Yankees donate $1 million to victims of Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike
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This release from the Yankees:
September 22, 2008, New York, NY—The New York Yankees announced today they will donate $1,000,000 in support of the Gulf Coast hurricane relief efforts to benefit victims of Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike.
Doing their part to help rebuild the hurricane ravaged Gulf Coast, the Yankees’ $1,000,000 donation will be spilt between the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army. The money will go directly to the support and assistance of all the community-based organizations along the Gulf Coast, especially in Louisiana and Texas.
The New York Yankees try and help those in need, said New York Yankees Co-Chairperson Hal Steinbrenner. “We are confident that both the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army are postioned to get the funds to those in need. Natural disasters like these have an effect on the entire nation, and it is up to everyone to join together and do their part to help rebuild and revitalize the affected communities. We hope that our efforts will help spur on more action and support to the cause.â€
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This from YES:
NEW YORK, September 22, 2008 – The YES Network’s special pre-game show in advance of last night’s Yankee Stadium finale was seen by nearly 1 million viewers (986,000 total viewers) between 8:15-8:30 pm, with the entire show (6:00-8:30 pm) averaging more than a half-million viewers (558,000 total viewers) and generating a 5.27 TV household rating in the New York DMA.
Additionally, YES was the most-watched network in New York from 7:30-8:30 pm yesterday. During the 8:00-8:30 pm half-hour, more people watched YES than both NBC’s NFL coverage and ABC’s Primetime Emmy Awards head-to-head.
Sunday’s pre-game show was the highest-rated and most-watched Yankees pre-game show ever on YES. It surpassed the previous records for a Yankees pre-game show on YES, the 3.01 rating and 279,000 total viewers attracted for the October 12, 2004 pre-game show in advance of the Yankees-Red Sox playoff game.
YES’ pre-game show boasted interviews with current Yankees players and Yankees heroes alike, including Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Ron Guidry, Paul O’Neill, Joe Girardi, David Cone, Tino Martinez, Scott Brosius and David Wells. The show also included pre-taped features on the greatest Yankees moments at the Stadium, on the greatest non-baseball moments at the Stadium, and on Bobby Murcer, the beloved Yankees player and YES announcer who passed away this past summer. The network also interviewed Yankees fans, who offered up their greatest Yankees memories.
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Peter Abraham
I hope the Yankees think about putting the Pre-Game and Post-Game festivities on DVD and make it available for sale.
IMO, it would make a great holiday gift.
What were the game ratings on ESPN?
I taped the ceremony/game on an old VCR, but would love it they would make it all avaialble on a DVD. Better quality and without all the commercials.
When’s the good karma coming back to NY?
Bob read in Neil Best’scolumn that football outranked ESPN pretty much everywhere but New York. I think you can read it fropm a link on the right his blog is called Watchdog
When’s the good karma coming back to NY?
When the good players come.
Bob,
I think if the Yankees put together a DVD of last night, complete with behind the scenes interviews with the honored guests (I’m sure they were shooting it), it would be a huge seller.
In fact, I would include a computer generated model of what the new Yankee Stadium would look like in the DVD.
It would be the perfect way to close one building and build excitement for the opening of another.
Absolutley. The pre-game coverage, the actual game, and the postgame march/speech/interviews should all be packaged in a DVD.
They could make so much money on it, I don’t know why they wouldn’t.
source: mlbtradeumors
The following three names are being bandied about in the Yankees’ clubhouse for center field next year: Nate McLouth, David DeJesus, and Matt Kemp. DeJesus seems the most reasonable target, though Robinson Cano could be part of a package for Kemp. DeJesus, it should be noted, played a poor center field this year according to the plus/minus system.
Am I a good player?
Good for the Yankees donating the money.
I would buy a couple of such DVDs for holiday gifts!
The good karma will come if Cashman/Hal get us two FA starting pitchers and build pitching depth and then go out and use some of tha to get younger in the lineup.
Damnit!!!! That money could’ve gone towards CC’s contract.
Nice gesture by the Yankees.
O/T, but I was checking out the Fall & Winter league rosters.
Brackman, Bleich, and Romine are the only names I recognize.
And the Papelbons are like pod people. Jeremy Papelbon (Reds?) is the twin brother of another Papelbon that was drafted by the Red Sox.
Unfortunately, those of us outside the area had to rely on ESPN, which moved the pregame to ESPN Classic.
