Nomar To Ny? A Confirmed Rumor... (oxymoron?)

[CalvnHobs6]

Okay....

 

Nomar interested in Yankees

From Chicago Tribune

November 3, 2004, 10:18 PM CST

 

Even though free agents cannot sign with other teams until Nov. 12, rumors have the Cubs' Nomar Garciaparra interested in the Yankees and ...

 

...a report in the New York Daily News quoted a "friend" as saying he would be willing to sign with the Yankees and move to second base so he could play with the other two major shortstops, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.

 

"That would be something, wouldn't it, the holy trinity of shortstops on the same team?" the friend was quoted as saying.

 

The Cubs are hoping to re-sign Garciaparra to a one-year contract and have had talks with agent Arn Tellem about that. Tellem did not return telephone calls Wednesday.

 

It should be noted only teams to which free agents belong can make offers to free agents until Nov. 12. However, other teams are allowed to express interest.

[ahhchon]

they can go ahead and sign nomar.. they'll have a starting infield payroll of 80+ million if giambi plays..

 

the d-backs want posada and a young pitcher. if the yankees do posada and vazquez for RJ they'll go after tek. if they offer tek enough money he'll sign with the yankees, no doubt about it, his agent is bora$$.

 

just imagine:

 

giambi

nomar

jeter

a-rod

tek

RJ

 

that's their opening infield game 2, mussina will start game 1.

 

that infields payroll is aprox:

 

90+ million dollars.. that's just crazy.

 

john

[Soxfan1]

o com on u think the yankees can do all that

[ahhchon]

do i think the yankees can do all that? umm.. yes.. do i think they will? no.

 

if they did that it would push their team payroll upwards of 210 + million.. that's just rediculous.

 

john

[elsrbueno]

I also heard that Lou Merloni (a friend of Nomar's) laughed at these rumors and said "Nomar's not changing positions."

 

The moral of the story here: Consider your source

 

a NEW YORK paper says "a friend" of Nomar's says he's willing to switch positions..... Which is the ONLY team who would ask him to do so? The Yankees. Could this be the media creating a story out of nothing? Nah, that never happens... (please note sarcasm here).

 

It's not like Anaheim, Los Angeles, Chicago, St. Louis (if Renteria doesn't return), wouldn't sign Nomar to play shortstop.

 

I wouldn't put too much stake in this rumor.

[CalvnHobs6]

Originally posted by elsrbueno@Nov 5 2004, 01:37 PM

a NEW YORK paper

The Chicago Tribune?

[elsrbueno]

Originally posted by CalvnHobs6+Nov 5 2004, 03:24 PM-->

QUOTE (CalvnHobs6 @ Nov 5 2004, 03:24 PM)

[CrespoBlows]

Eh let him go, he won't fit into that clubhouse. He'll likely kill chemstry, and prevent them from getting a pitures.