[YankeeMagic]

Wow

[b4its2late]

Link to the other post running. It deserves two..... :-) Check out my "A Chronological History of Amazing Boston Red Sox Losses, Remarkable Collapses and Other Record Breaking Feats"

[Jhensy]

How can the team with the largest payroll in the game (by far) now take on the largest contract in baseball history (by far) on top of it? Isn't the condition that the Yanks take on ARod's full salary?

Enjoy your $100 seats, $30 parking and $12 beers, fans. And pray there's no end to the pennants and the full crowds, because the collapse will be catastrophic, financially and otherwise.

The Yankee farm system is incredibly bereft of any star talent, or even run-of-the-mill talent. Injuries will kill this team. I would have taken that Arod money and built with kids for the long term while there were still good years left in their veterans.

Huge gamble for the Yanks. That contract is an untradeable millstone, even for the Yanks.

[Prodigal Son]

Here's the complete story on that from the New York Times- they do a two page write up:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/15/sports/baseball/15TRAD.html?ex=1076821200&en=f14569c1d624206d&ei=5059&partner=AOL

[My Dog Likes Me]

As a Red Sox fan, I say,

"BRING 'EM ON!!"

[TBP]

The minor-league pitcher, in case anyone cares, is a pretty god one -- LHP Sean Henn, one of the Yankees' better prospects. He's probably two years away.

Did you see the press conference? A-Rod seems a bit awed, as many players are when they first put on the Pinstripes. They always get over it, or they get traded.

He did, however, commit his first error as a Yankee. The stripes in his tie clashed with the Pinstripes on his Yankee shirt. All his errors should be of this seriousness.