If the Dodgers sign both Soto and Sasaki, I think it will impact the game itself in a bad way. The other 29 owners will be pissed and they'll try to figure out how to address it in the next CBA. Major, major yuck.
He declined an offer, but I think he's getting a bad rap on it. He said the offer wasn't enticing, but he also said he knows he has to improve in certain areas to earn a bigger offer.
Yeah, pretty incredible player, image largely undone by his steroid use, weird personality and number of postseason flops. His 2009 postseason should have put it all to rest, but that too is tainted by steroid suspicions.
I never really look at '04 as the Yankees choking. I'll settle for it being an incredible comeback assisted by some remarkable good fortune, as if the baseball Gods finally decided to take mercy and pay the Sox back for all the bad breaks and dumb moves over the years.
Game 4
Rivera blowing the save
Game 5
a) Tito leaving Pedro in too long, almost Grady-esque in letting Pedro face Matsui with the score 4-2 Yankees and 2 men on. Matsui smokes a sinking liner that Nixon makes the catch of his life on.
b)Torre makes the worst move of his career, bringing in Gordon instead of Rivera in the 8th. Rivera would end up pitching 2 innings anyway.
c) Tony Clark's ground-rule double that would have scored Sierra if it didn't bounce over the fence.
d) The adventures of Wakefield and Varitek.
Game 6
a) Schilling's amazing recovery or whatever you want to call it.
b) The umps getting it right twice without replays.
McAdam also reports they're considering a trade for Arenado.
All well and good, but they also have to figure out to do with Casas and Yoshida. This would be potentially pretty expensive in one way or another.
Personally, at the moment I'd rather they focus on Soto and pitching.
Alex Rodriguez? The Yanks only won one World Series with him and he was generally regarded as a disappointment or worse by Yankee fans. And Red Sox fans have always been pretty happy that trade didn't go through.
I have a feeling Henry and Kennedy and all of them know fans' patience is exhausted now. Kennedy might be a bozo, but Henry is still a pretty smart guy, I believe.