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ThurgreedMarshall
If the Schilling trade goes through, I don't want to hear any crap about how the Yankees can outspend everyone, anymore, from anybody. The simple fact is, we have more money than everyone else, but we are hindered by our own success.
We wanted Schilling. We didn't get him because Arizona wanted Nick Johnson and Alfonso Soriano -- two excellent players (one of whom has flirted with 40/40 two seasons in a row, the other hit over .300 this season and is widely believed to be an excellent young hitter). Boston is giving up Fossum (yeah, who?) and 3 prospects who haven't done a damn thing.
Same thing happened last year with Pittsburgh. We wanted Sauerbeck, Pittsburgh asked for Giambi, Mariano and Clemens. We told them to forget it. Boston wanted Sauerbeck, Pittsburgh asked for some clam chowder and a beer. Boston sent them the chowder, kept the beer and signed Sauerbeck.
Boston is interested in trading Manny Ramirez, one of the highest paid players in baseball for Alex Rodriguez, the highest paid player in baseball and current MVP. Can't say I blame them for this. But if they pull it off, they will have spent like champs in the offseason.
The thing is, they look like geniuses for making all of these shrewd moves. But they're really just taking advantage of teams not wanting to deal with the Yankees. And we always end up paying above market for the players we do sign (by trade or in free agency). But no one ever takes that into account when they look at our payroll.
So just keep that in mind.
TM
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And notice that Milwaukee - owned by the Commissioner - is once again a party to these shenanigans. The same commissioner that allowed the Red Sox to break the rules last year and allow too much cash to be transferred along with that chowder to the Pirates.
I hope they swap A-Rod for Manny and have to dump Nomar. Lose your two best hitters [does anyone not think Bill Mueller was a fluke] for one. Talk about subtraction by addition.
