From the East Room
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Apr 26, 2010 
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President Obama just wrapped up the ceremony in the East Room. He singled out Mariano Rivera, Mark Teixeira, Jorge Posada and Derek Jeter in his six minute, 45 second speech.
President Obama said that Jeter “epitomizes the beat of the Yankees tradition.”
When he was finished speaking, the President was given a signed No. 27 jersey, then held the trophy for a picture with the team.
Very cool……
That is so cool!
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CB,
That deal is mind boggling.
There is no DH in the NL to put Howard in as he ages. When the Yankees commit this kind of money to a slugger it’s always under the guise that the slugger could DH as they get too old to play the field.
The Phillies don’t have this option.
I just don’t get the impetus for this extension. They had this season and next season still under contract.
I don’t see where they saved any money by extending him this early. In fact, I think you are correct to say they have cost themselves (and the rest of baseball) money by paying so-called “Yankee” dollars to Howard.
Utley will definitely cash in. How do you tell him he’s worth less than Howard? You can’t, unless he’s injured at the time of negotiation.
Pujols will get Arod money now or more.
Adrian Gonzales’ asking price just skyrocketed as did Prince Fielder.
The dollars the Phillies just committed to a player who won’t earn this salary until his age 32 season is absurd.
Whoever said the Red Sox are freaking out right now is correct. I think they thought it might take 20 million tops a year to sign Gonzales. Now, he’s at a bare minimum a 25 million dollar per year player. Probably more since he’s better defensively and younger.
I think Obama didn’t see Tex destroy Bobby Wilson.
Video says a rebroadcast will be available.
the link on live stream did not work, will we be able to see a recorded of the entire event? I’m so jealous. wish I could be there.
Obama did alright. A few good laughs in there.
Perhaps now that LoHud has a new Yankee video they can put it up over on “LoHud TV” to the right and take down that somewhat unflattering freeze frame of Chad.
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“Whoever said the Red Sox are freaking out right now is correct. I think they thought it might take 20 million tops a year to sign Gonzales. Now, he’s at a bare minimum a 25 million dollar per year player.”
If Howard is worth $25M Adrian Gonalez is worth 28-30M easy. He is a much, much better first baseman than Howard.
How about that. $23M for Mark Teixeira is looking pretty good…
Pat, thanks!
Bronx Jeers April 26th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Obama did alright. A few good laughs in there.
Perhaps now that LoHud has a new Yankee video they can put it up over on ?LoHud TV? to the right and take down that somewhat unflattering freeze frame of Chad.
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Oh! I think Chad looks cute there
I’ll take Tex at that price; he’s better overall than Howard.
I like the Howard deal because like G.Love said, it cost the Sox probably $20-$30mil in their move for Adrian. It’s a completely ridiculous contract to give to the 3rd best player on your team, and for a player that can’t hit lefties at all, his game has more holes in it than most care to admit.
It’s not a bad contract 4 years from now, it’s a bad contract today.
How much is the Howard deal? 25m for 5 years?
That 5 year 125 million contract is going to look awesome on the PHiliies during the three years of Howard’s contract. Big Papi deux?
Not sure if this was already posted (been working hard today), but I found this amusing:
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tum.....o1_500.png
He’ll make $19 million this year, $20 million in 2012 and 2013, and $25M per year for 2014, 2015 and 2016. There’s a team option for 2017 at $23M with $10M buyout. He also gets a limited no-trade guarantee.
NickSwisher ??What a blast! Gng 2 Walter Reed & mtng the President couldnt have been any cooler. What a day to be a Yankee. What an honor. Its nap time
I actually think this benefits the Red Sox.
What team has the ability to give $25+ million to a 1st baseman? And Gonzalez/Pujols might approach $30 million. Pujols definitely will.
Considering the Yankees (and probably now the Mets with Davis) don’t need one… where is the money going to come from? Phillies are obviously out too.
Red Sox are basically the only team that can afford that kind of contract. If the price was $20 million, then a bunch of teams could probably afford it. $25+ million? How many teams could realistically afford that?
BryanHoch White House ceremony is over. Waiting outside West Wing hoping for player comments.
the difference is besides the yankees and red sox, teams are more willing to pay their own players more than FAs. Which is why Howard for 25AAV when he probably shouldnt have. Padres and Brewers are NOT paying Gonzo and Prince what they want.
Watching MLB right now and they just flashed Jim Maloney of the Reds pitching. Lord…what a talent. Until Dave Bristol burned him out, he was as good as any pitcher in baseball at that time not named Koufax.
Dave – I do believe it helps them acquire him, but even with less suitors the contract price just went up. Adrian’s agent was already talking about making their lowball the Teixeira deal, and Howard isn’t even as good as Teixeira in my eyes.
I think that SF needs to shell out the dough to get Gonzo. They have great pitching and no offense.
It’s the Howard type contracts more than the Teixeira or Mauer type contracts that drive salaries into a range where they become disastrous long term values for teams and even poor short term values.
Howard isn’t close to a $25M player.
You can’t pay second or even third tier players top tier money. It’s a recipe for a poor investment.
