Comments on: Today in The Journal News

By: cheryl

cheryl — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:38:23 +0000

Cynthia,

Ged rid of your husband and get some of that 252 million from him. He’s cheating on you left and right and you do not need that for you daughter to grow up with. Dump him!!!!

By: sunny615

sunny615 — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:01:08 +0000

For those interested (and I’m sure some are, and some aren’t) you can find Kosuke Fukudome’s stats here:

“Fokudome”:http://www.japanesebaseball.co.....yerID=1064

(Itâ€™s Koe-Sue-Kay Foo-Koo-Doh-May. Not Koe-Sucky F*ck-You-Do-Me.)

By: sunny615

sunny615 — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:57:03 +0000

I don’t think the Yankees eat Arod’s full contract. The amount owed is about $30 mil for the next three years if he stays or signs an extension. If he opts out it’s $10 mil. All for about 1.7 years of Tex – who on top of the $10 or $30 mil, is making $9 mil this year and projected to make $15 mil through arbitration next year. That’s an awful lot of eating for one and a half years of one player.

By: hmmm

hmmm — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:44:18 +0000

“One thing hmmmâ€¦..They changed the rules re: draft pick compensation for free agents. After this year, draft picks will no longer be the compensation for lost free agents.

You lose a free agent, you donâ€™t get anything for the loss.”

are you sure about this? i know they CHANGED the draft pick compensation, but i didn’t think they eliminated it.

they eliminated the draft pick compensation for Type C players, and made Type B players a sandwich pick, instead of the signing teams’ 2nd round pick.

but i though Type A compensation was still a first round pick.

i’m not saying i don’t believe you, but it seems like this would be a bigger story. i guess it will be next year.

By: saucy

saucy — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:10:57 +0000

i think doreen brings up a good point about possibly eating some of what texas is currently paying for a-rod as part of a package for tiexiera…

By: SJ44

SJ44 — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:06:40 +0000

One thing hmmm…..They changed the rules re: draft pick compensation for free agents. After this year, draft picks will no longer be the compensation for lost free agents.

You lose a free agent, you don’t get anything for the loss.

That’s good news for a team like the Yankees. It will allow them to spend for free agents and not have it hurt their draft status each year.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:02:47 +0000

hmmm, it’s not true that every team has a Matt DeSalvo. Our Matt DeSalvo is an author and literary genius! Take that Texas.

By: hmmm

hmmm — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:55:43 +0000

“The yanks have to try to make a move for Teixiera, heâ€™s perfect. He is a power right handed bat and is a gold glove, Texas needs some pitching and we have plenty of #4/5 pitching prospects like DeSalvo, Wright, Rasner, karstens, etc..”

what would you rather have if you were the Ranger:

1. 1 1/2 more seasons of an all-star 1Bman plus draft pick compensation in 2009

2. package of #6/7 starters

we’re not getting Teixiera for nothing, unfortunately.

Teixiera is probably the most popular Ranger. the Rangers are going to have to get something in return that justifies the trade to their fanbase.

trading Teixiera for any of those guys simply makes no sense from the Rangers’ perspective. every organization has their own Matt DeSalvos.

By: neyankee

neyankee — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:50:36 +0000

Duncan may only be hitting 305 against AAA pitching but Thompson is hitting 260 against AAA Pitching. I guess the Yankees brass was looking for a fielding option and possible pinch runner.

By: saucy

saucy — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:45:30 +0000

” I mean, Giambi and Posada actually stole bases”

and pathetically, they led my fantasy team in that category for the week…