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he was a dog in seattle , maybe a change of uniform will do him some good

Another has been for New York to hate.

The risk is so minimum, thats what Arod makes in one inning (almost).

hit or miss worth a shot. The lefty issue has been a problem for the lineup. Now start looking at Starting pitching or bullpen lefties.

yea this is a no lose situation for the yanks. this is the kinda of signing that will look great if he does well but won't really matter if he doesn't pan out

This was SUCH a no-brainer. They get him nearly for free, and he adds a .344 power bat into the line-up against lefties. If he ends up sucking, no loss.

I mean, DUH.

Guess it couldn't hurt.

The lack of traffic on this post makes me think even the haters know it was a good idea.

I am all for this move for several reasons.

1 - He's salary is so low they won't have to raise the ticket prices to pay for it. The Yankees can find that in the cushions of the couch in the break room.
2 - He's a good ball player
3 - I have him in my fantasy league. Him being out of baseball hurts.

It will be great to see him go on a tear. When even Ichiro isn't hitting you know there must be something going wrong in Seattle. The change of scenery might be a blessing. I hope so!

hopefully he will he will like it in NY and he will get his game back to were it once was, he was good. i don't know that i could play in Seattle and like it, fish and coffee, that smell would make me suck too LOL LOL

I was against this at first but their paying him peanuts. They do need some power in that lineup and this guy has hit lefties in the past. If it doesn't work out then no big whoop. this is no different that the Sox signing colon (and I was all negative about that one)

Richie will strike out more time in one week than Barry would in the rest of the season. Signing Richie over Barry is a mistake. Someone need the gonads to sign Barry.

I don't think he is going to help.
But for the price I would roll the dice on him. Maybe he has some dramatic turn around, maybe.
Cheap enough in baseball terms.

B*nds, no.

allstars...my take is if this guy has any pride he will do better. getting released and then signed for $300k? that has to be a huge reality check.

One Word..desperation..better of begging Torre to come back..without him, NO Chance

desperation is hiring a guy to the league minimum, giving up nothing and seeing what the guys got? No.
Desperation is having nothing better to post but that this inconsequential move looks like desperation to you, that is reaching, that is desperate.
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Yeah DUM DUM, maybe.

Guys, this is a no-lose situation for the Yankees.