Where is Mark Anastasio to correct the ills of the world? Or at least complain about them? This just kills the Brewers – especially as the Phils had no urgency to sign howard – they weren’t going to lose him.
The Mark Teixeira deal looks even more fortuitous now.
Can’t imagine what Boras would have wanted for Tex if Howard had signed his deal prior to Tex’s free agent year.
Good luck to any team going after prince fielder. That’s another disaster waiting to happen.
Good to see Heyman has started the PR campaign early.
“As much as I hate discussing ‘04 you also have to remember Tony freaking Clark was the 3rd string 1B when he took over for Olerud who got hurt after game 4 I think. For my $ that was the series right there, he was brutal in every single AB except the one where he missed a double by a foot.”
To MikeBoston
Unfortunately for your comment about Clark, Tony Clark got a huge double in the ALCS Game 4 or 5, late in the game. We had a runner on 1st, who happened to be half way around 3rd when a fan interfered with the ball.
It was the umpires discretion (and as we all know, umpires love nothing more than to cheat the big bad Yankees), and they made our runner return to 3rd base, taking the run away from us.
Umpires discretion. Just like the other day, an Oriole hit a ball down the right field line, and because the Oriole had barely crossed 1st base when the fan interfered with the ball, they only gave the Oriole a single.
Umpires discretion.
That one run pretty much cost us the game. I thank Tony Clark, as well as every other 2004 NYY for their effort, and I put the blame squarely on Umpires and Umpires discretion.
Because when it comes down to umpires discretion, all we were ever going to see in that 2004 series was umpires bias, not umpires discretion.
Wonder what Mark Antnasio will say…
What this Howard contract really means is it’s time for the NL East to stock up on lefty pitching.
The Met’s are locked up at first base – with Ike Davis? I think they can make room for Pujols or Gonzalez
Dave,
Pujols is staying.
What is this “selected for you by a sponsor” nonsense?
Nothing, I promise that Attanasio won’t say a word, they hypocrite.
With the way Fielder is built, I would never give him that kind of $$.
“He?ll make $19 million this year, $20 million in 2012 and 2013, and $25M per year for 2014, 2015 and 2016. There?s a team option for 2017 at $23M with $10M buyout. He also gets a limited no-trade guarantee.”
I don’t understand these contracts that pay the guy more when he gets older. His skills are going to be on the decline and you’re going to give him more money? I understand it from a financial perspective, but from a baseball perspective, it seems odd to me.
I wonder who went to Walter Reed – only a few players, I think.
I would imagine the Phillies end up eating $15+ million a year over the last 2 years of this deal after he is traded for someone’s farm system.
Pic of the day!
http://twitpic.com/1ip8hc
“With the way Fielder is built, I would never give him that kind of $$.”
Some have said the same thing about Sabathia.
NYY626 April 26th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Pic of the day!
http://twitpic.com/1ip8hc
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That’s a great picture!! Love it.
Could the Cardinals afford a $300 million dollar contract in addition to Holliday’s $138 million dollar deal?
All depends if Pujols wants to stay in STL or not. He could probably get more from Boston if he wanted to.
All the reports are that Pujols wants to get paid.
Laura – I think teams backload contracts so that if they decide to trade the player away they take a smaller hit up front. Make’s me love our front-loaded a-rod contract though, where his annual goes down to $20mil in the last 3 seasons.
# Erica – always OPPC – Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter April 26th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Bronx Jeers April 26th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Obama did alright. A few good laughs in there.
Perhaps now that LoHud has a new Yankee video they can put it up over on ?LoHud TV? to the right and take down that somewhat unflattering freeze frame of Chad.
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Oh! I think Chad looks cute there
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Hmmmm. Not sure about that one. Your eye may be suspect.
Exhibit A.
http://www.27pitches.com/wp-co....._damon.jpg
That is a good pic; they’re all hanging on Alex’ every word, lol.
CC is huge, but he’s not obese; Fielder is obese.
The Cardinals are one of the most profitable franchises in baseball. They will sign Pujols and he will stay in St. Louis.
This is akin to the Joe Mauer situation. Albert will never see free agency.
“Laura ? I think teams backload contracts so that if they decide to trade the player away they take a smaller hit up front. Make?s me love our front-loaded a-rod contract though, where his annual goes down to $20mil in the last 3 seasons.”
True, but depending on the cost, it also makes it harder to trade the guy. There are only going to be a few teams willing to take Howard for $25M in 2015.
I can only imagine what Obama must have been thinking when he was shaking hands while Sterling was still talking? “Jesus, John. Don’t you ever take a time out?”
# SJ44 April 26th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
The Cardinals are one of the most profitable franchises in baseball. They will sign Pujols and he will stay in St. Louis.
This is akin to the Joe Mauer situation. Albert will never see free agency.
I wish people would understand that.
Columnists and mainstream media members have vastly overrated Ryan Howard over the years, because of his supposed “clutch” abilities.
He’s a very good player, but he’s incredibly vulnerable to lefties and a poor defender. Add to that the fact that he’s in his 30s, and this a bad, bad deal. The Phillies don’t even have the option of moving him to DH.
Lars Anderson > Pujols
unnamed scout told that to Gammons.
