A Tarnished Record

Peter W Thomas · #1 09-21-2013, 09:10 AM

As a life long Red Sox fan the Yankees have caused plenty of pain, but they were always the gold standard to be measured against. How this guy bambooseled them into that contract is beyond me. I enjoyed Dom playing against brother Joe , who had that Marlyn girl for a while and yes watching Williams last home run as an MIT freshman land about 50 feet from me in the center field bleachers - all in all not bad.

bigtrain · #2 09-21-2013, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter W Thomas

As a life long Red Sox fan the Yankees have caused plenty of pain, but they were always the gold standard to be measured against. How this guy bambooseled them into that contract is beyond me. I enjoyed Dom playing against brother Joe , who had that Marlyn girl for a while and yes watching Williams last home run as an MIT freshman land about 50 feet from me in the center field bleachers - all in all not bad.

No fan of A-Rod here, but the Yankees can afford both the best players and the best lawyers/negotiators money can buy. They saw a guy who was a perennial all-star, who averaged 40 home runs and 120 RBI in his first 7 years with them including 2 MVP seasons. They probably expected a slightly diminished output as he got towards the end of his contract, not a collapse. They took a calculated risk and they lost. Disagree that they were bamboozled.

HRBAKER · #3 09-21-2013, 10:26 AM

If they made their deal assuming that his first 7 year's output was "au natural" then they were bamboozled.

bigtrain · #4 09-21-2013, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by HRBAKER

If they made their deal assuming that his first 7 year's output was "au natural" then they were bamboozled.

Sorry but I doubt that the Yankee management cared one way or another whether he was juicing or not as long as they got results. They only care now because he was caught.

tedzan · #5 09-21-2013, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter W Thomas

As a life long Red Sox fan the Yankees have caused plenty of pain, but they were always the gold standard to be measured against. How this guy bambooseled them into that contract is beyond me. I enjoyed Dom playing against brother Joe , who had that Marlyn girl for a while and yes watching Williams last home run as an MIT freshman land about 50 feet from me in the center field bleachers - all in all not bad.

Hello Peter

Ted Williams and I had a great conversation years ago in Cooperstown on HOF weekend. He did most of the talking, and I did most of the listening.

I told Ted..... "as a 10-year old kid, I rooted for him to hit a HR into the RF upperdeck seats in Yankee Stadium. And, that I cheered for him every-
time he hit one." ......which he did quite often.

He asked me...."since you're a Yankees fan, why did you cheer for me when I hit those HR's ? "

I told him that I liked him because his name was Ted....and, that I knew at the end of the season the Yankees would win, anyhow.

Ted laughed.

Then he asked me why I was a Yankees fan. I said that my neighbor 2 blocks away in Hillside, NJ was Phil Rizzuto.

Ted said...." I'll tell you this, that if Rizzuto had played for the Red Sox in those years, we would have been the Champions....and, not the Yankees ! "

Peter......I don't know if this story offers you some solace....but, there you have it, straight from Ted's mouth.

TED Z

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