Would have been nice if they had streamed it or put it on MLB.TV but that would have made too much sense.
Chase Wright
Am I a good player?———————————
No.
I don’t see any bad karma with the Yankees.
They had a rough season, that’s it. It has nothing to do with Karma.
There was no bad karma last night. Or for the entire final homestand for that matter.
I think bandwagon fans that started following the team in 1996 produce more bad “karma” than anything else that happens with the team.
You follow sports long enough and you will see EVERY team has a bad season.
Even in this “bad season, the Yankees have a chance to win 88-91 games. That means they have to improve by about 4-5 wins to be a playoff team next year. Not a lot.
I would argue this team NEEDED to miss the playoffs in order to do what is necessary to fix this team. The more they keep making the playoffs, the easier it becomes to try and “patch” things.
I think the organization now knows they need more than just a patch job to get things going in the right direction.
Wonder if those ratings include the ESPN viewers, which was what the rest of us outside of the YES area saw. I imagine it was the same feed, since there was no commentary or commercials. All I can say about the ESPN broadcast of the game itself—We are not out of the playoffs yet, Dumb and Dumber; and as bad as Miller and Morgan are, thank God that the event wrecking Chris Berman was busy ruining another football highlight show.
*recognize from the Hawaii roster.
Of course I know all the guys going to Arizona. Duh!
Whitey,
They ran the pre-game on mlb.com and it’ll be available at i-tunes for sure and is probably on the mlb site as well. It was labeled “Finale”.
Somebody talking about Nate McLouth is a lot different than getting him. He’s young and cheap and Pittsburgh has no reason or need to move him, and the same can be said about Kemp. The dodgers could spend 13-15 mil on a multi-year contract for Hudson and not need to trade Kemp.
Not that it really matters at this point, but it really is gonna be hard to watch these last 6 games after last night. Just feels really wierd that there still is some season left.
Gotta wonder if the players feel the same way. Wouldn’t be surprised if they completely mail it in. Of course how could we really tell, they basically been doing that all season. lol
8-2 on the last homestand(with 7 of the games against playoff teams)....where was that all year guys?
There’s a great story about last night on the front page of ESPN right now. I never ready anything from that guy before, but he did a great job.
Tint, not to worry.
I would think that if the Yankees need any recruiting tools last night would suffice…never mind the fact that any one of the Oriole players could give a good portrayal of what it is like to be a Yankee.
I would think that Brian Roberts would give anything to have switched locker rooms.
Here’s a link: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/farewell/columns/story?columnist=thompson_wright&id=3601959
Nobody is going to pay Orlando Hudson 13-15 million per year. That would be a bigger AAV than Chase Utley.
Asking for it and getting it are two different things.
He’s young and cheap and Pittsburgh has no reason or need to move him, and the same can be said about Kemp.
actually, the Pirates top prospect, Andrew McCutchen is waiting to come up.
Miller and Morgan were not as bad as I feared they would be last night. In fact ESPN actually did a pretty good job I think.
My one big complaint is when we missed seeing Girardi take the ball from Andy because they were interviewing boomer and Cone.
Whitey and Yogi in the booth was just awesome. I would have loved listening to them for longer.
Any news on Hideki’s surgery today?
http://tinyurl.com/Stadium-Finale-Pregame.
It’s 2 hours long, but what you want is there.
Pat,
I’m sure they will say it was, “successful”. lol
Have you ever heard of a surgery involving a player that wasn’t?
Personally I thought the Pre-game was a bit awkward at points especially with the “ghosts” in the outfield.
Really it was sort of like an old-timer day.
I guess I can understand shunning Clemens but no mention of Torre was low even by Yankee standards. A video message from George (if he is even conscious) would have been great.
One thing ESPN did get right was showing game 5 in ‘01 and game 7 from’03 on Classic yesterday. I actually jumped up like when it first happened when Brosius hit that home run. I have never seen anybody so purely elated as Brosius was immediately after he hit that ball.
Vader,
I was wondering myself if Tex, CC, and AJ caught the pregame.
Jeers,
Judging by the way he looked at the ASG, I think any message from George would have had to be taped a long time ago.
Jeremy Hermida >>> Nate McClouth
Wasn’t a fan of the live action broadcast on ESPN last night. They were putting on their own show while a game was going on rather than televising a game. I didn’t really need to see Reggie clips and shots of Yogi and Whitey sitting in the booth instead of live pitches. They could have at least shown split screeen for those who actually wanted to watch the game.
