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Abreu will be lucky to break 10 million. 15 million...I would be shocked.

Yeah, it's true. It was in the papers here.

26...even though you and I are both Yankee fans, you're way off base here. The fact that Jacko agrees with your assessment of finances should have been the first indicator of how wrong you are. The Stadium deal is a bonanza for the Yankees. It is a terrible deal for the city. Stadiums usually are. There has yet to be one stadium deal that benefits the taxpayers. The poor fund the rich. It's always been this way. The fact is...Steinbrenner SHOULD pay a fortune. No one is forcing him to. He's doing it to maximize his profits. However, using public funds seems to be common-place. Any fans that believe it's good for them is ridiculous. Personally...I don't care. I don't live in the city, so it doesn't affect me in any significant way. The truth is, stadium deals are sweetheart deals...for the owners. Don't kid yourself.

You're a dumbass then for making that point. How do you get cute girls with big tits, 26?

Jacko, You want to save a position for a player that has never played it, will be considered extremely below average offensively [not Arod] instead of getting a younger, better offensive and defensive player at a premier offensive position? That's like saying we shouldn't sign CC because Mussina may unretire or Pettitte may want to retire as a Yankee, and we have to save the roster spot.

Ok..let's take it away then if it's ********. So you respect the players, not the franchise. Fine. Not making the move caused them to miss the playoffs for the first time in 12 years. Are you kidding me? I can write a book on the inequalities the Yankees had in their HISTORY. Just take a look at the relationship the Yankees had with Kansas City. This is the cleanest fiscal era in baseball. If you don't believe me, look it up. A post of this stuff would be PAGES UPON PAGES long. Guess what? Your Red Sox were just as involved. So..the Yankees offer 2 million more over 5 years than the Braves, and all of a sudden they are throwing cash around? Face it. If CC opts out, that's 8 years combined between CC and AJ at 151 million. The bar for Teixeira is already above that, and you are the supposed favorites. If they are making a product, and making money doing it, why should they stop. Still..all this hot air, and no answer as to WHY. Then so are the Red Sox...albeit slightly less so. Here is the ultimate hypocrisy. It's like the speed LIMIT. It's the limit. Not the MINIMUM. You want to be impressed? Be impressed by the Devil Rays. The Twins. Any team that is way BELOW the threshold and wins. The Yankees? Mets? Red Sox? Dodgers? That impresses you? This is HOMERISM to a nauseating degree. Of course I'm a fan. I love my team. However, I can differentiate between emotion and logic. I completely and utterly agree with minimum standards. You can't have a hard floor and a soft ceiling. Want to know how to fix it? The same way you have a luxury tax, you need to have a luxury floor. If you want to share in the luxury tax, your payroll has to be at a set minimum that adjusts yearly. Say..and I'm just spitting out numbers here...35 million. You want a payroll below that? Fine. You're not doing your team, your fans, or baseball any favors. Survive without the handout from the richer teams. The bad thing from a business standpoint is not to go all the way. What's the point of CC without AJ? Of fixing pitching without hitting? If that extra 50 million gets you to the World Series, great. If not, you wasted $150 million. Look, in general I respect your viewpoints. It's just that they are tainted by your fandom. My views aren't. The problem with the Yankees, if there is a problem, would be with the SYSTEM. The Yankees play within the rules of the system. That's like telling Walmart not to drop their prices to keep the local Mom & Pop in business. It's not the Yankees JOB or RESPONSIBILITY to do anything to level the field. Their responsibility is to themselves, their fans, and their city. That's it. Your choice to respect or not respect anything about them is your choice to make. However, the Yankees play by the rules set in front of them. So...all of you...point your venom at baseball, at Selig, at the rule-makers. Point your fingers at the Yankees when they start breaking the rules, not when they follow them. Example, I'm STILL waiting for one good reason why they shouldn't. You've told me what you don't like. Fine. Not why they shouldn't.

Why? Why on earth would they do that? Are you really that naive to not realize this is a business? I'm going to quote Joel Sherman here: You're whining about payroll, and you're primed to give Tex nearly $200 million. As long as revenue sharing is in place, I never want to hear about payroll. The Yankees get taxed 40 cents on the dollar for every dollar that goes over the cap. What should worry other teams is if the Yankees, who seem to have the right idea under the current GM [although I still think he's the wrong man for the job], continue to throw money in the draft and in international scouting. These things don't fall under the salary cap. You want to see how money can f*** things over? Fine. If I was the Yankees, offer an absurd signing bonus to the top amateur player in baseball EVERY year. Then let Boras or whoever the agent is go to work. You'll kill the small teams fiscal ability if they get the first pick in the draft and have to shell millions just to sign the kid. That's how we got Brackman. No team wanted to touch his signing bonus when the Yankees got involved. The Yankees are playing nice. There is no edict on baseball salaries. You pay what you can afford. It's the same in every business. These same people who complain about it are the same one's who dip into the shared pot of revenues. Can't have it both ways. If you take so much as a dime, then you can't complain. Example1...or anyone else here who is a salary cap complainer. Give me one reason. ONE REASON. JUST ONE...as to WHY the Yankees should curtail their spending IF they have the resources to spend.

I look at as a year to year expenditure. See the payroll isn't one lump sum. It's doled out year per year. One thing Cashman has going for him is that the payroll is loaded with absurd contracts that are slowly coming off the books. Next year, Matsui and Damon come off. That's 26 million. The year after that, Mo, Posada, and Jeter come off. Every player I'm listing will either be gone or take a paycut, including Jeter [maybe not Mo, the man defies anything we know about pitchers]. The payroll, even hypothetically assuming Manny signs for 20 mil per, is LESS than last year. Next year, it will be even less.

Jacko..the question isn't whether Cameron is a good move or not. As a one year stop-gap, he's fine. The question is...do we have a better chance to win the World Series with Manny/Hughes or with Cameron/Pettite. I don't even think there is a question about which gives us a better chance.

Wow...Red Sox fans have logic now. Good job...

Good for you! Congrats!

First of all...I respectfully disagree. The difference between Cabrera/Gardner and Cameron is not that great offensively or defensively. If we put Damon there, there is a huge advantage for us offensively, and a huge downgrade defensively. Overall, the difference does not warrant 10 million. However, the difference between our current DH and Manny would be immense. As of now, who protects Arod? Matsui? Cano? Posada? Arod will be lucky to see a single fastball all season.

Actually, they were looking to trade Ortiz when he got hot. Luck is part of it. No question about it.

This did make me laugh. Getting a degree from the Dominican Republic is like winning a race in the special olypics. You're still retarded, and it doesn't mean s***. That picture is why I don't have kids. LOL! This is true.

Nah, I came up with diaper immediately. Kind of like OJ? A bit dumber? Calling someone a terrorist and a child-molester? Go and make me a cheeseburger and then cut the grass. The only spics I see where I'm from work at the diner or mow my lawn. I have no respect for someone who came over here illegally on a floating door. If you get a free pass, so should we. Which one is it? :harhar:

So Diaper...you're a Red Sox fan, and a racist. Nice. From what I've heard, the two go hand in hand, don't they? Just ask Jim Rice or Mo Vaughn.

Damn. Just...plain....damn.

The fact that you think Jacko has any credibility left is laughable, 26.

Then, at that point, example1, he will be signed for 4 years, 92 million.

A better economy. If K-Rod would have hit the market last year, don't you think that he would have made more than 37 million over 3 years?