NYY626
Great picture!!!
Did Kay go “See Ya” as he left the White House?
Carl,
The same people who were convinced Mauer would leave Minnesota to sign with the Red Sox will now convince themselves Pujols will leave to sign with the Red Sox.
It will never happen.
The Cardinals will resign Pujols, but if Ryan Howard is worth $25 million, Pujols is worth $32-35 mil. Howard and Pujols aren’t even on the same level.
Just an absurd contract.
If Pujols doesn’t resign with St. Louis, look for the Cubs to make a run at him. They’ve got the owner with money to spend, and Pujols stays close to his mid-west home.
Daylife is starting to get some pictures up
http://www.daylife.com/photo/0.....?q=Yankees
Laura – they often hide that trade cost by the original team (phillies) paying part of the contract. I can’t figure out in my head if the numbers work out in their favor by doing this… but I have to imagine they are smarter than i am…
I can not believe Michael Kay’s fat head is in that photo. He has no business being in the Team picture !
Those ads under every post really stink. They are really disruptive and have got to go. LoHud, don’t spoil a good thing.
I just came to the blog this afternoon (couldn’t bear to read about yesterday’s loss) and found the new format with sponsor suggested links within the postings. It is really confusing and lacks the clean clarity of the previous layouts. I hope you drop this kind of intrusion.
I don’t follow the NL so I’m not up to date on how much money STL has. We’ve always been feed the story from the media that only NYY, BOS, NYM and CHC have that kind of money to spend on one player. If STL has 30M to give Pujols, good for them!
Was Sabathia missing? I didn’t see him.
http://www.daylife.com/photo/0.....?q=Yankees
What a fantastic picture this is; they couldn’t possibly look happier.
“Laura ? they often hide that trade cost by the original team (phillies) paying part of the contract. I can?t figure out in my head if the numbers work out in their favor by doing this? but I have to imagine they are smarter than i am?”
Tom, don’t sell yourself short by assuming that baseball owners are smarter than fans are. I’m 100% sure that I’m smarter than the fools that currently run the Mets.
The only way Albert is getting extended is if they do it before the beginning of next season. if they pick up his $16mil option, he’s going to tell them to piss off.
Thanks for the live feed! It was great seeing it as it was happening.
Nice ceremony. It must’ve killed A-Rod not to be mentioned. That is the price of being caught with PEDs. #Yankees
40 minutes ago via txt
Wow.
A-Rod’s value was that he was supposed to be the clean HR king and shatter all the baseball records and be the legit HR king unlike Bonds.
All that is up in smoke now, now we just have a legendary player.
Bronx Jeers April 26th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
# Erica ? always OPPC ? Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter April 26th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Bronx Jeers April 26th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Obama did alright. A few good laughs in there.
Perhaps now that LoHud has a new Yankee video they can put it up over on ?LoHud TV? to the right and take down that somewhat unflattering freeze frame of Chad.
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Oh! I think Chad looks cute there
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Hmmmm. Not sure about that one. Your eye may be suspect.
Exhibit A.
http://www.27pitches.com/wp-co….._damon.jpg
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Say what you want-
I still love Johnny!
Who tweeted that about Alex?
Hard to believe Prez Obama’s snub of A-Rod was anything but intentional.
35 minutes ago via TweetDeck
Klapisch..
Wow again. Alex looked perfectly happy; I don’t think he cared that he wasn’t mentioned, lol. Most of the team wasn’t mentioned.
Strange, but, I don’t even pay attention to the ads on here, but, then too, unlike drive-bys like Don and Ed, I’m not looking for something to whine about, either.
Betsy-who tweeted that???
The Twins came up with $184 M to pay Mauer. He’s a franchise player but the twins had to have the cash flow to support the deal.
The Nationals offered Tex $180M. The O’s offered him at around $140M. The Angels offered him $140M.
None signed him. So where did that money go?
Too many fans underestimate how much money there is in the game and how much owners make directly or indirectly. Baseball is a six billion dollar industry.
The Cardinals are going to sign Pujols. The Holliday contract actually speaks volumes about their capacity to sign Albert.
If the Cards were worried about the financials for Albert they would never have signed Holliday.
The Holliday deal tells you they were more concerned that Albert might leave due to lack of talent surrounding him than any money issue.
So forget Pujols.
And when you think about all of the teams that chased after Tex – there is no question Adrian Gonzalez will be vigorously pursued by many teams in addition to the Sox if he hits free agency.
Let Gonzalez put up another 1.000 OPS season in that park and see how many organizations throw money at him.
CR, sorry – Andrew Marchand.
Only the NY media could make turn something as wonderful as this into a negative.
Interesting link I found via espn power rankings:
Just another example of how much of a cash-cow the Yankees organization is.
http://itsaboutthemoney.net/ar.....ot-really/
Oh, boy.
CR9, ignore comments from ignorant, stupid, controversy starting media members, and dont hold harsh views towards Obama. (Yes, Im typing to myself
)
Im sure he had no intent to to show up Alex. This is just a matter of some scumbag loser pathetic disgraceful reporter trying to sound cool and drum up controversy.