Nate Mcclouth?
Was Francessa the one they interviewed in the Yankees clubhouse?
SJ
Not unsuccessful but sometimes the damage is greater than what they anticipated. It was supposed to be arthroscopic and just wondered if it worked out that way.
Gotta Remember the Dodgers’ owner is not in the mood to spend tons of money and they would like the cost certainty of acquiring a guy like Cano. Cano/Kemp would also be a youth for youth type deal that fills needs for both teams. Hudson will be 31 and is already making over $ 6 M.
GB 7 is right… It’s just plain silly to think a financially strapped franchise would trade a young stud making minimum wage… not EVER going to happen.
Unless you can get a young stud prosepct like Kemp I say you get by in CF with Damon/Gardner/Cabrera until Austin Jackson is ready. If you can get Kemp… either he or Jackson can become a corner OF.
I disagree with those who feel Kennedy has no value… he’s annoyed the Yankees, but he did post a 2.35 ERA in 59 innings in Scranton with 72 K and just 17 W. Maybe the California dude just needs to be out West, but he has value.
YES… please make the dvd available… I don’t need another damn tie in my stocking this year.
Brandon,
No he isn’t. I watch Hermida everyday in South Florida. He’s ok, not great.
I’m not sure what McClouth is long term. Is this a spike year statistically or is this the kind of player he really is?
That said, he’s a better defensive OF than Hermida, plays harder, and is a more patient hitter. He’s also a guy who stays healthier than Hermida. Hermida is always hurt.
Hermida has a lot of talent but, hasn’t put it together in a low stress atmosphere. I’m not sure how he would handle NY.
I don’t see why the Pirates would trade McLouth. If they want to bring up McCutcheon, they can accomplish that without trading McLouth.
Hermida also can’t play CF. He’s a RF all the way and I think Nady will be in RF in ‘09 for the Yankees.
To anybody watching on TV:
Were Dave Winfield’s wrists taped up like he was ready to play in the game? If so, I thought that was a nice detail.
SJ44
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Nobody is going to pay Orlando Hudson 13-15 million per year. That would be a bigger AAV than Chase Utley.
Asking for it and getting it are two different things.
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That’s been his asking price from Arizona since talks started on an extension over the winter, according to reports. I agree that he’s not worth the cost, but, he’s not worth 7-8 million, either. He’s certainly not a good replacement for Cano. People want Cano gone because of the “attitude” but want Kemp to replace him? A half a season with Manny Ramirez hasn’t helped much. The only thing that he offers that Cano doesn’t is stolen bases.
1. I saw where Matsui’s surgery was scheduled for later this afternoon or early evening.
2. Putting last night’s YES telecast – maybe with clips of the game – would make for a great holiday gift. I hope they do it.
Mel,
Maybe it is just me, but I don’t understand why players say they don’t want to play in New York…they pay, you play on a team that has more history than most half the teams in the league, if not all of them and like Tino said if you win in New York you get treated like a King.
Just think Wade Boggs was over at third last night and Winny was in the outfield, players want to be associated with the Yankees.
I don’t think the Yankees are going to trade Cano. If they were, they wouldn’t have benched him. That sent a signal to everybody that what they suspected (his dogging it this year) was reality. That dropped his value bigtime.
It seems to me the Yankees are going to make the effort to fix Cano for themselves rather than trading him. If they can, it works out well for them.
If they can’t, they will sit in the same position they are in next year with him.
Given the age and limitations on this roster, its probably more prudent to try and fix him than deal him while his value is not as high as it was a year ago.
Then again, if there is a new GM, perhaps that thinking goes out the window. Something tells me though that if Cashman is back, Cano is staying.
I have a feeling lots of people are going to be getting $500 tiny bags of dirt for Christmas this year. lol
That may be his asking price but, until he is actually on the free agent market and fields offers, his asking price is meaningless.
When all is said and done, he will probably sign for between 8-10 million a season for 3-4 years. He has no shot at getting, or exceeding, Utley’s AAV.
Perhaps he is from the ask for the moon and settle for the stars philosophy of negotiating skills.
SJ, what would be your take on David DeJesus?
Bob, will it be authenticated?
I was a little surprised at Pete’s assessment of IPK in the video chat.
He’s fallen long and hard and I don’t think he’d beat out Hughes for a spot.
