Archive for January 7th, 2009

Goodbye Andy or All you need to do is read the Roundtable

Andy (or his agent) should have read the Roundtable.  We can read which direction the wind is blowing.  Andy….  you read this one all wrong.  Not only is it a “down” market, he’s past his prime (no longer in Sabathia or Burnett’s class) and he’s coming off a bad second half.  Having a bad second [...]

Yankees Trivia

Speaking of the Big Ugly…
Who did the Yankees trade to the Diamondbacks in January of 2005 for southpaw pitcher Randy Johnson?

Playing Hardball with Pettitte

Good post Mike T.  I didn’t hear about “offering less”. But, looks like Pettitte won’t be back.
The Yanks may turn their attention to the San Francisco Giants. The Giants need a bat. They’ve denied rumors re: Manny Ramirez because if they signed him they’d be over $100Million in payroll EXCLUDING deferred cash owed to Barry [...]

Playing Hardball with Pettitte

Saw a story that since Pettitte has rejected the $10M offer from the Yankees, the Yankees may now offer him less.  The story is Pettitte was told back in December that if the Yankees went on to add another big free agent (i.e. Teixeira) then the money might not be there for Pettitte.   Now that [...]