical when they signed with their teams. Drew in 2006, and Abreu in 2007. Yet Drew still makes less. but what do i know, i'm just an "ass, homophob, anti-semit disgrace for a Red Sox fan"
and aparently those scouting reports that i read mean nothing compared to the word of Bruce almighty and his little minions!!
i just noticed your latest post. looks like you might be a little smarter than the front office of your favotite team. i'm shocked! i didn't think you had it in you to look at stats and reports. i figured you for a guy that wants to know a lot about baseball but lacks the motavation to learn. so you sit around a tv at your local bar drinking PBR or Natty light hanging on every word those 2 annoying guys on sports center read. you also mentioned Damon, hummmmm. its okay, you dont have to say i'm right. and why would you need Hunter? you have Matsui, Damon and Abreu. The most expensive outfield that produces average numbers!! no need for Hunter, let someone else use him for 6 more years, than the Yankees can sign him to a 10 year $500 million dollar contract.
Bruce, i would love to hear what you have to say to my last comment. If you have time, please enlighten me.
What are you asking me here? Your first comments were about Torre and A-Rod which I answered. What do you want me to say, that I wish Damon has played as well as I had hoped he would? Of course I would have. But if you are trying to make an argument that Coco Crisp is the next all star I'm sorry but you are just flat wrong. Give me a question that I haven't answered and I'll entertain it.
I said
"just so you know, i think the Sox should keep Ellsbury instead of Crisp. So i'm obviously not a huge Coco fan. But i am a fan!
oh, i almost forgot about your comment on "good scouting", and "rocket science". do you really want to go there? obviously "good scouting" would have pointed out Coco's numbers and said they're identical to Damons, BUT he's younger!!!!!!!! so either the "good scouting" did notice Coco and STEINbrener and Cashman are complete idiots and decided to sign someone for $10 million dollars more than they should have. OR, they Yankees have morons for scouts. You tell me Bruce"
Clearly i am not saying or implying that Coco is or ever will be a superstar. Let me put it in lamens terms for you, cause you seem to need it painted in black and white. Even though i posed a question to you. My argument is is that Brian Cashman and George Steinbrener make horrible player contract offers. $13 million a year for a player that has identical numbers to average or below average player is a BAD choice. Heres the question, since you brought up "good scouting", who do you think it was that decided to go after Johnny Damon so aggresivly? Was it the "good scouting" or Cashman and Steinbrener? On a similar note, i'll ask AGAIN, if its commen knowledge that Johnny Damon is breaking down like YOU claimed, who do YOU think it was that agreed to the 4 year deal? And why do you think they would agree to it?
Now, you couldn't or wouldn't answer my questions the first time i asked you. Which leads me to believe that either you agree with me and are afraid to admit it, or your a fair weather fan that just acts like he knows a lot about baseball and is using this forum as a way to make himself feel valued and respected. I'm not trying to cut you down in any way, i happen to enjoy reading your blogs. But theres something about you that isn't adding up. You rarly if ever give direct answers, and usually answer with a question or leave it opened like, "Give me a question that I haven't answered and I'll entertain it."
Please answer them this time.
I’m getting a little tired of this, but:
"just so you know, i think the Sox should keep Ellsbury instead of Crisp. So i'm obviously not a huge Coco fan. But i am a fan!
Ok so this isn’t a question then. We both agree on Coco Crisp.
"oh, i almost forgot about your comment on "good scouting", and "rocket science". do you really want to go there? obviously "good scouting" would have pointed out Coco's numbers and said they're identical to Damons, BUT he's younger!!!!!!!! so either the "good scouting" did notice Coco and STEINbrener and Cashman are complete idiots and decided to sign someone for $10 million dollars more than they should have. OR, they Yankees have morons for scouts. You tell me Bruce"
You may already be aware of this, but scouts don’t work for Madame Cleo’s psychic hotline in the off season. They look at stats and on the field performance. If you compare Damon’s career stats versus Crisp’s Damon will always win. Even this year when he had so many problems he still edged out Crisp in a number of the most important categories. You can never tell when someone is going to start to get injured. Damon is 33, Crisp 28, so we are only talking about a 5 year difference here. Do I wish we could have got him for less money? Yes, I already answered that. Regardless I would rather have a 33 year old Damon than a 28 year old Crisp any day. Perhaps you have already forgotten that Damon was also a key team leader in 2004?