Chad, any truth to the rumor that the Prez was talking re-election and Michael Kay began lecturing him on the “Fallacy of the Predetermined Outcome”?
The New York media is sad. Really sad.
Betsy – Hughes rules (Pleading the Fifth) April 26th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
CR, sorry ? Andrew Marchand.
Only the NY media could make turn something as wonderful as this into a negative.
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Now I know why I never read Marchand.
I’m sorry, Erin – I accidentally cut off the tweet.
The first was Marchand, 2nd Klapisch. I’m sure there will be more – losers.
I’ve never seen a player picked on like Alex is. Every single thing that happens to him has to have some hidden meaning about it. Did Obama mention CC? Is CC somewhere crying about it? Then why should Alex be? It really is mind boggling – after everthing he did in the post season, he still can’t catch a beak. It’s not often that I feel sorry for someone making $32M/year, but I really do feel sorry for Alex. You’d think he was a murderer – the hatred for him is so out of control.
Betsy – Hughes rules (Pleading the Fifth) April 26th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
I?m sorry, Erin ? I accidentally cut off the tweet.
The first was Marchand, 2nd Klapisch. I?m sure there will be more ? losers.
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No problem, Betsy-and that angry face wasn’t directed at you BTW
from m’s article
“The salaries for five part-time Red Sox players spend more on salaries for five part-time players (David Ortiz, Mike Lowell, Bill Hall, Jeremy Hermida and Jason Varitek) represent more total* money than the Padres spend for their entire team. “
What an idiotic thing for Marchand to say. But, not surprising if you know Marchand.
CB,
Exactly. The industry is awash with money and teams have it to spend. Many more teams can spend money than some fans believe. We see it every year.
hold on, there was a strikethrough in there…
“The salaries for five part-time Red Sox (David Ortiz, Mike Lowell, Bill Hall, Jeremy Hermida and Jason Varitek) represent more total* money than the Padres spend for their entire team. ”
There we go.. That article is a good read, don’t miss it.
http://itsaboutthemoney.net/ar.....ot-really/
All they are is pieces of carcillo.
They are pathetic disgraceful human beings who dont even deserve the privilege of covering the Yankees.
Again, I should be happy that we have 2 professionals covering the Yankees for LoHud, but I wonder how we came to be so lucky (aside from RhinoPete leaving to cover his favorite team! Thank you Boston Globe!).
And why there cant be any more professionals like S & C.
I think we all need to join together and backlash the Alex backlash
That has to be a new low for A-Rod bashing via New York press people. A day that is about the 2009 team and their accomplishment leads to the takeaway “Obama Snubs A-Rod” because of the prez’s generic speech?! Unbelievable. I look forward to Ian O’Connor weighing in saying Cody Ransom deserved to be mentioned by the president more than A-Rod.
I’m a closet Red Sox fan.
Erin, I know that, lol. I love the
face…….
Laura, I agree.
I didn’t realize how awful Marchand was until he took up at ESPNNY; before, he was just some update guy.
Klapisch didn’t cover himself in glory either.
Oh well – Alex had a great day no matter what the mediots say.
In as much as Obama slighted Sabathia, Pettitte, Burnett, Cano and about 17 other Yankee players as well as George M. himself, it can’t be anything other than intentional.
The Cardinal’s will do whatever contract needs to get done to keep Pujols. They have enough resources to get that deal done.
Also, many players like playing in STL so much they take less money to stay. Similar to Mauer in Minny.
Boston is smart enough to avoid Prince, IMO. The prize for them is Gonzalez. But he will be traded to someone before he hits FA.
Tom B,
LOL. That doesn’t even mention the $11m going to Lugo and another player they let go.
As long as Yankee fans give A-Rod his due as the freaking man and God of baseball that he is. It’s all good.
lol at Merchand, what a fool. I’m just waiting till Feinsand tweets or blogs about this.
Andrew, ’tis true; they really can’t sink any lower than they just did. What a bunch of miserable jerks. Maybe they can join the WH press corps and bombard Obama with questions as to why he didn’t mention Alex at his next press conference.
GreenBeret7 April 26th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Yes Maloney was and so was Joey Jay & Jim O’toole! Shows what a jerk of a manager can do! AKA Billy Ball Martin!
The Cards had revenue of 195 mil last year according to Forbes. If the Twins (revenue of 162 mil) can extend Mauer, then the Cards can lock up Pujols.
Anybody else think the sponsored related links on the bottom have to go?
They are an eyesore.
Sorry, I think it’s worth bringing up that Obama didn’t mention A-Rod’s name.
He’s the best player on the team, and was the driving engine in the playoffs last year. That’s not up for debate.
He’s likely going to break the all-time home run record. It’s fine to mention the so called “core-four”, but mentioning Tex and not A-Rod is just weird, and frankly sad. This should be Alex’s moment in the sun.
Why should the president endorse a steroid user? There are so many good guys on the team (as he mentioned Posada, Tex, Jeter, etc.), so what benefit does Obama have for mentioning A-Rod?
# rconn23 April 26th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Sorry, I think it’s worth bringing up that Obama didn’t mention A-Rod’s name.
