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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: wolf24

They don't want him. He's too much of a risk. Know about Albert Belle's stint with the O's?


61 posted on 12/16/2004 8:21:14 PM PST by Angry Republican (Did anybody actually vote FOR John Kerry?)
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To: alydar

Best part of it all is....The Dodgers get the short end of the trade (IMO). HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!


62 posted on 12/16/2004 8:22:55 PM PST by GOP_Raider (RAIDERS 25, Broncos 24. How you like us now Shanahan?)
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To: doingtherightthing
The Dodgers can't be that stupid, can they?

One can only hope....

63 posted on 12/16/2004 8:23:44 PM PST by GOP_Raider (RAIDERS 25, Broncos 24. How you like us now Shanahan?)
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To: Clemenza
I think The A-Rod Curse needs to be examined more closely
65 posted on 12/16/2004 8:27:22 PM PST by alydar
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To: GOP_Raider

They traded the heart and soul of that team when they sent Paul LeDuca packing.


66 posted on 12/16/2004 8:30:58 PM PST by alydar
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To: speedy

Gee, and they will do it on a payroll of about $330 million, I hope they continue to lose the World Series.


67 posted on 12/16/2004 8:34:03 PM PST by weshess (I will stop hunting when the animals agree to quit jumping in front of my gun to commit suicide)
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To: Al Simmons
Actually 2000 is not considered part of this millennium
68 posted on 12/16/2004 8:39:48 PM PST by weshess (I will stop hunting when the animals agree to quit jumping in front of my gun to commit suicide)
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To: weshess

But if it weren't for the Yankees, Boston would have the largest payroll in the majors, and everybody would have to hate them instead, so the Yanks are in a way performing a public service. Besides, even pre-free agency, the Yanks always had the highest payrolls. I think it's been true since the days of Babe Ruth. New York sports teams in general generate a lot of revenue, and they tend to spend it.


69 posted on 12/16/2004 8:40:36 PM PST by speedy
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To: speedy
True, I do respect Steinbrenner for his willingness to do whatever it takes, I just wish there was some way to stop him from making salaries to high for other teams to keep their quality players.
70 posted on 12/16/2004 8:47:05 PM PST by weshess (I will stop hunting when the animals agree to quit jumping in front of my gun to commit suicide)
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To: speedy
But if it weren't for the Yankees, Boston would have the largest payroll in the majors...

It's precisely because of the Yankees that Boston has the second largest payroll. Gotta keep up with the Joneses to compete in the AL East...

71 posted on 12/16/2004 8:53:38 PM PST by pcgTheDestroyer
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To: weshess

I think the only way to do that is to put an end to free agency. Still, over the past few years, teams on the lower end of the salary scale have managed to win some championships, with Anaheim and Florida. Of course, it will always be an advantage to have more money, and the difference is that a team like the Yankees, while they clearly are not going to win it all the time, are pretty much going to be in the mix most of the time. I think you have to say for Steinbrenner, there are other owners with as much or more money at their disposal than him, but they are not willing to spend as much of it. Ted Turner and Peter Angelos, to name two. Anheuser Busch is another. You could also throw the Chicago Tribune in there.


72 posted on 12/16/2004 8:55:15 PM PST by speedy
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To: GOP_Raider
Best part of it all is....The Dodgers get the short end of the trade (IMO). HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Hey Giant fan - when's the last time you won a Series, eh? How's San Fran been treatin' you guys these days few decades? ;-)

That said, this would only be par for the course for the Dodgers, unless Penny is a lot worse off than everyone thought with his biceps injury. Otherwise, Brazoban is a VERY bright star, but Green is through. I've wanted them to trade him away since before last year.

73 posted on 12/16/2004 8:56:39 PM PST by pcgTheDestroyer
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To: weshess

'I just wish there was some way to stop him from making salaries to high for other teams to keep their quality players'................As long as 'big market' teams like The Yankees and Red Sox can get away with charging their fans 80 bucks for regular season games I'm afraid this trend will continue.


74 posted on 12/16/2004 8:58:04 PM PST by alydar
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To: pcgTheDestroyer
Hey Giant fan - when's the last time you won a Series, eh

Exactly what I expect from the West Coast version of Yankee fans.

75 posted on 12/16/2004 8:59:21 PM PST by GOP_Raider (RAIDERS 25, Broncos 24. How you like us now Shanahan?)
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To: speedy

It does sicken me to see a guy making $3 mil a year and cannot hit over .250. I wish I had a job where I only had to be successful 1/4 of the time. Still it is the market and I do not begrudge them the money they make. I do respect the Boss he is not afraid of losing money to win.


76 posted on 12/16/2004 9:00:27 PM PST by weshess (I will stop hunting when the animals agree to quit jumping in front of my gun to commit suicide)
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To: Al Simmons
Errr...not to POP your BALLOON, EINSTEIN, but the Yanks won the FIRST World Series of this Millenium (2000 - Yanks 4 - Mets 1).

Apparently Yankee fans are so ignorant that, not only don't they know the first year of the millennium, they can't even spell the word millennium.

77 posted on 12/16/2004 9:07:16 PM PST by Francisco
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To: Francisco
A certain car manufacturer also doesn't know how to spell the plural of millennium.
78 posted on 12/16/2004 9:14:14 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

LOL! The executives at Mazda must be Yankee fans.


79 posted on 12/16/2004 9:36:10 PM PST by Francisco
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To: Verginius Rufus
"I'm aware that not everyone agrees with this reckoning."

Whoever wouldn't agree with you would be el wrongo, as Archie Bunker would say.

80 posted on 12/16/2004 10:00:38 PM PST by El Gran Salseron (My wife just won the "Inmate of the Month Award!" :-))
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