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?

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:15:50 +0000

It’s funny how things change…at the time of the fight, Varitek was the rough and tumble captain and Arod was the high paid interloper. Now, Arod is just one of the boys (and with a shiny ring), while Varitek is being kicked out on his behind.

By: RIYank

RIYank — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:10:42 +0000

[31] They had it all set up, but Alex balked when he heard Varitek would be wearing his mask.

By: Sliced Bread

Sliced Bread — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:07:40 +0000

[29] good question. I wonder if Boras hasn’t set up a pow-wow by now.

By: a.O

a.O — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:07:35 +0000

I thought #25 was going to be the funniest thing I read all day, until I saw this in today’s NYT:

“‘Chronological age does not have anything to do with a player of [Damon's] genetics,’ Boras said.”

LMAO.

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:00:01 +0000

[25] I wonder if Arod is ever tempted to call up Varitek and discuss old times.

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:58:18 +0000

[24] I saw his say that and it speaks to my point in [7]. Before we try to fix the issue of the Yankees revenue advantage, we first need to demonstrate that it is a problem for the sport. In all the whining and hand wringing, no one has done that.

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:56:47 +0000

[23] I understand that, but I am saying that I suspect the “sources” are in fact members of the Japanese media pining for a Matsui and Dice K pairing. It wouldn’t be the first time that a sportswriter’s source turned out to be himself. The only other explanation is Theo has gone insane and actually envisions Matsui limping around LF.

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:43:39 +0000

Jon Heyman tweets: #yankees plan to inquire about roy halladay. new #jays gm alex anthopoulos said hes open to dealing in division.

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hmmmmmm …..

By: Sliced Bread

Sliced Bread — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:39:03 +0000

Matsui isn’t going to the Red Sox.
Now serious question: would the Red Sox get draft picks if the Yankees hired Varitek to do odd jobs like cleaning out the centaur’s stall?
If his official title is something like Centaur-boy he could still wear that pwecious C on his shirt, and for that privilege the Yanks wouldnt have to pay him. .

By: Yankee Mama

Yankee Mama — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:37:33 +0000

[4] Very interesting staatistics. It doesn’t make sense that writers today, like Pos, who frequently rely on stats to bolster their argument, conveniently avoid stats when it negates his point of view. In other word, it’s all bull.

Bryan Gumbel in Real Sports eloquently lauded the Yanks and explained why they were crucial for baseball. In fact, he went on to say that it’s because of the Yanks’ wide appeal that baseball is still America’s pastime. I will look for the link.