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To: misterrob

I think Sabathia will opt out after 3years - I do agree about the Burnett signing - that makes me nervous. In my opion Cashman is a WAY overrated GM - especially when it comes to pitching.

However the Yankee hating gets old especially when they dole out tens of millions of dollars to other clubs through the luxury tax & revenue sharing.


6 posted on 12/15/2008 6:47:02 AM PST by Publius804 (Buckle up - with Obama at the controls it's gonna be a bumpy ride. God help us.)
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To: Publius804

I am a Red Sox fan so I am aware of the revenue sharing scam that has money from the club go to subsidizing competing franchises. Both the Sox and Yanks helped finance the Rays the past several years.

However, I criticize the Yanks for bad management decisions. Go back to the 90s and see how they dominated with home grown talent and smart FA signings. When they started to panic in 2001 and went back to signing overpriced FAs they managed to compete for a while but the core has rotted out. I would say that if they were signing guys to 3-4 year deals while their scouting and player development machine kicked into gear then it would make sense but they always manage to overpay.


9 posted on 12/15/2008 6:57:44 AM PST by misterrob (Smooth talkers win at singles bars and in politics .. often with similar outcomes for the listener)
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