I’m not saying he’s finished. Far from it. He was great last season with the club. Putting aside AAA results for a bit, he needs to work on a lot of stuff. Too many walks. Too many pitches. He did not impress in the post season for SWB, either.
I’m just saying he’s later, than sooner. And I suspect that impatience is part of the problem with both Kennedy and Phil.
And, by the way, that million dollar donation by the Yankees to the Red Cross for hurrican relief is nice. It matches the donation the Yankees made to Virginia Tech.
I wonder how many other teams did something like that? Does anyone know?
Not a big DeJesus fan. He’s not a good CF and they have Damon to play LF next year. Its probably more prudent for the Yankees to send Gardner to Winter Ball this off-season and continue to try and develop him than to trade for DeJesus.
He doesn’t have to be an all star to help the team next year. If he can hit .260, with a .340 or so OBP, he could steal 40-50 bases from the #9 spot in the order, and help this team win games. That’s good enough for a #9 hitter in the AL.
I think the danger folks have to be careful of this off-season when tons of names are bantied about is, just because a guy is on another team, doesn’t mean he’s a fit for the Yankees.
A lot is going to depend on how they shape the team in the off-season. If they are going to upgrade the pitching staff, they can’t ignore defense. In fact, defense should be as much of a priority to this team in the off-season as CC Sabathia, IMO.
Upgrading your pitching, and putting a poor defensive team behind your staff, isn’t a road to success.
Gardner is already a better defensive CF than DeJesus. The issue is, can he hit enough at the major league level to be a productive player? Jury is still out on that one.
Am i the only dope that still believes? If the tribe can somehow sweep the redsux, then all we need to do is win the next 6 games and we’re tied and will have a playoff playin. If for some ungodly reason Becket s&its the bed tonight we are one step more towards this improbable outcome. Statisticians are you out there?
A “B List” CF like DeJesus makes no sense to me. He’s better than Melky, but not that much and with Austin Jackson on the horizon that would be counter productive. Kemp on the other hand is an A-List talent.
SJ—-
I completely disagree with you about the impact of the benching of Cano. What matters is that the guy upgraded his play in every area after getting his attention and other teams will like that fact. Every teams has players they need to motivate and ride and others who are, shall we say “lower maintenance”. Cano’s value is higher than it was before the benching as far as I’m concerned. I know I’m more interested in having him around in ‘09 than I was.
mel,
The Papalbon twins are Jonathan Papalbon brothers. IIRC, they were both drafted by the Red Sox a couple of years ago, and one of them is a left-handed pitcher. I hadn’t heard that one had been traded. I don’t think they’re considered to be real prospects.
Are you close by to any of the Hawaiian League sites?
I think they’ll keep Cano as well and I think they should keep him. He’s seemed to respond to his benching quite well showing greater hustle at 2nd and better patience at the plate. I think he’s a great player that needs a lot of pushing. Hopefully he’ll become a great player that manages himself.
Theresa,
Everything’s close here!
I think that who the Yankees have in CF next year will give a lot of insight as to what they think of Jax. If they go after Kemp or McLouth, then they are not really sure if Jax is the answer in ‘10 if at all. If they stay with Gardner, or go after an older, stopgap player, then they may think he has a chance to contribute heavily by the end of next year. I have no idea what Melky’s future is with this team, and his value can’t be much at all in any moves.
The benching helped the Yankees. I don’t think benching him helps his trade value.
Now, teams have to wonder about him. Prior to the benching, its easy for his agent to spin his poor play on a number of factors. When you get publicly embarrassed as he was, that takes spin out of the equation.
As far as next year, I don’t think it can be debated that, given the present makeup of the team, he is more valuable to the Yankees than anything else.
If he can get his head out of his butt and actually grow up, he can turn things around.
The Yankees look to be gambling that he can do exactly that.
For their sake, I hope they are correct.
Kudos to the Yankees on their contribution for the victims of Hurricane Ike.
I was hard on them while posting Saturday night, citing them for ridiculous greed. Some of it was fair. Quite a bit wasn’t. I was a bit buzzed and angry and wished I could have some of that back.
That said, you can’t call ‘em for greed and then not offer kudos for their charitable efforts. They are to be congratulated. Another day when I’m proud to be a fan.
SJ——
I don’t believe benching him enhanced his trade value. The way he has played afterwards did.
Do you think there are teams out there who didn’t know he was coasting on his talent? I don’t. Now they see the kid will respond to a kick in the pants… so if you are interested in him as a player you also know you’ll have to ride him a bit… that’s what you have coaches for.
