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Yanks reach a deal for Randy
Newsday ^ | 12/16 | JON HEYMAN

Posted on 12/16/2004 6:54:55 PM PST by alydar

The Yankees have reached agreement on the principal players in a three-team blockbuster trade that would land them coveted lefthander Randy Johnson, Newsday has learned. A few details have yet to be worked out, but indications are they are not big enough obstacles to kill the deal. The Yankees would receive the 41-year-old Johnson in the deal while sending pitcher Javier Vazquez and two minor-league prospects, catcher Dioner Navarro and third baseman Eric Duncan, to the Dodgers, according to an Arizona source. The Dodgers would send pitchers Brad Penny and Yhency Brazoban and outfielder/first baseman Shawn Green to Arizona to complete the deal. Johnson and Green both have no-trade clauses. Johnson has been requesting a trade to the Yankees for quite a while, so he will surely give his OK. Green's former agent is Jeff Moorad, who currently runs the Diamondbacks, so there's a great likelihood he would also approve the deal. The other issues involve perks in Johnson's contract and how he would be reimbursed for the loss of them with a trade to the Yankees, such as his tickets to Phoenix Suns games, and physicals for the players involved.

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To: bushisdamanin04

I was also amazed at their apparent blind spot on pitching. They did not seem terribly concerned -- how you could even think of going into a season with no lefty starter, especially at Yankee Stadium, is beyond me. I really do think they got a wake up call. I hear you on three superstars -- it never worked for Seattle. Although the Big Red Machine seemed to handle it pretty well, if you consider Rose/Bench/Morgan as superstars.


41 posted on 12/16/2004 7:59:59 PM PST by speedy
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To: Mannaggia l'America
My Orioles are asleep at the wheel.

And my Phillies are in the passenger seat with them...

It could be worse. You could be Dodger fans...

42 posted on 12/16/2004 8:00:31 PM PST by Citizen of the Savage Nation
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To: speedy
Beltran to the Mariners, guys.....

try to keep up....

the one and only Yankee game I watched in person after I had moved to the West was at Yankee stadium against the Mariners with Randy pitching for the Mariners and Griffey hitting his first grand slam homerun....we sat right off first base and I could see Mattingly very clearly......

43 posted on 12/16/2004 8:00:54 PM PST by cherry
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To: cherry

I thought it was Adrian Beltre who went to the Mariners, not Carlos Beltran.


44 posted on 12/16/2004 8:02:18 PM PST by speedy
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To: speedy
Yes, it was Beltre. The M's could never sign Beltran. Beltre is a good sign, but no Beltran.

Try to keep up ... :)

...

45 posted on 12/16/2004 8:04:21 PM PST by bushisdamanin04
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To: speedy
Right, Beltre went to Seattle NOT Beltran
46 posted on 12/16/2004 8:05:20 PM PST by alydar
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To: bushisdamanin04

LOL......I take the doofus award...LOL


47 posted on 12/16/2004 8:05:29 PM PST by cherry
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To: bushisdamanin04

Keeping up is fun!!:)


48 posted on 12/16/2004 8:05:31 PM PST by speedy
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To: cherry

Aah, no biggie. I had to think about it a few minutes myself!! And try keeping all the Rodriguezes straightened out if you want to really be hopping!!


49 posted on 12/16/2004 8:07:18 PM PST by speedy
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To: Citizen of the Savage Nation

ESPN seems to be reporting that the deal is off...Dodgers are rethinking...I can only hope this is true...


50 posted on 12/16/2004 8:07:55 PM PST by Citizen of the Savage Nation
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To: cherry

The two names are confusing. :)


53 posted on 12/16/2004 8:11:26 PM PST by bushisdamanin04
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To: speedy

Vitamin "V" !!! She'll love you for it!


54 posted on 12/16/2004 8:12:19 PM PST by bushisdamanin04
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To: Al Simmons
2000 was in the second millennium. The first millennium began in the year 1 (there was no year zero), the second on Jan. 1, 1001. The current millennium began on Jan. 1, 2001.

I'm aware that not everyone agrees with this reckoning.

55 posted on 12/16/2004 8:17:42 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: bullseye876

I went to see the Aberdeen Iron Birds (the Cal Ripken team). They were pretty good for a new team.


56 posted on 12/16/2004 8:19:49 PM PST by Angry Republican (Did anybody actually vote FOR John Kerry?)
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To: bushisdamanin04
The Yankees were "HUMILERATED" by the Red Sox.

They will NOW do ANYTHING to reverse the '04 Result!!

Nearly EVERY MOVE they make in the "Off Season" will be seen as an attempt to Defeat the 'Sox!

HOW SAD!!

The "Revenge of the Red Sox" is NOW COMPLETE!!

If the 'Sox BEAT the 'Yankees in '05, the "Humiliation of" the Yankees will be COMPLETE!!

The "Drama" makes the "National Pastime" FUN!!

Doc

57 posted on 12/16/2004 8:20:28 PM PST by Doc On The Bay
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To: bushisdamanin04

Hey, thanks Mr. B. You turned around my whole night!!


58 posted on 12/16/2004 8:20:40 PM PST by speedy
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To: Verginius Rufus

Please! No more "first year of the millennium" debate. Please! If you guys keep it up, I’m going to start talking about hemorrhoids!


59 posted on 12/16/2004 8:20:47 PM PST by bushisdamanin04
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To: alydar

Don't worry, the Yank-offs will still choke yet again this year.


60 posted on 12/16/2004 8:20:53 PM PST by Clemenza (Morford 2008: Not that there's anything wrong with it!)
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