Archive for December, 2010
MLB: New Year’s Resolutions for All 30 Teams »
New Year's resolutions for all 30 MLB teams are difficult to craft.With the big time free agents starting to find homes and the trade market heating up, next year's teams are starting to take shape.Technically, every team's 2011 New Year's resolution is to win the World Series in October.But if you play in Pittsburgh or Kansas City, that probably [...]
MLB Rumors: Is Carlos Zambrano Being Targeted by the »
The Yankees need pitching help. We all know this. The Yankees just got burned in the Cliff Lee negotiations, as he turned down the Yankees' offer and went back to the Phillies. With the Yankees rotation right now being CC Sabathia, Phil Hughes and a struggling A.J. Burnett, they have two huge holes in it. Andy Pettitte is tossed between retiring [...]
New York Yankees: Is It Good They Missed Out on Cliff »
In short, no. Cliff Lee is a stud. A rock solid ace who makes batters look foolish and guarantees his team that they have a chance to win every single time out. Missing out on a guy like that is never good. However,as previously stated, had the Yankees signed Cliff Lee to a seven year contract, by 2013 the Yankees would be indebted over $130 [...]
Cliff Lee and the New York Yankees: Loss, Rejection »
Rejection never feels good. We've all experienced it before, whether it be at the workplace, playground or singles bar around the corner. Everyone gets their ego bruised from time to time...even the New York Yankees. We just witnessed Cliff Lee treat the Bronx Bombers like the pimple-faced freshman who asked the prettiest senior to homecoming. She [...]
MLB Hot Stove: Bringing On ‘New York Heat’ »
The New York Yankees have an abundant amount of money to spend after losing out on signing Cliff Lee, who went to the Philadelphia Phillies. All possible options will be tried, as cash is never short in New York and especially when the team is in need. Nobody puts Baby in the corner; not the Phillies, not Lee and certainly not a lack of free [...]
New York Yankees, Texas Rangers Try To Move on As »
After Cliff Lee signed a five-year, $120 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies late Monday night, Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels immediately responded to his decision: “Let’s give the guy some credit. How many people criticize players for running after the last dollar?” Daniels was disappointed. How could he not [...]
MLB Rumors: Should the Yankees Take a Risk and Look »
After being spurned by Cliff Lee, who will now sign with the Phillies this week, the Yankees need a Plan B. Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman needs a Plan B right now. They made a couple of small signings today, which included signing catcher Russell Martin to a one-year deal to potentially be the starting catcher for 2011. The Yankees also [...]
Cliff Lee’s in Philadelphia, So Where Do the New »
If you listened to the New York Yankee fans here in the Big Apple, you would think that Cliff Lee beat up their firstborn. I really can’t get over the reaction to a guy who made a decision that was best for himself and his family. Yankee fans are reacting as if not getting Lee, the Yankees are going to win 60 games in 2011. Wake up people. [...]
Cliff Lee to the Philadelphia Phillies: Why the New »
Everyday on the way to school, I pick up a copy of AM New York, a local newspaper in New York City. While sifting through the pages, I see an article entitled “Yankees wait on Cliff Lee.” Just then, my phone vibrated. It was an e-mail from my fellow writer Steve Lenox. “I was right,” he said, and went on discussing the [...]
Greedy vs. Gritty: How the Baseball World Still Views »
How do you decipher between a team being greedy or a team being gutty? Do you have to be a world champion franchise to be greedy? Do you have to be a franchise that has been through hard times to be gritty? Who placed these titles on those teams? I surely would like to know. It is a crime to the baseball world when the Yankees spend and they're [...]