a700hitter

I love when another poster tells me that I have to accept FO moves. Do I have any other choice? Do you? Duh! Do you drink before you make these posts? When he proves that he can do it in the majors, I will value him. ... and if he is not ready to be a major league full-time performer for another year? It has been know to happen. It does take many players a couple of years to develop after reaching the majors. Who is asking for the team to sign Soriano? I guess it's the alcohol again. Soriano is an "example" (how ironic that you cannot grasp the concept) of a player with major tools that would be given a starting job in his rookie year. Please reply after your blood alcohol level has returned to acceptable levels for intelligent posting.

Who are the three players... Larry, Mo and Curly or maybe Shemp?

If they pick up his full salary, the Yankees will get little or nothing in return.

If the Big Unit goes back to AZ, the Yanks will start the season with Wang, Moose, Pettitte...and Pavano and Karstens? Yikes!

Leather bound history of the Boston Red Sox.

I'm not against giving him a shot at the job. If he's playing well in ST, I'm not against starting him on opening day, but they have to have a better contingency plan than Alex (all brains no skills) Cora. Even if they re-signed Loretta for 2 years (as a high-end option), if Pedroia won the job outright, the Sox could move Loretta (maybe even as part of a package) in the beginning of the season or later. They might have to eat $1 million for 2 years, but to me he would be a valuable insurance policy. I'm not liking that scouting report on Pedroia. I thought one of his big attributes would be his fielding, but the scouting report says that he has awkward footwork. By all means give the kid a chance, but if he bombs and you don't have someone who can strep in and play every day, other teams will want a big price to fill that hole. Look at what happened last year when they didn't have a catcher to catch the knuckler. They had to give up a nice prospect and a good switch-hitting young catcher to get back that relic Mirabelli. I'd rather get someone now for $ (like Loretta) and dump him if Pedroia wins the job than to be held up and give up prospects if the kid is hitting .191 in June. This is big business. Big businesses have contingency plans for everything. I don't expect a lot from a second baseman, but let's face it, if he's stinking out the joint, the 7th (Tek) and 8th (Crisp) place hitters will not get anything to hit. He needs to hit .250 to hold down the job and not adversely affect others in the lineup.

From yesterday's Globe: Scrappy? Sounds like a star in the making. If "fiery" is added to this scouting report, he could be the next Billy Martin.

Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, and Elston Howard.

My favorite Yankees are Joe D., Mickey Mantle, Thurman Munson and Cory Lidle. What do they all have in common? Merry Christmas to all.

I totally agree. You don't build a $150 million payroll and give a starting position to an unproven kid with no contingency plan. Pedroia is not a very impressive youngster. This is not like watch Nomar break in or Jim Ricce and Fred Lynn(and Rice had to win the job from Tony C in 1975). I was more excited about Glenn Hoffman and Tim Naehring than Pedroia. It's just poor planning to not have a better contingency plan if the kid bombs. Second basemen are not very expensive.

The Red Sox are the only team other than the Yankees to pay the luxury tax and the team was a steaming pile of crap that was out of contention by the first weak of August. That's quite embarrassing.

How could we possibly know that. Just because FA options are running out doesn't mean that there aren't plenty of trade options for the right price.

From yesterday's NY Post: http://www.nypost.com/seven/12222006/sports/yankees/hillenbrand_may_sign_on_for_one_year_yankees_george_king.htm

Is Bernie under contract?

No one wants to see an emergency starter. If the emergency starter was any good, he'd be in the majors.