Stay Just A Little Bit Longer

Remember when I called the Steinbrenner bros a "couple of maroons" (among other endearments)... dig this, refering to deals the Yankees are proposing to Posada and Rivera (from an online article, published today, by Tyler Kempler in The New York Times):

The Yankees made offers of roughly three years and $40 million to both players, who can talk about money with other teams Tuesday.

“They were fair offers,” Steinbrenner (Hank) said. “But there’s no question, within reason — because you can’t be an idiot — we’re going to make very generous offers."

Ooops, Hank... you leave yourself wide open.

Crazy Busy Postseason

I have not posted in the past couple of days because I am trying to digest all the stuff that is flying around MLB. This has got to be one of the craziest post-seasons/free agency frenzy that has been seen... ever.

Girardi has been crowned, and all the hoopla that goes with it was shown all afternoon on the YES channel that day. Yes, I think that he will do a good job managing... I don't know about great. There are certain issues that we will have to see how they play out, such as management of the media and commanding the respect of the team the same way Torre did. I think Mattingly would have been the stronger choice in terms of player's respect. Anyway, it's done and done.

Also, now we know Abreu has been picked up on his option, and that's a good thing. He was inconsistent in the beginning of the '07 season, but he got his thing going strong after June. And when he's good, he's great.

So now we sit and wait on Mo, Jorgie and Andy and see whether what's left of the Dynasty Team will go. I''m not even going there with Rodriguez. That's a whole other nasty can of worms.

Are We Playing Chess... or Monopoly?

Moves have been made... Girardi is officially the Yankees Manager, with a 7.5 Million dollar contract (with "bonuses" not "incentives" for post-season performance), and Joe Torre is rumored (heavily) to be going to the Dodgers, probably taking Mattingly with him. A-Rod is a free agent looking for the even bigger bucks ... and how convenient is this: Scott Boras lives like 40 minutes away from Dodgers stadium. And we all know how much Alex's wife likes the warm weather.

The situation is becoming increasingly interesting, since Pettite has been reported to be still very torn up about not having Joe around, and both Posada and Mariano have not made final decisions (although I think Mariano is close to staying on... word is that $40MM has been offered to him and he's thrown the ball back to their court with demands of his own).

It would not be surprising to see A-Rod with the Dodgers... their pockets are deep enough. And he likes how Joe works... that's a given. The Dodgers definitely would love to have that 152 hits and 54 home runs on their side.

In the meantime, Heckle and Jeckle... a.k.a those wacky Steinbrenner brothers, have to spend muchos more money to keep those core veterans around.

As Bugs Bunny would say... "what a couple of maroons"!

Mo Money...

How uncouth can A-Rod and his skank manager Scott Boras get? Making the announcement about opting out of his contract at the 9th inning of the World Series.... (oh, sorry.... they waited for the last pitch... my bad).

From what I gather so far... Alex is saying that because the team is so fragmented right now with Torre leaving and Posada, Petitte and Rivera not knowing whether they are coming back is making an impact on him wanting to stay. Nice.

He kept saying that he wanted to be considered a "real yankee... that this was the only place where he felt comfortable playing. Well, like Derek Jeter once said "Just because you wear pinstripes, that doesn't make you a Yankee."

It seems that even $252 Million over 10 years is not enough money for this pinstripe wearing guy.