2008-12-19T18:15:50-05:00
Yankees offer Burnett five-year deal
2008-12-10T19:50:50-05:00
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@ Patsfan:Jacoby Ellsbury was exposed as a slap hitter last year and the 1-2 juggernanut of Varitek and Jed Lowrie scares no one. Pedroia is a beast, I'll give you that. I'll take Damon-Jeter-Nady-A Rod-Matsui-Posada-Cano-Swisher-Cabrera.
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a slap hitter? you mean like Damon? Ellsbury had a much better year last season than Damon and will only continue to get better. Damon was exposed as a washed up, highly overpaid bum last year like most skanky signings turn out.
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2008-12-12T06:24:25-05:00
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SmartAzz611
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a slap hitter? you mean like Damon? Ellsbury had a much better year last season than Damon and will only continue to get better. Damon was exposed as a washed up, highly overpaid bum last year like most skanky signings turn out.
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umm no....damon hit over .300 when ellsbury only had .280......i wouldnt call hitting over .300 being exposed as washed up? and next year is his contract year and assuming he wants to get paid again hes going to play better...as do almost every athlete does when it is their contract year......they suddenly step it up a notch and i bet damon does this next year and will stay healthy so he can get a new contract from someone
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2008-12-11T16:06:32-05:00
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Yankeesman1967
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you dead sox fans are all the same. you complain about the yankees trying to buy the series while the whole time you jerkoffs are doing the same thing. you guys are just jealous and worried that your very short run is over.The sox are like the little brother that finally won a couple now its time for big brother to show you why we have 26 rings and are the most storied team in pro sports
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2008-12-11T14:50:17-05:00
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haha 5 years 80 million for burnett?
he will choke under that pressure........ or just be injured to save himself the embarrassment
yes he will have games where he is locked in (much more frequent in a contract year) but he loses focus easily, can be wild, and certainly will not respond well the first time he is booed, which I am sure will happen.
go ahead and take him, not worth that money
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2008-12-11T14:16:34-05:00
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Swizzy81
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yanks aren't buying anything!! they r win team now wit a rod jeter posada ect. onlyway 2 get good pitching is too pay for it 4 the most part!!! and all you red sox haters, what do u think u did with dice-k? u bought him by posting 50 mil just 2 talk 2 him!!! ur about 2 buy textoo!!! just shut up already!!!
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2008-12-11T13:47:45-05:00
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I would like the Yankees to save some money. Instead of signing Burnett, I suggest that they sign me. I am willing to sign a 5 year contract for only 60 million. That will save them 20 million that they can use to sign others. May be Giambi for one year?
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2008-12-11T12:21:40-05:00
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It sure would be nice to see professional baseball use some of that money they seem to think they need to pay out to players to help support the troops which have come home from the war injured. Over 20,000 have been injured and some can not remain in the military. Their families suffer, etc. Take care of the true men and women in this country which choose to defend freedom so you can have an over priced beer and hot dog at a major league stadium. These people deserve to be helped for the rest of their lives. Come on...get on the bandwagon and do something. Oh wait, you are too busy being a know-it-all about teams and who they should pay millions for. Whatever.
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2008-12-11T11:01:45-05:00
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It's kind of sickening to see the money which is being thrown around when times are the worst they have been in years. People losing their homes, etc. at alarming rates. I have lost all respect for these owners as they continue to hand it out. I guess no more of my hard earned money will be spent at major league ballparks. This is so incredible.
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2008-12-10T20:57:49-05:00
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@ Patsfan:
Jacoby Ellsbury was exposed as a slap hitter last year and the 1-2 juggernanut of Varitek and Jed Lowrie scares no one.
Pedroia is a beast, I'll give you that. I'll take Damon-Jeter-Nady-A Rod-Matsui-Posada-Cano-Swisher-Cabrera.
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2008-12-11T10:45:26-05:00
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@ Patsfan:Jacoby Ellsbury was exposed as a slap hitter last year and the 1-2 juggernanut of Varitek and Jed Lowrie scares no one. Pedroia is a beast, I'll give you that. I'll take Damon-Jeter-Nady-A Rod-Matsui-Posada-Cano-Swisher-Cabrera.
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a slap hitter? you mean like Damon? Ellsbury had a much better year last season than Damon and will only continue to get better. Damon was exposed as a washed up, highly overpaid bum last year like most skanky signings turn out.
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2008-12-11T10:05:44-05:00
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tanbucket1
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I have two words for this whole debate. "Salary Cap". Obviously the Luxury Tax doesn't scare anyone, and why should it. When baseball came up with the "Stupid" idea it was suppose to level the playing field for the "small" market teams. It has done that to a very small point. I am not a Yankee Hater I am also not a Sox fan. I do believe the Yankees have the best players money can buy, but not necessarily the "best" team. The Phillies and Rays had a good team nucleus and that is what baseball is all about. I wouldn't want to be a manager and try and put together 25 ego maniacs together for 9 months out of a year. If the Yankees and Sox want to go an spend $200-300 million a year let them. I personally think no one and I repeat "NO ONE" is worth $15+ million a year. Sports players from all major sports are highly over paid and one injury away from working like most people do making $9-$30/ hr.
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2008-12-11T09:40:12-05:00
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The Yankees payroll is going to exceed the GDP of most African countries.
NYY > Sudan, Ghana, Congo, Zaire
Last time I checked, 5 million people did not show up to watch Sudan.
I heard Papelbon might be a tranny. Might be. Doubt it though.
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<p>LAS VEGAS -- The Yankees are believed to have offered free-agent starter <strong>A.J. Burnett</strong> a five-year, $80 million deal. The Atlanta Braves are considered the other main contender for Burnett, and they offered him a four-year contract for $60 million with a vesting option for a fifth year. It isn't known yet whether Atlanta will match the Yankees' big bid. The Nationals, Orioles, Blue Jays and Red Sox also have spoken to Burnett's camp at the meetings.</p>
<p>The Yankees also remain very interested in free-agent starter <strong>Derek Lowe</strong>, having talked to him about a four-year, $60 million deal. Additionally, the Yankees have been reviewing the medical records of <strong>Ben Sheets</strong> and are interested in him, depending on how the negotiations go with Burnett and Lowe, and are still considering bringing <strong>Andy Pettitte</strong> back to the Bronx for another season.</p>
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