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Would the Yankees send Joba Chamberlain and prospects to the Blue Jays for Roy Halladay and another player not named Vernon Wells?? Interesting.

Mussina – It’s a tough call on the Hall of Fame in my opinion.  Mussina has been consistently “very good” over a long career.  Does that make him a Hall of Famer?  Possibly.  Was there ever a time in his career when an opposing team said – “Oh Crap.  Moose is pitching today, it’s going [...]

Yeah….. Moose is a “bubble case.”  But, I’m going to be consistent here.  In my opinion, Jim Kaat is a Hall of Famer.  I don’t know why he’s not in.  He was a compiler to a certain extent, but he was very, very good.  And, Kitty Kaat was the greatest fielding pitcher —- ever.  Period.  [...]

As I’m sure all of you would have guessed, I vote yes.  The Wall Street Journal article (Joe’s post) points out many of the reasons why, but I also like this article.  I won’t list all my reasons here, both articles do a pretty good job of listing accomplishments.  But I will point out this [...]

In today’s Wall Street Journal, a daily publication known for its great sports writing… Allen Barra makes a case for putting Moose in the Hall.  Interesting argument.  I vote yes.

MLB.com is reporting that the Yankees may not offer Burnett a contract because he is seeking 5 years.  Gee….. you think?  Never – I repeat Never.  I’m ok with Sabathia, Joba, Wang, Lowe and Hughes.  That doesn’t even consider Pettitte, who we still have to see about. 
How about shopping Matsui to Seattle?  If Matsui gets [...]

Congratulations to Hal Steinbrenner as being the “point person” for the Yanks. 
Ok, congratulations are over – memo to Hal: Easy big guy with the deadlines.  I know last year it worked for A-Rod.  But remember, there were other factors at work in that case.  A-Rod was already on the team so the perception was that [...]

Mussina had such a different personality from the normal distribution baseball dude. I can see him as a pitching coach but not a MLB manager. But I can see him as the manager of a college team.  He is certainly smart enough to be a media commentator, but not really dynamic enough to be a [...]

Give this post from another Yankee fan site a read.

Comparing season averages for Swisher and Teixeira:

Teixeira

YEARS

G

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

BB

SO

SB

CS

AVG

OBP

SLG

OPS

 

 

5.58

162

612

101

177

40

2

36

121

79

124

2

1

.290

.378

.541

.919

 

 

Swisher

YEARS

G

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

BB

SO

SB

CS

AVG

OBP

SLG

OPS

 

 

3.77

162

561

94

137

31

1

28

86

91

143

2

2

.244

.354

.451

.805

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

So, for all that extra cash locked up for X years…you’re getting…what?
Well…you’re getting a better player…that’s clear. Teixeira’s OPS is more than 100 points higher. But practically, Teixeira is not THAT much better. It’s not like we’re comparing A-Rod numbers (in a good year) to Swisher’s. BUT, Boras is talking [...]