Arod A Yankee!

[green machine]

Just saw a link on CBS Sportsline confirming it to be true. I hate the Yankees!

 

[Evil Ash]

 

[Lefty]

Adam, the deal is not confirmed yet but it looks to be true. Curt just posted on the Boston board and this might make you feel better. I like what Curt mentioned, you can have all the talent in the world but will they mesh together?

Gehrig38
member
Posts: 57
(2/14/04 5:39 pm)
Reply Re: A-Rod to New York
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Have to laugh at anyone that's even remotely shocked by this. The unlimited payroll bitching is rather old now too. It is what it is, and we'll deal with it. Does it make them better, well I don't know. Does adding a guy that, when he retires, has a legitimate chance to be the best all around player in the games history make you better????? Hell yes it makes them better, offensively, defensively it's not even close, they get much better. Fact of the matter is the ownership of this team chooses to build a team based on in depth talent and character analysis, as well as payroll impact. You can't bitch and moan about the lack of effort on the Red Sox end, they reached for the stars on this, and it didn't fit.
I'm more than ok with that. You can argue this way and that in regards to who's talked to whom, how certain guys were handled and treated this winter. But no one other than the parties involved knows what's really happened and if you look back, most, if not all, of the negative comments directed at the Red Sox fall into this area. They've worked their asses off to make this team a world series contender, and we are, period. Arod to the Yankees, if it happens, just makes winning this whole thing that much sweeter IMO, when it happens.
It's another challenge, but after 85 years did any of you think that getting over this final hurdle and winning it all was gonna be a cake walk? No, it'll be more fun this way. This way, when we do win it all, and you all are out there flipping birds back and forth with Yankee fans, you'll be smiling a whole lot wider.
It was gonna be a challenge before this rumor, and with or without Arod the Yankees are going to be real real good, so let's move on, let whatever happens happen, and focus on the fact that the best Boston Red Sox team in the last 100 years takes the field in 7 days, for a ride that is guaranteed to be the most memorable of any of our lives over the next 8 months, and enjoy the hell out of it.
OK, Questec just flat out sucks...

 

[Lefty]

If this deal goes thru the Yankees payroll will be over 210 million! Unbelievable!

 

[wierwolf]

What a bite in the a@@ to B-Town!!!

 

[AZCB34]

Where does he play with Jeter in town? 2nd? 3rd?

 

[PDXChris]

I hate the Yankees!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[nathan]

Originally posted by AZCB34
Where does he play with Jeter in town? 2nd? 3rd?

I read that Arod is willing to play 3B, which doesn't make sense to me considering he's one two consecutive gold gloves at SS. Jeter should be moved to 2nd to replace Soriano.

 

[moviegeekjn]

A-Rod more than willingly played third base at the All-Star game to allow Cal Ripken to start the game there... symbolic perhaps... but A-Rod has often demonstrated a "team"mentality--the exorbitant Texas salary was an aberration that not even A-Rod anticipated until the Texas owner went berserk.

 

[green machine]

This gives all more reason to hate the Yankees.

Looking at this optimistically, however, the Yanks may not be good enough, again:

They gain ARod, but lose Soriano. Upgrade, yes, but Soriano was power and speed too.

Their pitching staff is still shakey. Vasquez will finally have pressure on him, Brown can't stay healthy.

One can dream, right?

 

[WizardOfAz]

Yankees will lead baseball in scoring next year.

 

[Djaughe]

Yanks still need a left hander pitcher. But hey with that line-up- I can see people respond by "who cares?"

I would definately tune into the red sox/yanks games!

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Their outfield defense completely sucks too. Matsui is on rollerskates, Bernie has lost a step or two, and Sheffield is mediocre. A fast team that can get on base will expose them in the playoffs a la Marlins and Angels.

 

[Djaughe]

Originally posted by MaoTosiFanClub
Their outfield defense completely sucks too. Matsui is on rollerskates, Bernie has lost a step or two, and Sheffield is mediocre. A fast team that can get on base will expose them in the playoffs a la Marlins and Angels.

...and lofton is one slide away from the disabled list!

 

[SweetD]

I hate the Yanks! this is just stupid to let one team be able to be this high over the limit.

 

[moviegeekjn]

There are no rules against what the Yanks are doing.... George will pay the luxury tax

 

[Djaughe]

One way to look at things - with the yanks getting hit with the luxery tax the d-backs will get some money off of this!

The yanks still need to get their pitching staff straignted out Of course if they score over 6 runs a game the'yll be awsome to watch during the regular season.

But what happens when they face quality pitching for a five game series? (i.e. athletics, angels...)

I'm gonna love watchin the NY'ers reaction when they get bounced out of the playoffs!

 

[IndyDevil]

It's not just fantasy anymore.....

Slowly, but surely, it's becoming true!!

 

[SECTION 11]

Which Boston board is that where Schilling posts at?

 

[Espo]

DAMN YANKEES. I really hope that this backfires for george and the boys. I just really dont think the yanks have the pitching to make a push this year. They may score the most runs in the majors but they also may give up the most runs in the league. Also does anyone else think that the red sox are gonna make another move in the next 7 days to counter the a-rod yanks deal?

 

[Yotesfan85044]

Originally posted by SECTION 11
Which Boston board is that where Schilling posts at?

http://pub208.ezboard.com/fsonsofsamhornbostonredsox.showMessage?topicID=12751.topic&index=107

 

[Lefty]

Red Sox fans think they might get RJ if the Diamondbacks are out of contention come July.