I’m interested in your view of Matt Kemp and Austin Jackson both in the outfield in 2009-10. The Dodgers have too many OF and need a 2B something awful. To me that’s a trade that makes sense and when Jackson is ready one of them moves to the vacated opportunity in LF.
While they’d love to coordinate all their moves to fall into place at once that won’t happen. First up are decisions on Yankees FA. I say quick one year deals for Mussina (same $$) and Pettite (reduced $$) arbitration offered to Abreu and bye bye to all others. Do you agree? Anyone else with thoughts?
“I would argue this team NEEDED to miss the playoffs in order to do what is necessary to fix this team. The more they keep making the playoffs, the easier it becomes to try and “patch†things.”
sj-
oh, now i see the method to cashman’s madness of the past year.
all kidding aside, after watching last night’s fesitivities, one thing really struck me and that was the people who really know the yankees are people like whitey ford, yogi berra, bobby richardson, bill skowron, scott brosius, tino martinez, nettles, cone, reggie, guidry,pinella, jeter, rivera, etc.
gene michael was just one player on the yankees. accessing the collective wisdom of great yankees ,which the above are, would be immensely helpful. i think the yankees should have a knights of the round table type thing where players are voted in by previously existing ones. i think this group should be the advisory group that hank is talking about creating.
i’m not saying this flippantly. very few franchises could do it. membership of this council would be as select as the hall of fame.
i think their vote should be needed when the team hires a gm and then the gm should run things as he pleased for his term. these guys are really the keepers of the yankee flame. they know what it is to be a yankee.
i’m not saying this to bash him, but brian cashman doesn’t have a clue what it is to be a yankee in the way a whitey ford or a yogi berra does.
i think that while there are legal and business practices that are outside the great players experience that this work can be done the way you’d hire a gardener to do your lawn or an accountant to do your taxes. but you can’t easily hire people that get what it is to be a yankee. being a member of a special group that meets occasionally is different than one of these players working full time for the yankees. most of the great ones just don’t want or need to do that. gene michael made little money playing and working full time after his career appealed to him. it doesn’t to most players.
i would also go so far as to say it would be rare to see a player that did not have a world series ring on this council. it could happen like in mattingly’s case, but it would be an exception.
i even thing this group should have clout that transcends ownership on some things. this council should not be controlled at all by ownership. it should be independent of ownership in some ways.
the red sox have red sox nation. the yankees would have the equivalent of a knights of the round table. it’s already there informally. it’s just not being fully used. players like brosius, oneill, and cone would have a place of honor that would connect them in a very special way to the yankees for the rest of their lives.
how far to go with this is open to question, but i think it would be very cool to have a group that previous yankee greats voted in new yankee greats. and great could be defined as what brosius did which was perform when a championship was on the line. i could see players like arod, giambi, and mussina not getting in. it would be a very select group. we saw them last night. they are there.
there is a disconnect from this group from what we saw on the field this year.
randy l,
Are you saying that Red Sox nation vote on who gets the GM job?
Randy,
In many cases, former players sometimes make the worst advisors because they get a bit too emotional about making decisions on players. Especially the ones they like.
Most of the guys you cited aren’t really around the game much anymore, except for events like card shows and last night.
They need baseball men involved in today’s game. Buck Showalter is one that could bridge a LOT of gaps within the organization.
He possesses all that we think this team needs for the future. He’s smart, and understands today’s players. He also understands what its like to be a Yankee. He gets it. He doesn’t need an adjustment period. He can hit the ground running.
He also spent time advising in Cleveland last night. That shouldn’t be discounted because Indians have as good a baseball ops crew as there is in the game today.
To me, if they got Buck involved, the entire franchise would be better for it.
86,
To get a guy like Kemp, they would have to trade Cano. They can’t get him for anything less than Cano. That’s a tough call to make.
If you really look at this team, keeping Cano, and getting a first baseman, is probably the best way to go.
They could package one of their young arms and get a pretty decent first baseman. Especially if they were to sign CC and feel good about what they do to fix the starting rotation.
I’m not the biggest Cano fan on the planet. I think he ought to be ashamed of himself for the way he played and conducted himself most of the season.
That said, its unquestioned the benching changed him. So much so, its a legitimate question to ask, “why didn’t they do it sooner”?
If he spends the winter working as hard as he has told everybody he plans on doing, I keep him and hope for a bounceback year.