He’s the best player on the team, and was the driving engine in the playoffs last year. That’s not up for debate.
He’s likely going to break the all-time home run record. It’s fine to mention the so called “core-four”, but mentioning Tex and not A-Rod is just weird, and frankly sad. This should be Alex’s moment in the sun.
He didn’t mention Pettitte.
Here’s what Obama said about A-Rod last year:
Alex Rodriguez’s admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs has shocked and disappointed baseball fans everywhere – including President Obama, who weighed in on the matter during his first White House press conference.
“I think it’s depressing news on top of what’s been a flurry of depressing items when it comes to Major League Baseball, said President Obama. “And if you’re a fan of Major League Baseball, I think it tarnishes an entire era, to some degree. And it’s unfortunate, because I think there are a lot of ballplayers who played it straight.”
http://www.associatedcontent.c.....tml?cat=14
I dont think Alex cares about having his name mentioned.
He is a far greater human being than most, and all that drove him last year, was the same thing that will continue to drive him..
The will to set a positive example for children and others, and to be there for others (such as his teammates).
Alex should and does receive the deserving praise from Yankees fans. That’s all that counts!
Obama snubbed A-Rod?
Purely political I assure you.
if Obama acknowledges A-Rod it means the US condones the actions of A-Rod when he invaded the sovereign nation of “Bradenton” last week.
Obama didn’t mention ME!!!
One of my sox fan friends said to me at one point last year, “you know I really hate to admit this, but I actually dont hate Arod this year. He seems different”.
I really think Alex did change last year, yet the media cannot seem to accept this…..
Obama didn’t snub A-Rod.
He just didn’t want to be implicated in Moundgate
To be honest, Obama made a perfectly good decision not mentioning ARod.
And it wasn’t personal.
If Obama mentions ARod, he can guarantee himself ZERO CHANCE at reelection
Smart decision, Mr. President. I want a Democrat in office, to continue our championship building!!
rconn, I have no problem at all that Alex wasn’t mentioned in Obama’s speech (considering what a team effort the ’09 team was he would still be up there talking if he mentioned everybody’s contributions) but what Marchand wrote was just completely idiotic. That’s what I have a problem with.
What exactly was Obama going to say about Alex? Put it down in words, please.
RayVT April 26th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
GreenBeret7 April 26th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Yes Maloney was and so was Joey Jay & Jim O’toole! Shows what a jerk of a manager can do! AKA Billy Ball Martin!
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Those early to mid-60s Reds teams could have rivaled the Yankee teams of the early ’50s. They had the makings of as ggod a pitching staff as the Dodgers and Baltimore had with Palmer, NcNally, Bunker, Jim Hardin and Tom Phebus. And both teams destroyed great young pitchers. Only McNally escaped injuryies. Palmer lost almost two seasons and should have won 300 games. Maloney, though. He was as electric as Koufax and Sam Mcdowell.
In a seperate ceremony, Joe Biden just told Brian Bruney that the Yankees’s 27th championship was “a big f—— deal!”
The President did not mention most of the team. You can ask the players but I bet they did not feel slighted in the least and just felt honored to be there. Why do folks have to read into stuff when there is nothing there?
I will say that I think it’s odd that he mentioned Tex. Tex played great D, but aside from his HR against the Twins, did nothing offensively in the playoffs. I also do think it’s odd that he didn’t mention Alex, but then I don’t necessarily think it had to do with steriods. If it did, then shame on Obama.
Look at the pictures, Alex is all smiles. I hardly think he noticed.
Nick in SF April 26th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
In a seperate ceremony, Joe Biden just told Brian Bruney that the Yankees?s 27th championship was ?a big f?? deal!?
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Why did Marte show up at the ceremony? He cost us the game yesterday…..
Amazing how obsessed the new york media is with A-Rod. I guess Obama snubbed CC, Pettitte, Burnett too.
NYY626 April 26th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Look at the pictures, Alex is all smiles. I hardly think he noticed.
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totally agree
It was a team effort but A-Rod’s back is probably still sore from carrying the team through the playoffs last year.
NYY626
But Alex is a phony. Those smiles are all fake
Anyone thinking this Phillies deal doesn’t send shockwaves through the rest of the teams today is mistaken.
All we’ve been peppered with is that the Yankees are the only team to have the revenue to make these kind of deals.
The Phillies are playing in the big sandbox now. If they can do it, so can a lot of other teams.
No one is saying that this deal means it’s a fact that Prince Fielder gets 25million.
But yesterday, there was still a chance you could get him for 18 million.
Today, that chance is gone.
Adrian Gonzalez’s price tag just sky rocketed from Tex money to practically Arod money.
That’s a huge jump.
The teams out there have the money to pay these guys. They’ve just been crying poor to anyone who would listen to keep salaries down and profits up.
The great thing about Howard’s extension is you can’t blame the Yankees for this one.
Is it the Yankees fault the Phillies did this and paid him more money than Tex?
Not at all.
The Phillies broke the bank today and a new bar has been set for 1b.
While the Mets appear to be set at 1b, they aren’t the only team other than Boston that is in need of a 1b.
