He can't spend 180 million dollars. No GM can do that. Do you think he negotiated with Arod last year too? Well, I know you don't because we all know how that happened. We will find out how this happened too. I especially think it because of Boras. Just like Henry flew to Texas last week, Hank and Hal were leading this one too.
All the sports pages can talk about is that the Yankees now have the 4 largest contracts in baseball...lol. Arod, Jeter, Teixiera and Sabathia. We will surely hear more on this...haha.
Hank and Hal sent Bud Selig a check for his $26.9M with a note attached: Dear Bud, Go f**k yourself. Wait till you send next year's bill. Merry Teixmas, The Steinbrenners
I want to see if he gets an opt-out. Rumor early was he got a full no-trade but I haven't heard that since. I guess the 6PM ESPN news will have all the details.
Applebees is good. They always have ESPN on. There should be at least 5 or 6 reports every hour about Teixeira on tonight.
So, we can speculate all we want but here is what they think. "The Yankees had $88.5 million coming off the books that, even with the Teixeira contract, they expect their payroll to fall below $200 million. New York has committed $423.5 million in salary in the last month, with $161 million going to left-handed pitcher CC Sabathia ($23 million over seven years) and $82.5 million on right-hander A.J. Burnett ($185 million over five)." "Agreeing to a deal with Teixeira virtually eliminates any chance that free-agent outfielder Manny Ramirez has a landing place with the Yankees. New York does have money left to add another starting pitcher, most likely veteran left-hander Andy Pettitte at $10 million if he agrees to terms soon." http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3790141
"Teixeira's contract will include a full no-trade clause, but it will not include the opt-out clause that the Yankees used to lure Sabathia." http://www.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8590096/12478639
hahah dude are you delusional??? This is ALL STEINBREENERS.....Cashman had never even heard of Texeira before the Sox looked like they were gonna sign him and the brothers Steinbrenner said " hey, little asshole, go get me this guy"
Haha..one of the Boton Herald bloggers reported that Teixiera's wife is a Yankee fan who liked Mattingly when she was growing up. The deck was stacked from the beginning. http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view.bg?articleid=1140927&format=comments&cnum=2 " The Yankees will try to trade at least one player from the group of Damon, Matsui, Nady and Nick Swisher to unclog a logjam at corner outfield/DH/first base, also trying to reduce some payroll. The player the Yankees would most like to move is Matsui, who is due $13 million a year. The Angels, after failing to land Teixeira, are among the teams looking for a productive bat and have room at DH. The Rangers, A's and Rays also could fall into that category." http://www.nypost.com/seven/12232008/sports/yankees/yankees_get_teixeira_145598.htm "It was then learned that Teixeira had favored the Yankees all along and according to sources he conveyed that to them this week." http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...yankees_reach_preliminary_agreement_on_e.html
