Joel Sherman wrote on Saturday that,
"Hal Steinbrenner, after a lot of arm twisting by general manager Brian Cashman, approved the $180 million signing of Teixeira in the offseason. But after the previous big-money outlays for CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, Steinbrenner told Cashman the choice was he could have either Teixeira or some substantial financial flexibility during the season, but not both."Today, George King wonders if this means Hal would again stop Cashman from making a deal if someone they wanted passed through waivers.
Is it just me or does reading things like this make you a bit depressed? I guess it just shows me that the George M. Steinbrenner III era truly is over. Because that man would never let a few bucks get in the way of winning.So, what are the chances of making a deal now that a player has to clear waivers in order to be traded?
"Who knows -- if it makes sense we will look at it," GM Brian Cashman said. "There will be opportunity for people to do deals in the new deadline. What that means for us remains to be seen."
If Hal Steinbrenner didn't allow Cashman to take on significant money before July 31, it's unlikely he will do so now. However, the Yankees are locked in a tight race with the Red Sox, and if Aceves isn't right and Mitre continues to get spanked, they will be forced to make upgrades.
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SHOWS YOU ALL THOSE FUCKERS CARE ABOUT IS MONEY. GEORGE LOVED THE GAME TOO.
It does but all the other teams must be laughing their asses off at us right now. We have the most ridiculous payroll in the game and we're worried we can't add more. Who knows, maybe its just the economy but we should be able to win with the current payroll.
A little harsh anonymous! But after spending $450m in the winter to assemble a World Series-winning team, it would seem to be a little shortsighted not to fine tune it when the opportunity arises. Instead, we have to go into this two-game series against Toronto with Pettitte and Mitre. I'll settle for a split right now without venturing north of the border.
It is hard to kill Hal because he did spend 450 million over the offseason. But the difference with Hal and his father. Is George wanted to win more than anyone so no doubt if he was in charge they would of had the money to trade for a pitcher at the deadline.
Maybe Cashman can get someone like justin duchscherer who is pretty cheap. Maybe we need the red sox in first place for a little bit so they cant block players from getting to the yankees.
This is a perfect time to realise that how Yankees were not Evil Empire but Knight in the Shining Armour. When other clubs were trying to make money out of the game by not paying their players and sacrificing championships for profits, yankees were spending money to get a team that would play and win games day in, day out. If other teams have lower payroll, does that mean that they pass on the benefit to the fans? No. They pocket it themselves. As a fan, don't you want your money's worth? Well, yankees are the only team thats giving you that. Sure, they make millions but they also spend money to give us fans a team we can root for and a team thats capapble of winning championship every single year. When did we last give up on a year by all star break or by trading deadlines as so many other clubs do. As a consumer, given same price, we would always buy a product that has less mark up (i.e. more cost) than the rest. Should't we value baseball same way.
Time to truly appreciate the Boss. For all his shenaninghams, he remained committed to win and doing whatever it takes to do that. We can find fault with his judgements and baseball acumen, but we can not fault him for spending money in an effort to build a winning team.
George would never tolerate the empty seats in prime seating areas. He would have adjusted the ticket pricing to have those seats filled. Having so many empty seats is embarrassing. This organization is driven by making money, if they could get big bucks by having a snack bar on second base, they would do it.
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