The Mariners, Red Sox, White Sox, Cubs, Braves, Orioles and Nats all could be in the market for a difference maker at 1b. Now they know what that player will cost.
The Tex deal now looks like a steal. The Red Sox really screwed up by not closing that one out. It’s going to cost them in dollars, wins, development and prospects before all is said and done.
“I dont think Alex cares about having his name mentioned.
He is a far greater human being than most, and all that drove him last year, was the same thing that will continue to drive him..
The will to set a positive example for children and others, and to be there for others (such as his teammates).”
I also heard he healed the lepers and cast the clouds from the sky. Confirm/deny?
“If Obama mentions ARod, he can guarantee himself ZERO CHANCE at reelection ”
Good point, I know that when I’m going into the voting booth in 2012, my most important issue will be which Yankees Obama mentioned during a fluff press conference 2.5 years ago.
How would Obama looked if he said positive things about a guy who used PEDs?
It has nothing to do with anything personal, he just can’t acknowledge a guy who cheated.
Nick in SF April 26th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
In a seperate ceremony, Joe Biden just told Brian Bruney that the Yankees?s 27th championship was ?a big f?? deal!?
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You out did yourself with that one. One of your best.
Nick,
That was seriously the funniest post I’ve read!
Where can I send you the bill for the coffee all over my keyboard?
Oh I definitely don’t think Alex noticed or cared…………the media is really obsessed. I think all of them should be sent to psychiatrist to be analyzed.
Why did Marte show up at the ceremony? He cost us the game yesterday…..
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It’s a ceremony for the World Championship Trophy. Marte actually had a hand in obtaining that.
He’s likely going to break the all-time home run record. It’s fine to mention the so called “core-four”, but mentioning Tex and not A-Rod is just weird, and frankly sad. This should be Alex’s moment in the sun.
Core 3. No mention of Andy.
# Matt April 26th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
How would Obama looked if he said positive things about a guy who used PEDs?
It has nothing to do with anything personal, he just can’t acknowledge a guy who cheated.
Obama didn’t care about the PEDs. I mean how can you acknowledge someone who stepped on a guys mound?
Sorry, I wasn’t trying to be rude.
Just saying that Yankee fans can appreciate Alex’s efforts and the changes he’s undergone in the last 2 years.
But what exactly would the President say about Alex?
“I also heard he healed the lepers and cast the clouds from the sky. Confirm/deny?”
Confirmed.
He also saved a child from getting run over by a bus or car in Boston last year.
This just in… OBama blames ARod for the weak economy.
It’s not something to make a federal case about, and Alex may not have cared one way of the other – it would only be conjecture for anyone to say so – but he’s the best player on the team.
Granted, it’s a very talented team with a lot of superstars and you can’t mention every one, but he is “The Man” .
It’s not worth building a story around, but I did find it strange and likely connected to his PEDs admission.
I think, regardless of what happened last offseason, you’ve got to mention the guy who stirred the drink in the postseason.
Phillies are a big market team and they have their entire core – Utley, Rollins, Halladay, Victorino, Madson, Happ, Hamels, Blanton, Polonco, Ruiz – all locked up for a while.
Yeah, this contract wasn’t great but it is hardly prohibitive. Phillies are a big market team, they can handle it. How about these other high revenue teams step up to the plate and join them?
It wasn’t that long ago that Philly was like the Dodgers – a frugal team that operated like a small market team. But after they started having success, they decided to spend more money and realize that spending money brings in money.
About time other teams start joining them in the sandbox.
I dont care that Obama didnt say anything about Alex, but since you’re asking what he could have said….
He could have said… “Alex is the truest example of a person changing his life around, and is a role model to all”!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, and he heals lepers, too!
Arod voted for the other guy hence the snub by potus.
It truly is sad. The media always blasted A-Rod about making everything about him. So what do they do? They turn a day that is supposed to be about the TEAM into a day about Alex and how the President snubbed him. What a joke.
The Cards will sign Pujols. The Padres most likely will sign Adrian as well. The one that probably defects is Fielder.
A Gonzalez & Fielder will have offers from LAA, LAD, Tex, Reds, Mets, Nats, Cubs, O’s, Tigers, Mariners, CWS, RSox & more. The Yanks might even weigh in to push the price up!
Hey, I know that when you are President it is hard to be right. Not only did he not mention Arod, but he didn’t mention Andy or CC. He also made very little of Jeter who is wonderful to kids and the team caption…..so whoever prepared his comments did a lousy job.
I don’t think there is another team in baseball that has 3 guys who have been together 16 years, all of whom are super-stars, and I left Andy out because of his 3 yr. absence from the team.
I am sorry but this seemed to me as though he was with a Scout group or something.
According to Boston papers and most Yankee fans, Rodriguez only saved the kid after pushing him in front of the bus so he could look like a hero.
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Tex is a good guy, that is why Obama mentioned him.
You don’t think the White House is going to be cognizant of the backgrounds of the guys who Obama speaks well of? How would Obama look giving props to a guy who admitted using steroids? Especially after Obama was critical of him when the news first broke.
He didn’t mention Johnny Damon
(Come on, I am nothing if not consistant!!!!!)
