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In Queens but I'm not against taking that journey to get the show a little early
How early can you get it?
New York YANKEES spring training thread......... 2 days until season starts: LETS GO YANKEES!
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How early can you get it?
bkmac
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Let's try out this signature...
Thanks again briannnnn.
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How early can you get it?Originally Posted by jrp44
In Queens but I'm not against taking that journey to get the show a little early
sometimes 2 weeks early, last year at least i did. same with madden.
just take the 4 train to fordham and walk up the block to fordham and morris. it's right next door to perfume mania. i'll call first and let you guysknow when they got it .......
Originally Posted by onewearz
How early can you get it?Originally Posted by jrp44
In Queens but I'm not against taking that journey to get the show a little early
sometimes 2 weeks early, last year at least i did. same with madden.
just take the 4 train to fordham and walk up the block to fordham and morris. it's right next door to perfume mania. i'll call first and let you guys know when they got it .......
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wow that video gave me the chills
cant wait for the season to start
cant wait for the season to start
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If anyone reads the LoHud Yankees Blog, there is a link to some new pictures someone got of the new Yankee Stadium. Mainly the suites, first level, great halland Yankees dugout.
Suites cost $650,000.
Suites cost $650,000.
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Andrew Marchand of ESPN Radio reported today that Freddy Garcia is considering offers from the Mets, Yankees, Rangers and White Sox and could sign by the end of next week.
I would imagine it would be a minor-league contract.
Garcia rehabbed with the Tigers last season and got in three games. He hasn't been a regular starter since 2006.
Garcia could be worth a shot. If the Yankees make a push and sign him, it could be another sign they're moving on from Andy Pettitte.
I would imagine it would be a minor-league contract.
Garcia rehabbed with the Tigers last season and got in three games. He hasn't been a regular starter since 2006.
Garcia could be worth a shot. If the Yankees make a push and sign him, it could be another sign they're moving on from Andy Pettitte.
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garcia was a horse, this could be a good thing if he's at the very least 85 % of what he was .....
how i come up with that percentage i have no clue
how i come up with that percentage i have no clue
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[h1]Yankees Still Fielding Calls on Swisher, Nady[/h1]
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [January 17 at 10:21am CST]
According to Tyler Kepner of the New YorkTimes, Brian Cashman's spending lots of time talking with other clubs about Nick Swisher and Xavier Nady.Cashman's open to moving either player, but he says he won't make a deal for the sake of making one: "we're not going to do anything unlessthere's a reason to do it."
Cashman also said most reports about trade discussions have been accurate. The Braves, Nationals andReds are among the teams who have reportedly had interest in Swisher andNady.
The Yankees like Johnny Damon's production and they're not shopping him or HidekiMatsui.
Kepner suggests the Yankees should "hold on to Swisher and dangle Nady" for a number of reasons. Swisher's two years youngerand he's under contract for $21MM over the next three years. Nady, a Scott Boras client, will be a free agent after the 2009 season.
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [January 17 at 10:21am CST]
According to Tyler Kepner of the New YorkTimes, Brian Cashman's spending lots of time talking with other clubs about Nick Swisher and Xavier Nady.Cashman's open to moving either player, but he says he won't make a deal for the sake of making one: "we're not going to do anything unlessthere's a reason to do it."
Cashman also said most reports about trade discussions have been accurate. The Braves, Nationals andReds are among the teams who have reportedly had interest in Swisher andNady.
The Yankees like Johnny Damon's production and they're not shopping him or HidekiMatsui.
Kepner suggests the Yankees should "hold on to Swisher and dangle Nady" for a number of reasons. Swisher's two years youngerand he's under contract for $21MM over the next three years. Nady, a Scott Boras client, will be a free agent after the 2009 season.
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Wheres Burnett in the vid? On the DL already?
Just kidding guys. I am a Giants fan but have something in common with all of you......HATRED for the Red Sox. Im hoping this is the year for you guys, andthat AJ doesnt turn into Pavano pt. II
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Man, I can't wait until the season! However, I think I'll be missing Opening Day on TV because I'll still be in Bama for college.
