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David as the owner of the Yankees back then was superb! :D
 
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First move of the Dombrowski administration seems like a pretty healthy overpay.

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And fuck your ownership. Payroll has stagnated the last 10 years and you're throwing away the Yankees biggest strength!
 

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Happy with Price signing CF?
 
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Yeah. A really good player at a position of clear need. Obviously a whopping wedge of cheddar, and a marked departure from the previous regime's policy of not handing out mega deals stretching into likely declining performance, but after the last couple of seasons I'm kind of inclined to concentrate on a successful here and now and worry about crossing that bridge if/when it appears.
 

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Yeah. A really good player at a position of clear need. Obviously a whopping wedge of cheddar, and a marked departure from the previous regime's policy of not handing out mega deals stretching into likely declining performance, but after the last couple of seasons I'm kind of inclined to concentrate on a successful here and now and worry about crossing that bridge if/when it appears.

Seems like the Yankees and Red Sox's approach in doing business has switched somewhat.
 

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Grienke to the D'backs now!
 

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Castro to the Yankees, very happy with that with what we've given up.
 

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Aroldis Chapman to the Yankees to form a 3 headed beast in the bp. Waiting to see what we've given up first though.
 

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I will also say that if the domestic violence allegations are true, then the man is clearly a c***, and I'll find it hard to root for him.
 

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How did someone not consider Ken Griffey Jr a hall of famer?
 
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Because every year, without fail, some jackass blowhard sports writer has to make this process about them...... :-|
 
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Are you suggesting that maybe, in hindsight, that deal was perchance perhaps possibly a little bit of a tiny error?
 

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Just a small one, maybe.
 

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I know I'm going on name only here, but please Cash, go offer Cliff Lee a spot at camp.
 

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I'm wearing my Yankees jersey in work today and someone, who I've never met before, came up to me and started talking about the Yankees. Turns out his Dad is from the Bronx and he was born in Queens, and is a Yankees fan thanks to his Dad. Might say something about my week, but it could well be the highlight of it for me.

I've been watching baseball for nearly 11 years, and I can count on one hand the number of people I've had a proper baseball conversation with, in this country. Joys of following a sport that has a small following in this country.
 
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It's even worse (and especially for those of my persuasion) because one sees a Yankee cap more or less every other day. To judge by that the UK is positively teeming with fervent seamheads. But could they pick even Derek Jeter out of a line-up? I think not!
 

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One of the night managers at work came in wearing a Red Sox jersey a couple of weeks ago. I made the mistake of commenting on it which led to a short lived attempt by said manager to initiate a baseball conversation before I had to point out my knowledge doesn't go beyond my PS4 game and glory watching the Royals last season.

Does turn out he's quite the American sports fan though and follows the Celtics and Notre Dame too (he's a catholic glaswegian). Seeing as I usually see him for an hour or two at the end of my shift there could be the promise of discussing college ball with someone outside the shoutbox next season.
 

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Well, living in Atlanta I'm naturally a Braves fan.

Team has sold off almost everyone so that now the city has to re-learn everyone's name. My prediction is less than 60 wins. Yippeee
 

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It's even worse (and especially for those of my persuasion) because one sees a Yankee cap more or less every other day. To judge by that the UK is positively teeming with fervent seamheads. But could they pick even Derek Jeter out of a line-up? I think not!

Flip to side to that is I never know whether to talk baseball to them or not.
 

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All I know is Baseball made me almost fall asleep when I went to Blue Jays @ Yankees last year. However I'm going again to Indians @ Blue Jays in June, this time it's at night so I might not fall asleep.
 

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