This was not supposed to be a political event, but a celebration of “America’s Pastime
Im sorry, my mistake.
Arod did shove that Boston fan kid in front of traffic deservingly, and then made the poor decision to save him
Now Alex is going to have to answer questions about it; I hope he tells the mediots “no comment” and walks away.
lol..Erica…He didn’t mention Matsui either
Obama was on record as saying A-Rod taking steroids was depressing and tarnishing of the game
Now we want him to turn around and endorse ARod? How would that look for Obama?
Obama handled it the perfect way. Don’t even open the door for controversy. We have so many good guys on the team, it’s not like there was any need to mention ARod.
Thank you, please send all bills, love letters, and taffy to Nick in SF c/o Yankee Stadium West.
Tankus: Not half as bad as Nixon enlisting Elvis in the “war on drugs”!
Ray, the Cubs will sign one of those three 1st baseman because Lee is gone at the end of the year. a $7 mil a year jump from Lee’s salary isn’t much of a reach..
Wow CB, you went there.
And Obama smoked pot…let bygones be bygones
Braden can’t let it go
http://sportsradiointerviews.c.....-the-game/
Obama is a fraud he rather pump up guys like Jay Z.
Show a little respect to the best player in the game I am glad A-Rod is republican.
The Yankees are not meeting the President if it was not for A-Rod performing clutch through out the playoffs.
Is it too late to yell in capital letters, 2009 WORLD SERIES CHAMPION NEW YORK YANKEES!!!!! again?
Alex, from treated like a zero, to a postseason hero, to treated like zero again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Betsy – Hughes rules (Pleading the Fifth) April 26th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Now Alex is going to have to answer questions about it; I hope he tells the mediots ?no comment? and walks away.
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I seriously hope nobody asks him how he feels about being left out of the speech. I doubt he even noticed or cared. lol
friend of mine made that redsox post
pat,
No checkers. Mo has a style of his own. Don’t know about the pinstripes over stripes. But Mo looks really good in this Canali print campaign:
http://www.canali.it/english/h.....erformance
(via RAB)
CR9,
You are 100% correct. This would have been a great opportunity for Obama to mention A-Rod as a success story of turning his life around and persevering from the bottom to the top and learning and growing from mistakes.
Joe April 26th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Braden can’t let it go
http://sportsradiointerviews.c…..-the-game/
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Wow this dude is really trying to extend those 15 minutes.
Mo’s Agent: Leave the gun, take the Canali (print campaign)
Andrew-
I’m only pointing out that there could be a myriad of reasons why someone doesn’t get acknowledged at a press conference at the white house.
Reporters could also start sending out tweets about how Alex was “snubbed” because he was a Giuliani supporter.
But they aren’t going to do that. It’s publicly available information regarding campaign contributions.
Andrew Marchand can’t use google?
Instead we are going to get inundated with more ridiculous stories about Alex just because well you know…
The stories about Alex are just tiring. Sports journalists are too often confusing sensationalism for real interest.
“But what exactly would the President say about Alex?”
He shouldn’t have to mention him but if he could have said….
He contributed many key hits in helping the Yankees achieve #27 and has spent time in the past year speaking to school children and youth groups giving them the benefit of his experiences.
Isn’t that what congress said they wanted to get to the bottom of the steroid issue for? To help children.
Ledger_Yankees Obama on #NYY title drought: “I think other teams would be just fine with a spell like that. The Cubs, for example.” boom, roasted!
CANNOT STAND ALL THE NEW ADS ON HERE. fail fail fail.
Andrew April 26th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Mo’s Agent: Leave the gun, take the Canali (print campaign)
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I think that the only people that care about “The Slight” are Yankee fans on here and the media. It gives them to days of stories that they were to lazy to write on a slow day.
Funny how Obama said A-Rod “tarnished an entire era” and said A-Rod’s admission was “depressing”
And how Alan Sox fan Selig said Arod disgraced the game, yet congratulated McGwuire for coming clean.
Where was Obama when Ortiz was caught with roids? or Manny? Doesn’t everyone say Ortiz (along with Jeter) was one of the faces of baseball? Why didn’t the president single him out like eh did A-Rod?
And Alan Sox fan Selig also doesn’t comment on Ortiz after dissing ARod.
Boy, I hope that’s not why Obama didn’t mention Alex. I don’t think so, I think he’s better than that. The media, however, are scum. Look what we’re talking about – and guess what’s going to be the story tomorrow? I hate this crap.
Andrew April 26th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Mo?s Agent: Leave the gun, take the Canali (print campaign)
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Pretty excited they’re doing Hope Week again this year!
them ***two*** days of stories
Ledger_Yankees “From Ruth to Gehrig, Mantle to DiMaggio, it?s hard to imagine baseball without the long line of legends who?ve worn the pinstripes.”
DW, are they? That’s great.
I don’t see any chance in hell the Padres re-sign Adrian, Ray. What I don’t understand is why.
They made $157mil last year, spend $38mil on payroll… that’s 24%… that’s embarassing.
The Yankees made $441mil, Spend $206mil on payroll… that’s 46%. That’s even low by our standards (last few seasons we have been at the 55-60% range).
