June 18, 200323 yr Yanks again trying to get every stud they can , they are trying to get 1st baseman Ryan Klesko.
June 18, 200323 yr The best thing that could happen to baseball would be for the Yankees to be contracted and eliminated. Then every team would have a fair shot at a Championship because all of the talent available.
June 18, 200323 yr The best thing that could happen to baseball would be for the Yankees to be contracted and eliminated. Then every team would have a fair shot at a Championship because all of the talent available. damn Yanks...
June 18, 200323 yr Author The best thing that could happen to baseball would be for the Yankees to be contracted and eliminated. Then every team would have a fair shot at a Championship because all of the talent available. i agree , or if Geroge dies
June 18, 200323 yr i don't blame the yankees for trying to getting everyone, they have one of the biggest market in America and an owner with money and a fire to win championships. If George is willing to use his money and pay the luxury tax to get himself a championship it's not his fault other owners don't do it. question why would the yankees need klesko? They already have Giambi.
June 18, 200323 yr or if Geroge dies Are you saying you wish Georgie Boy would die so teams can have a chance? Well one I have not seen The Yankee's win anything in two years I also don't see how you can blame a guy for wanting to win?
June 18, 200323 yr question why would the yankees need klesko? They already have Giambi. he can play OF/DH/1st
June 18, 200323 yr question why would the yankees need klesko? They already have Giambi. he can play OF/DH/1st thanks for the info.
June 19, 200323 yr Why doesn't Bill Gates buy a baseball team? If the team he buys is built like Windows ME... they would end the season with a 4-158 record due to crashes...
June 19, 200323 yr No seriously... Why doesn't he own a franchise? Does he seem like a guy who likes Baseball? Plus Bill is not a fool he wants to stay The World's richest man and he know's their's money to lose in a team.
June 19, 200323 yr But when you have that much funding to invest in a franchise, over a long period of time you would make money...
June 19, 200323 yr Author I have a question: Why doesn't Bill Gates buy a baseball team? Seriously... LOL!!!! u took the words from my mouth i was ganna say y doesnt Bill Gates buy the Florida Marlins then we will have a winning team we will look like the NY Yanks but only the Yanks from Miami !
June 19, 200323 yr Yanks don't have any prospects left to get guys like Klesko unless the other team simply wants cash.
June 19, 200323 yr Hey, if they don't get Klesko, I'll take him instead of Rondell White... We have the pros and prospects to get him...
June 20, 200323 yr George spends his money to try to win, and I can in no way fault him for that. Remember, part of his money will be supplimenting the Marlins. As far as Gates owning a team: 1. don't think he is much of a baseball fan, or he would have bought the Mariners when he had the chance. 2. Can't see him buying a team such as the Marlins 3. If he did buy them, the first thing he would do is move them to Portland (have to stay close to home.) later......
June 20, 200323 yr yanks only can win a world series through buying players, they cant win by growing one, around from buying FA
June 20, 200323 yr question why would the yankees need klesko? They already have Giambi. he can play OF/DH/1st RH*, barely any DH and 1st
June 20, 200323 yr yanks only can win a world series through buying players, they cant win by growing one, around from buying FA FALSE. See Posada, Jorge Williams, Bernie Rivera, Mariano Jeter, Derek Not to mention the numerous players they have acquired via trade giving up top prospects in baseball for.
June 20, 200323 yr tell me who else can pay over 15 mill a year to jeter, 13 mill to mondesi, 12 mill to williams, 12 mill to mussina, 11.5 to pettitte, 11.4 to giambi, 10.5 to rivera, 8 mill to posada....... and thats only 8 players, they buy there world series besides the dodger and the red sox, no one else can afford to pay salaries like that please dont try anymore attempts to go against my statements with poor backrounds such as this, naming 4 players, 4 players dont take you to the world series
June 20, 200323 yr Well, Danny, let?s look at the facts rather than make assumptions based on whatever misconceptions you may have about the team: Fact ? [1]Mariano Rivera, [2]Jorge Posada, [3]Nick Johnson, [4]Alfonso Soriano, [6]Derek Jeter, [8]Bernie Williams, [1]Andy Pettitte, [1]Sterling Hitchcock, [5]Drew Henson, and [9]Juan Rivera are all Yankee farm prospects [obviously, I?m not counting [7]Hideki Matsui as a ?farm prospect?]. Hmm - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9... That looks like a lineup to me. That looks like it MIGHT be every position on the field. Do me a favor please. Name another team in baseball that can field an entire team of their own top quality prospects. It may be a more daunting task than you think? Fact - Arbitration is guided by success, the Yankees have been successfull, the Yankees players have been rewarded for their success by arbitrators, as a result - the Yankees have to pay to keep their own. Welcome to the world of capitalism. If you own a business and have talented employees who enjoy tremendous amounts of success, you better reward them because they have EARNED it and your business will not succeed without them. This is ESPECIALLY true if you KNOW that your employees would be wooed by your biggest competitors. Fact ? The Yankees have traded away more All-Star quality players than any other team in baseball in order to address pressing immediate needs. Ask any Twins fan how the Knoblauch-Guzman trade panned out. Ask any Marlins fan how the Ed Yarnall-Mike Lowell trade panned out. Are you catching all of this? But wait ? there?s more? Fact ? Mike Mussina was CHASED out of Baltimore. The Yankees would have been okay with Duque, but an inescapable opportunity presented itself and Mussina wanted a little revenge on his former team. Fact ? Jason Giambi WOULD have been an A except that they decided that they didn?t want to give their FRANCHISE player a no-trade clause. [and the Yankees would have been ?okay? if they were ?stuck? with Nick Johnson and Tino Martinez at 1st]. So don?t cry the financial game with me. Fact ? The retirement of Paul Oneill necessitated the acquisition of a rf with a good arm [being that Bernie throws like a girl]. Mondesi was the guy they ended up with [incidentally ? a HUGE downgrade from Paulie ? but I digress]. Fact ? The retirement of Scott Brosious necessitated the acquisition of a 3b. Robin Ventura is 147 years old, already has a house in NY, and no other team in baseball wanted him. If you are going to continue to cry the ?big market ? small market,? ?big money ? little money? song, check out a previous post on the topic here entitled ?The Price of Contention:? http://www.marlinbaseball.com/forums/index...wtopic=2754&hl=
June 20, 200323 yr danny.... you obviously have trouble figuring out the most basic principle of business. in order to make money you have to spend money. the yankee team is littered with their own farm products. just becasue george pays to keep the players his organization developed should not be held against him....hell that is what i want the marlins to do. granted it has become riduclious the last few years....but still....the yankees were dominant before george went on this 'spending spree'
June 20, 200323 yr Just as an aside - how many rings do Mussina, Mondesi, and Giambi have? Perhaps we should use OTHER players as evidence that the Yankees "buy" championships? :mischief
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