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im going to be doing my darndest to get tix for opening day.
and for the record...MLB 2k9 will be better than the show
and for the record...MLB 2k9 will be better than the show
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According to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the Cardinals called the Yankees to inquire about second baseman Robinson Cano. Goold says theYankees asking price was an immediate deal breaker: Adam Wainwright. "The conversation did not last long," writes Goold.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman has expressed an unwillingness to part with Cano.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman has expressed an unwillingness to part with Cano.
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New York Daily News - If the Yankees hadn't signed Mark Teixeira, they were willing to Manny Ramirez a two-year contract with an option for a third.
The Yankees are currently trying to trim their outfield, but could be interested in Ramirez next season with Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui coming off theirbooks.
The Yankees are currently trying to trim their outfield, but could be interested in Ramirez next season with Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui coming off theirbooks.
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Nah
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Watching A Rod's Yankeeography...
Always catch bits and pieces.
As i've been saying for the longest, I understand he has flaws but how can any REAL Yankee fans boo this man? SMFH...
As i've been saying for the longest, I understand he has flaws but how can any REAL Yankee fans boo this man? SMFH...
bkmac
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Oh sure, we'll be interested in him next season, when he will probably be under contract for a team for another year or two.
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The Yankees have 16 players signed for 2009, 17 if you count Brian Bruney.
Here is what they'll make in terms of salary:
Rodriguez: $32 million
Jeter: $20 million
Teixeira: $20 million (+$5 million signing bonus already paid)
Burnett: $16.5 million
Rivera: $15 million
Sabathia: $14 million (+$9 million signing bonus in 3 installments)
Posada: $13.1 million
Damon: $13 million
Matsui: $13 million
Nady: $6.55 million
Cano: $6 million
Swisher: $5.3 million
Wang: $5 million
Marte: $3.75 million
Molina: $2 million
Cabrera: $1.4 million
Bruney: $1.3 million (splitting the different on the figures submitted)
That comes out to $187.9 million. But it's really $201.9 million as the signing bonus for Sabathia and Teixeira will be paid out before the end of the 2009 season.
The Yankees will need approximately $4 million more to pay the remaining seven 0-3 service time players who make the team. That makes the payroll $205.9 million.
I'm not including Kei Igawa's $4 million as he is not on the 40-man roster. But it's actual money. Plus Andrew Brackman gets $1.13 million this year.
You can calculate payrolls many different ways (25-man rosters, 40-man rosters, etc.) but it boils down to a few things:
1. If the Yankees have spent less than last year, which they are trumpeting, it's not much less.
2. Does this mean there's no room for Andy Pettitte absent a trade?
I learned the hard way never to say never when it comes to the Yankee. They're not afraid to ask for money or to spend it. It doesn't appear they have any room to sign a significant free agent, but it certainly wouldn't surprise me if they did. Fiscal restraint is not exactly part of the team charter.
Here is what they'll make in terms of salary:
Rodriguez: $32 million
Jeter: $20 million
Teixeira: $20 million (+$5 million signing bonus already paid)
Burnett: $16.5 million
Rivera: $15 million
Sabathia: $14 million (+$9 million signing bonus in 3 installments)
Posada: $13.1 million
Damon: $13 million
Matsui: $13 million
Nady: $6.55 million
Cano: $6 million
Swisher: $5.3 million
Wang: $5 million
Marte: $3.75 million
Molina: $2 million
Cabrera: $1.4 million
Bruney: $1.3 million (splitting the different on the figures submitted)
That comes out to $187.9 million. But it's really $201.9 million as the signing bonus for Sabathia and Teixeira will be paid out before the end of the 2009 season.
The Yankees will need approximately $4 million more to pay the remaining seven 0-3 service time players who make the team. That makes the payroll $205.9 million.
I'm not including Kei Igawa's $4 million as he is not on the 40-man roster. But it's actual money. Plus Andrew Brackman gets $1.13 million this year.