At 46% of their revenue, the padres would add $34mil in payroll. More than enough to keep Adrian and sign another player.
The economics of baseball are embarrassing.
“I think that the only people that care about “The Slight” are Yankee fans on here and the media. It gives them to days of stories that they were to lazy to write on a slow day.”
That’s the thing. There is no “slight.” Nothing malicious was done but this is going to become the major story about the yankee’s visit. It’s just going to get tiresome.
There is no “slight.” The guy is the President of the country. He is not compelled to publicly acknowledge any particular individual, never mind a guy who plays sports professionally.
To consider this a “slight” is to lose all sense of proportion about what we’re dealing with.
But that’s never stopped people before…
They were a lot of positive things Obama could have said about Alex… all the charity work, the great postseason, etc.
But at the end of the day, he is a steroid cheat. Last thing Obama needs to do is endorse a guy who used illegal drugs.
CB I totally agree with you, I was just impressed you took the extra 5 minutes to do the Googling to find that info, is all. It is just pathetic that there needs to be that kind of angle played by Klapisch & Marchand. Really today should be the easiest day of the year for the people following the team. They get to do something fun for themselves (being at the White House and getting to stand at the podium and what not) and will have a relatively easy time filing stories about the day’s events. And yet you have guys that need to “own” some more sensational conversation just to generate more clicks/re-tweets/page views than the other writers. Such is the life of a reporter in the Twitter age, and it is getting more disturbing by the day, at least in my opinion.
Ads that break the page weren’t enough? Now I’m forced to see three different ads on each post? Thats pretty ridiculous
Leaving work!
Bye for now Yankee people
Erin April 26th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Ledger_Yankees “From Ruth to Gehrig, Mantle to DiMaggio, it?s hard to imagine baseball without the long line of legends who?ve worn the pinstripes
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How does he get away with slighting Ford, Berra, Maris, Munson, Howard, Murcer and Mattingly?
and Pepitone?
G Love -
What I think it means is that teams will pony up to keep their most valuable players. Which means fewer elite players available on the free agent market.
But I don’t know that teams can keep more than one player a la the NY Yankees, who this off-season will re-sign Jeter, Rivera, probably Girardi (I know, he’s not a player) plus probably take a look at Cliff Lee and Carl Crawford.
Still, if teams can afford to keep their best, it does make a huge difference going forward. I think it’s a good thing in general, even though it makes the FA market a little less stellar.
Read the quote that was posted above – Obama went out of his way to comment on A-Rod tarnishing an era during his first-ever White House briefing last year.
There is no way he was going to speak positively about him today.
According to Selena Roberts, Arod’s contributions to Giuliani weren’t politically motivated:
http://ablogination.tn420.org/....._drag1.jpg
I’d be careful on making such a harsh declaration such as “scum” so general about the media. Just because you disagree with a few of them hardly makes them all bad.
Example, here is a piece of today’s story that tell exactly what happened, not what didn’t happen.
http://content.usatoday.com/co.....-to-hate/1
pat,
And CC helps kids directly in a very real, tangible way.
I just think it’s unfair to expect non-Yankee fans to fawn over Alex so close to his steroid admission. Not even Alex would expect the president to mention in him in light of that.
Hi Chad,
Could you do something about that f*cking Toyota ad on top of the page — its scrolling up and down is extremely annoying.
thanks.
Ledger_Yankees Asked President Obama about what ails our nation. He said a.) Terrible economy and b.) Javier Vazquez. Then he booed. Hella weird. #NYY
“Alex, from treated like a zero, to a postseason hero, to treated like zero again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Feted at the white house = “treated like zero”?
New Post: Welcome to the White House
I am a Fat Walrus April 26th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
I’d be careful on making such a harsh declaration such as “scum” so general about the media. Just because you disagree with a few of them hardly makes them all bad.
Example, here is a piece of today’s story that tell exactly what happened, not what didn’t happen.
http://content.usatoday.com/co…..-to-hate/1
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Would slugs, vermin, cretins or whale dung by better?
Alex had a great post-season, but he was not MVP. If he was and the President didn’t mention him, maybe I’d be curious as to why.
But he was not talking about on-field contributions; he was talking about off-field contributions in every case (with the exception of Jeter and Jeter is Jeter, after all.)
Should CC feel slighted? He wasn’t mention and he just rebuilt a ballfield in his hometown. And the President credited the entire team for HOPE Week.
I think the President could touch upon only so much. And he is big on volunteerism and giving back. Teixeira was used as an example because he’s a local boy, plus the story was about, pretty much, using his first payday to set up a scholarship. Posada was mentioned because the President actually met him and his wife.
People need to stop being so petty.
If you want to get nit-picky, just about every player on every team has set up charities, funded scholarships, etc. It’s not just the Yankees who do it. I’m proud they do, but they didn’t invent the idea.
An ARod looked happy as a clam just to be there.
For people complaining about the suggested links – would you rather there was no blog to go to?
This just in! Red Sox Nation says they don’t want to win the MLB WS as long as Obama is President!
Ray – they know that when the Dem’s are in, it’s our time to shine. best to limit those expectations now :0