Comments on: Fools Gold

By: RIYank

RIYank — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:49:35 +0000

[42] Redsox.com has it now.

By: Shaun P.

Shaun P. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:24:11 +0000

[39] Be careful a.O., or before we know it, NPB will cite a “source” as “saying” that the Yanks “are considering trading” Cano and a minor league pitcher for Halladay, with Cano offering to switch to SS to accommodate Aaron Hill. Then the Post will pick it up and it’ll be downhill from there.

;)

By: standuptriple

standuptriple — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:02:37 +0000

Boras as his purpose in the Yankee grand scheme. I just wish they used him half as much as he name-dropped them to pad his (and his clients) pockets. This statement probably has nothing to do with the released list with Damon as a Type-A (so go ahead Scotty, sell, sell SELL!) and Matsui unbelievably left off.

By: a.O

a.O — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:50:49 +0000

[38] Boras is only one of many idiots in baseball whose ridiculous statements are not used nearly enough to impeach their later outlandish claims. I wish people like Cashman would say stuff like that in public.

By: a.O

a.O — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:48:19 +0000

Robbie Cano and Zack McAllister to the Jays for Roy Halladay. Cano agrees to play short.

Funny, huh?

By: Shaun P.

Shaun P. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:45:34 +0000

[36] I have a hard time arguing with that!

[30] I wonder if Damon’s genetic age is related to his “real” age. I’m pretty sure that Johnny hasn’t been going to bed early, avoiding alcohol, and eating perfectly healthy over his MLB career!

Boras is something else. I wonder if anyone, even the most foolish GMs, falls for his baloney. Even they might not – one need not have a brain to know to not trust Scott Boras.

If I was meeting with Scott Boras over a player, and he made that kind of ludicrous claim, I’d say, “Now now Scott, in 2008 you said Oliver Perez was one of the top 5 lefty starting pitchers in MLB, and that he compared favorably to Randy Johnson and Sandy Koufax at the same age, and that he’d turn the corner like they did. You sure you want to start talking about Damon’s genetics?”

By: Yankee Mama

Yankee Mama — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:30:45 +0000

[36] LMAO

By: a.O

a.O — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:23:55 +0000

[34] All I know is that someone who is genetically superior would not throw like a 7-year old girl.

[35] Exactly.

By: 51cq24

51cq24 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:20:32 +0000

[4] interesting, but like william alludes to in [7], the more interesting question is how much money the yankees put into getting to this point. the payroll has been around $200 million for a few years, and the revenue has obviously increased. so i assume that in order to get to this huge revenue, the yankees had to spend an even bigger percentage of past revenues on the team. but even before that, when the yankee payrolls were only at the top of the sport and some years not even the highest, the yankees put together one of the best teams in baseball history for 4-6 years. it seems to me that that, above all else, enabled the yankees to make so much money and then spend it.

By: Yankee Mama

Yankee Mama — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:18:52 +0000

[30] Boras was already spewing that crap during the Angels’ series. Getting the party started as it were. What a chuckle! Not to take anything away from Damon, but how does one prove that Damon is genetically superior? A virility test?