Archive for December, 2009
Around the Yankee Galaxy, Monday edition
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-The Yankees still need a left fielder. I’m not buying Brett Gardner as the starter out there – his bat is barely good enough for center, …
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Omar Minaya: "We are pursuing Matt Holliday"
With the Jason Bay negotiations at an utter standstill, that whole “we think Jason Bay may be easier to sign than Matt Holliday” stuff we had previously heard from the Mets may no longer be operative. I mean sure, Holliday…
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Mets pursuing Holliday or sending Bay a message
Paging Mr. Bay, umm Mr. Jason Bay, please report to Mr. Urbon’s office with a pen please… Omar killed two birds with one stone, he let Bay know that the team was willing to spend but were also ready to move on if he continued to stall, while taking a polite [...]
Full StoryYankees Dump Damon: Outfielder Johnny Damon Bounced from NY
The N.Y. Yankees signed free agent Nick Johnson after Johnny Damon refused a 2-year, $14 million contract offer. Damon’s agent Scott Boras had demanded that the Yankees give Damon a 3-year deal for $39 million.
Full StoryJohnny Damon WWE Raw Guest Host, It Isn’t Easy Being Big Ben
Johnny Damon wasn’t exactly Ben Roethlisberger on the WWE microphone. Wow, it was nice to know that the Steeler QB recently mentioned in the same breath as Hall of Famer, Yelberton Abraham Tittle, or as his buddies in Canton call him, Y.A. Tittle , can also look comfortable in the world …
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Priced Out! Why Agents are Costing Players
After the World Series was over, free agent to be Johnny Damon said that he wanted to finish his career with the Yankees. He called them the best organization he’s ever played for. So why is that unlikely to happen? Damon’s agent is Scott Boras and Boras wanted big bucks and …
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Yankees charged nearly $26 million in luxury tax
Yankees charged nearly $26 million in luxury tax
And in other shocking news, Curt Schilling is a loudmouth, Scott Boras is greedy, and the Royals probably won’t be the Vegas favorites to win the World Series in 2010.
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Agents' tactics have left Johnny Damon, Jason Bay and Matt Holliday out in the cold
Now that the dust has begun to settle on a slim free-agent market with slim pickin’s, it appears Johnny Damon and Jason Bay are going to wind up with teams they never would’ve dreamed of playing for, while Matt Holliday will have to settle for considerably less than the $18 million-$20 million …
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Davidoff’s Baseball Insider
December 19, 2009 By KEN DAVIDOFF ken.davidoff@newsday.com See Johnny run Ultimately, Johnny Damon and Scott Boras didn’t take the Yankees’ words seriously enough. They thought for sure that Brian Cashman would bend, out of respect for what Damon did the past four seasons and especially in 2009. …
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Your Snowpocalypse Odds And Ends Post
The Best Laid Plans Of Mice and Theo Epstein…
What looked like another smooth move for the Boston Red Sox has hit a major hindrance. The team was all set to unload the overpaid Mike Lowell to the Rangers, but were informed just yesterday that the deal is off because Lowell has an …
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