You can calculate payrolls many different ways (25-man rosters, 40-man rosters, etc.) but it boils down to a few things:
1. If the Yankees have spent less than last year, which they are trumpeting, it's not much less.
2. Does this mean there's no room for Andy Pettitte absent a trade?
I learned the hard way never to say never when it comes to the Yankee. They're not afraid to ask for money or to spend it. It doesn't appear they have any room to sign a significant free agent, but it certainly wouldn't surprise me if they did. Fiscal restraint is not exactly part of the team charter.
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[h1]Rosenthal On Sheets, Cruz, Cabrera, Reyes[/h1]
By Tim Dierkes [January 21 at 8:35am CST]
The latest from KenRosenthal...
By Tim Dierkes [January 21 at 8:35am CST]
The latest from KenRosenthal...
- Rosenthal recommends the Yankees sign Ben Sheets and Juan Cruz, partially because they'd pay less of a cost in draft picks than any other team. One exec predicted Sheets would require a $6-8MM base with the potential to earn at least $14MM, and possibly a "lucrative club option." Despite Rosenthal's recommendation, the Yanks remain focused on Andy Pettitte (who is not weighing an offer from the Astros).
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Joe Torre didn't need "incentives" to lead the New York Yankees, so heleft.
Torre's incentives to expose the salacious side of his former team are another story. According to two newspaper reports, Torre blasts the team hemanaged to four World Series titles in a book set to be released Feb. 3. Teammates frequently called Alex Rodriguez "A-Fraud," and the third baseman was obsessed over his rivalry withshortstop Derek Jeter, "The Yankee Years" reveals, according to the NewYork Daily News and New York Post. In the book written by Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci and published by Doubleday, Torre also says Yankees generalmanager Brian Cashman "betrayed him on several fronts," the Daily News reports.
It's in stark contrast to Torre's former stance, in which he said Cashman supported him throughout 2007 negotiations, which ultimatelyfailed.
And it goes beyond the widely reported 2007 meeting in which Cashman met with the Steinbrenners to discuss Torre's future with the team, a talkin which the GM was said to have remained neutral as the drawbacks to extending Torre's tenure were discussed. In a later confrontation with Torre, Cashmanconfirmed he was quiet when the subject of offering Torre his desired two-year deal instead of one came up, the book says. Cashman wouldn't comment on thebook when contacted Sunday by ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney. Cashman, who said he's in regular contact with Torre, told Olney he didn't know thecontext of the portrayal and didn't know if the reported comments were from Torre or Verducci.
"I think Brian Cashman wanted me back," Torre said in Oct. 2007, as he announced he wouldn't return for the Yankees. "We have a closerelationship. We felt we worked hard at trying to get this thing straightened out."
After completing a three-year, $19.2 million contract with the Yankees, Torre signed a three-year, $13 million contract to manage the Los Angeles Dodgers in Nov. 2007, the same month the book deal with Verducci was announced.
HisDodgers deal came two weeks after having walked away from the Yankees when they offered a one-year contract worth $5 million plus $3 million in performanceincentives he termed "an insult.''
"I don't think incentives are necessary," he said then. "I've been here a long time and I've never needed to be motivated. Plus,in my [previous] contract, I get a million-dollar bonus if we do win the World Series, so that's always been there."
One source familiar with thebook told ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick that it's "inaccurate'' to suggest that Torre used it as a forum to get even with the Yankees orsettle old scores. The source said some of the controversial angles being reported in the New York tabloids have been taken out of context or"overblown.'' "Joe is very honest in the book,'' the source said, "but he doesn't make any personal attacks. In terms of himname-calling, that's not his style.'' The book is not a first-person tell-all, but rather, a third-person narrative by Verducci, who intervieweddozens of players and team personnel while researching for the book, the source said. Torre is currently in Hawaii on vacation. According to the Daily News, heis scheduled for the "Late Show With David Letterman" on Feb. 3, as well as a book signing that day at the Yogi Berra Museum in New Jersey.