Keeping Abreu does not make any sense.
1, Damon, Nady, and Matsui are all corner outfielders that are under contract for next season and will need to play in LF or RF next year.
2, Mark Teixeira won’t command much more than the $16mil that Abreu got this year, plays a position where the Yankees have a need, and is a better hitter in every way.
SJ—-
Amen to doing it sooner.. should have been MUCH sooner.
Your thoughts on the Yankees impending FA decisions?
Kemp/Cano would be a prospect blockbuster that’s for sure.
1B options if no Teixiera? With so-so defense at 2B, SS, 3B I think an excellent glove has to be a high priority.
sj-
i agree that great players aren’t good at all at any kind of micro managing, but i’m talking about passing on what it is to be a yankee. i’m saying this is an intangible that exists. these great players get it. they know it when they see it. for a player like cano , is he a yankee or not? this kind of group’s opinion would be very good to have when making a decision about cano. as far as showalter i should have mentioned him. he gets it. he knows what it is to be a yankee.
the way i see it is how do you design a role for the o’neill’s, cones, brosius’s, bernie wiliams, who have something to add ,but really don’t want to do it every day. i really think a mechanism should be designed that includes them. they are a wasted resource right now.
on another note , if cashman is retained , this next year really has to be a put up or shut up year for him. i personally think he is the perfect example of the old peter principle cliche, but i’m open to him getting one last chance. but that’s one. no more excuses.
this year was an embarrassing goodbye to yankee stadium. going out on top should have been a priority.
I think starting pitching has to be the priority in the off-season.
If I had to make a laundry list, it would be the following.
1. Once and for all, make a final decision on Joba. Starter or reliever and live with the results. If he’s a starter, put him in the rotation (the #5 spot, to monitor his innings) and keep him there.
If its in the bullpen, start him there and KEEP HIM THERE. Enough with the bouncing back and forth.
2. CC Sabathia and AJ Burnett have to be 1-2 on the hitst. We can spin this all we want. However, if you have both guys in the rotation, with Wang, Moose and either Joba or Pettitte (depending on whether or not you bring him back and what you do with Joba), you have something special.
Its a lot of money but, the Yankees have money. This way, they could keep their young pitching inventory in place. A couple of those guys could be spunoff to get a first baseman or a CF, if they so choose.
If they can only get one of Sabathia or Burnett, they need to find another veteran starting pitcher. They can’t have more than one kid (Joba), if that, in 2009.
3. Gotta improve the bench. I like what I have seen in Cody Ransom. Sort of reminds me of Clay Bellinger. A guy who can help in limited opportunities.
I’d also like to see them make a move on Ryan Freel. At this point, you would have to think the Reds would like the rid themselves of that contract and I think Freel helps the Yankees in a couple of areas.
He gives them that super utility type of grinder this team sorely misses. He brings that type of energy to the team and the locker room that’s also missing. He also gives the Yankees a way to light a fire under Cano’s butt. If he dogs it, Freel plays second.
Never under-estimate having a guy in place to replace a guy who is dogging it. Its more effective than hiring a coach just to be a babysitter for a player.
mel,
even the red sox aren’t that stupid. think how much fun it’d be if the yankees had a semi secret advisorory group of great players. it’d be of skull and bones kind of thing that would drive the rest of baseball crazy.
Randy,
I agree but, that’s what having those guys in spring training does for the team. Brosius is coaching a college team now so his availability is limited in spring training.
I would LOVE for Bernie to be a spring training instructor. He can help a LOT. Especially with the latin players because Bernie went through hell (mainly because of Mel Hall) in his early years as a Yankee. I think he could really help Cano.
As far as Cashman is concerned, his contract is up this year. Next year isn’t his “put up” year because, if he is back, he will have a multi-year deal in place.
If he re-signs, does it comes with strings attached or is he given unfettered power on baseball matters? IMO, its too early to say right now.
I will say the decision will be Hal’s and not Hank’s. That much is clear from what I have heard.
Long ago while in Mexico I heard a saying about going after someone ‘a gritos y sombrerazos’. It loses a bit in the translation but basically means going after somebody shouting and whacking him with your sombrero. I think Cano may have to be managed ‘a gritos y sombrerazos’. Maybe they could adapt the technique and just use shouts and blows with a baseball cap?
The folks at the Red Cross must love these donations. I’m sure they’ll rip off a large percentage of it like they did with the 9/11 donations.