A few quick thoughts on stuff:
1) The Hot Stove:
When did Chien Long Wang and Robinson Crusoe Cano become elite prospects? All the chatter over finding a center fielder to replace the late Bernie Williams have centered around these two guys for a Juan Pierre or Torii Hunter... with Yankee fans screaming shenanigans on the very thought of giving up Big Poppa Wang or Cano-takeapitch. Now, I happen to really really like Wang, and think they should keep him around if at all possible. But Cano? He's a paper tiger. I say give Bubba half a season starting every day to prove he sucks as much as we all think he does, then package him and Cano for someone mediocre around late June. We all know that they should be buying their time and saving their pennies for the 2007 Andruw Jones Powerball Sweepstakes!
And speaking of the 2007 AJPS, rumor has it that the Yankees are losing money hand over fist. I'm calling shenanigans right now. I know nothing about finance or business, but I'm still 100% confident that they make more money than the next two most profitable franchises put together. And retaining Go-Jira will only help matters, even if they didn't sign Johjima.
2) What I'm watching tonight- UPenn V. Duke, baby! All ACC all the time! You wanna talk about a PTPer, how about Ibrahim "Shut Your Jibber" Jaaber. Along with being the newest recruit on Team DerkaDerka, the 6'2" Junior is averaging over 20 points a game for the Fightin' Quakers, and he's from Elizabeth, NJ to boot! Ibrahim Jaaber... He'll Win You Over!
Shut Your Jibber Jaaber!
1) The Hot Stove:
When did Chien Long Wang and Robinson Crusoe Cano become elite prospects? All the chatter over finding a center fielder to replace the late Bernie Williams have centered around these two guys for a Juan Pierre or Torii Hunter... with Yankee fans screaming shenanigans on the very thought of giving up Big Poppa Wang or Cano-takeapitch. Now, I happen to really really like Wang, and think they should keep him around if at all possible. But Cano? He's a paper tiger. I say give Bubba half a season starting every day to prove he sucks as much as we all think he does, then package him and Cano for someone mediocre around late June. We all know that they should be buying their time and saving their pennies for the 2007 Andruw Jones Powerball Sweepstakes!
And speaking of the 2007 AJPS, rumor has it that the Yankees are losing money hand over fist. I'm calling shenanigans right now. I know nothing about finance or business, but I'm still 100% confident that they make more money than the next two most profitable franchises put together. And retaining Go-Jira will only help matters, even if they didn't sign Johjima.
2) What I'm watching tonight- UPenn V. Duke, baby! All ACC all the time! You wanna talk about a PTPer, how about Ibrahim "Shut Your Jibber" Jaaber. Along with being the newest recruit on Team DerkaDerka, the 6'2" Junior is averaging over 20 points a game for the Fightin' Quakers, and he's from Elizabeth, NJ to boot! Ibrahim Jaaber... He'll Win You Over!
Shut Your Jibber Jaaber!
posted by Alex at
9:59 AM
2 Comments:
I like Cano right where he is... fielding grounders in the Bronx.
So you don't buy the poor-Yankees thing either? When a team comes out and says "we're losing money" it's usually a bald-faced lie. A few cases (Expos, Penguins, Senators etc.) are believable, but the Yankees? No way, mayn.
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Jeff, at 2:03 PM
Just to clarify, I'm talking about hiding profits in one branch of a business, while allowing the other branch to flourish. So the New York Yankees may be reporting losses up to $85 million, but maybe YankeeNets or YES has profits of, like, $400 million. It's good business to look poor because you can bust league executives' balls about profit sharing, luxury taxes and so forth, and additionally bust balls on players' agents, who think the Yankees are a fount of cash. I don't know WHERE they get that idea, but there you go.
By
Jeff, at 2:07 PM
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