"Clearly i am not saying or implying that Coco is or ever will be a superstar. Let me put it in lamens terms for you, cause you seem to need it painted in black and white. Even though i posed a question to you. My argument is is that Brian Cashman and George Steinbrener make horrible player contract offers. $13 million a year for a player that has identical numbers to average or below average player is a BAD choice. Heres the question, since you brought up "good scouting", who do you think it was that decided to go after Johnny Damon so aggresivly? Was it the "good scouting" or Cashman and Steinbrener? On a similar note, i'll ask AGAIN, if its commen knowledge that Johnny Damon is breaking down like YOU claimed, who do YOU think it was that agreed to the 4 year deal? And why do you think they would agree to it?"
I believe that by lamens terms you mean LAYMENS terms, and I won’t even begin to get into your lack of a spell check. Regardless, what is your point here, that Stienbrenner has a history of picking up old all-stars that are past their prime? Wow...breaking news...someone call ESPN! You can’t blame Cashman for that. Ever since Stienbrenner has taken a back seat the new model that Cashman set in place is completely contrary to the Stienbrenner model. Otherwise we wouldn't still have guys like Kennedy, Hughes, or probably even Chamberlin. Damon was a good pick up to replace Bernie Williams at the time, not to mention the psychological aspect of taking a player from the Red Sox, albeit I agree I wish that we could have got him for less.
"Now, you couldn't or wouldn't answer my questions the first time i asked you. Which leads me to believe that either you agree with me and are afraid to admit it, or your a fair weather fan that just acts like he knows a lot about baseball and is using this forum as a way to make himself feel valued and respected. I'm not trying to cut you down in any way, i happen to enjoy reading your blogs. But theres something about you that isn't adding up. You rarly if ever give direct answers, and usually answer with a question or leave it opened like, "Give me a question that I haven't answered and I'll entertain it."
If you really think someone who is a fair-weather fan would take the time and effort to write a blog everyday then you are as misguided as you seem with your original homophobic and anti Semitic comments.
Your argument essentially wants to boil down to calling Stienbrenner and Cashman idiots. Stienbrenner yes, but you're wrong about Cashman. Your key example of Johnny Damon versus Crisp is tepid at best. I be more inclined to agree with you more if you were talking about a Kevin Brown, Randy Johnson, or even a Carl Pavano. But again, those guys belonged solely to Steinbrenner, not Cashman.
still cant give me a direct answer to my questions. wow. you asked me to ask you a question and you would answer it. liar.
"Heres the question, since you brought up "good scouting", who do you think it was that decided to go after Johnny Damon so aggresivly? Was it the "good scouting" or Cashman and Steinbrener? On a similar note, i'll ask AGAIN, if its commen knowledge that Johnny Damon is breaking down like YOU claimed, who do YOU think it was that agreed to the 4 year deal? And why do you think they would agree to it?"
why is it so hard for you to give a direct answer?
just so you know, Damon has higher career stats than Coco because he's been playing longer. Also, if you take there career averages you will see that they are identical. you say Damon edged out Coco in many key catagories. so? there still identical. all i'm saying is that the Yankees are really bad at signing players. Obviously Coco would have been a better value for the Yankees over Damon. Can't see an argument there. Similar numbers offensivly, but Coco is younger and a better fielder. Offering an average player a 4 year $52 million dollar contract(which happens to be the same as David Ortiz) is a stupid contract.
on a side note, you should talk to someone about the insecurities you have with yourself. by not answering questions directly is a clear sign of fear of failing, or feeling like your a failure to close family members like mother, father and siblings. its a commen disablity that can easily be overcome. you will feel a million times better after.
Everytime I answer your questions you try to say that wasn't the question you were asking. I don't know who you are, because you don't have the balls to let me know, but frankly I'm finished feeding the troll. Good luck. Oh, and before you go an accuse people of failing in life you may want to look in the mirror. I'm not the one who posted anti semetic and homophobic comments. This discussion is finished.
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