Torre's incentives to expose the salacious side of his former team are another story. According to two newspaper reports, Torre blasts the team hemanaged to four World Series titles in a book set to be released Feb. 3. Teammates frequently called Alex Rodriguez "A-Fraud," and the third baseman was obsessed over his rivalry withshortstop Derek Jeter, "The Yankee Years" reveals, according to the NewYork Daily News and New York Post. In the book written by Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci and published by Doubleday, Torre also says Yankees generalmanager Brian Cashman "betrayed him on several fronts," the Daily News reports.
It's in stark contrast to Torre's former stance, in which he said Cashman supported him throughout 2007 negotiations, which ultimatelyfailed.
And it goes beyond the widely reported 2007 meeting in which Cashman met with the Steinbrenners to discuss Torre's future with the team, a talkin which the GM was said to have remained neutral as the drawbacks to extending Torre's tenure were discussed. In a later confrontation with Torre, Cashmanconfirmed he was quiet when the subject of offering Torre his desired two-year deal instead of one came up, the book says. Cashman wouldn't comment on thebook when contacted Sunday by ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney. Cashman, who said he's in regular contact with Torre, told Olney he didn't know thecontext of the portrayal and didn't know if the reported comments were from Torre or Verducci.
"I think Brian Cashman wanted me back," Torre said in Oct. 2007, as he announced he wouldn't return for the Yankees. "We have a closerelationship. We felt we worked hard at trying to get this thing straightened out."
After completing a three-year, $19.2 million contract with the Yankees, Torre signed a three-year, $13 million contract to manage the Los Angeles Dodgers in Nov. 2007, the same month the book deal with Verducci was announced.
HisDodgers deal came two weeks after having walked away from the Yankees when they offered a one-year contract worth $5 million plus $3 million in performanceincentives he termed "an insult.''
"I don't think incentives are necessary," he said then. "I've been here a long time and I've never needed to be motivated. Plus,in my [previous] contract, I get a million-dollar bonus if we do win the World Series, so that's always been there."
One source familiar with thebook told ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick that it's "inaccurate'' to suggest that Torre used it as a forum to get even with the Yankees orsettle old scores. The source said some of the controversial angles being reported in the New York tabloids have been taken out of context or"overblown.'' "Joe is very honest in the book,'' the source said, "but he doesn't make any personal attacks. In terms of himname-calling, that's not his style.'' The book is not a first-person tell-all, but rather, a third-person narrative by Verducci, who intervieweddozens of players and team personnel while researching for the book, the source said. Torre is currently in Hawaii on vacation. According to the Daily News, heis scheduled for the "Late Show With David Letterman" on Feb. 3, as well as a book signing that day at the Yogi Berra Museum in New Jersey.
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30 days until 1st spring training game!
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[h1]Yankees In Serious Talks With Andy Pettitte[/h1]
By Tim Dierkes [January 26 at 10:09am CST]
According to SI.com's JonHeyman, Andy Pettitte and the Yankees are in serious talks and there's a "lot of optimism" for a one-year deal. It would befor less than $10MM guaranteed.
By Tim Dierkes [January 26 at 10:09am CST]
According to SI.com's JonHeyman, Andy Pettitte and the Yankees are in serious talks and there's a "lot of optimism" for a one-year deal. It would befor less than $10MM guaranteed.
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^^TBONE, thanks for keeping this thread up to date with the news. If the Yankees can get Pettitte for less than $10MM, that would be [Michael Kay] YUUUUUUGE[/Michael Kay]
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Buster Olney is reporting on 1050 ESPN Radio New York that Andy Pettitte has signed for a base salary of $ 6 million and incentives that could take the it to $12 million.
I was hoping we would of signed Sheets instead
I was hoping we would of signed Sheets instead
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I'm glad we signed Andy....Let him pitch one more year in the new Stadium....
Damn I can't wait for the season to start..#%$+ is taking forever
Damn I can't wait for the season to start..#%$+ is taking forever
