I remember the same thing. However, I remember the caveat being that the stadium had to be self-financed and I’m not sure if getting municipal money has affected that.
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I think the Yanks may have found a way around that, if I’m reading this article correctly;
http://tinyurl.com/5twgb2

IIRC, teams can deduct stadium construction expenses from revenue sharing. Which may mean that the Yanks may have even more money to play with.
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I remember the same thing. However, I remember the caveat being that the stadium had to be self-financed and I’m not sure if getting municipal money has affected that.

Something I’ve also been looking for is an article on the CBA; IIRC, teams can deduct stadium construction expenses from revenue sharing. Which may mean that the Yanks may have even more money to play with. AND may actually get a revenue sharing payout.

I like Lowe better than AJerk because Lowe has been very good in the post season and he hasn’t been injury prone. He is the anti-AJerk ‘coz he is constitent.
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He’s also 36, coming back from the NL West — the home of some of the worst offenses in baseball and the best pitcher’s parks in baseball — and he was piss-poor in his last year in the AL in 2004.

Being good in the post-season is a very dubious reason to sign somebody when you factor in all the other things working against him.

butchie22, do you have any real concept of the game of baseball or do you just like to call really, really good baseball players stupid names? You sound like you read more tabloids than actual credible sources of baseball knowledge.

AJerk Burnett was considered by Jays fans to be their Arod. He was a big signing that had great expectations and came in when Doc Halladay ruled the town. Halladay doesn’t have the stuff of AJerk but he has 100 times the heart. AJerk also got involved in some Arodian controversy including getting caught with another woman by his wife and the cops had to come. That actually sounds worse than anything Alex ever did!

All in all, Burnett was a terrible signing by Brainless Cash Man and Co who need tons of offense BUT try to go pitching and defense(the Yanks seem to be challenged in this sphere right now). Yes, I’m predicting a mix of Ed Whitson, Pavano and Milt Bradley for AJerk. As I’ve said, the biggest fun will be when the Yankee shills turn on this jerk. Jones and Kay have trumpeted how the Yankee scouts say that he looks forward to the big game. Yeah, right he’s NEVER EVEN PITCHED ONE IN HIS ENTIRE LIFE! They need to think about some new scouts.

MJ, you mentioned Lowe. I like Lowe better than AJerk because Lowe has been very good in the post season and he hasn’t been injury prone. He is the anti-AJerk ‘coz he is constitent.

The payroll? I would love for it to be right before the luxury tax but that ain’t happening. As for 209 mill, I can see it even reach 250 mill. Let’s see Teix(23 mill), Manny(23 mill), Pettitte (10 mill) Lowe(17 mill) all together make payroll 250 mill.

It’s ok, I linked to the article, once it escapes moderation purgatory, you can check it out

The article was written in November before Sabathia & Burnett were signed, which is something I left out.

Raf, I thought you were saying as of right now we still had $65 million to spend. My bad.

May as well link to the article;

Bronx Spenders
http://tinyurl.com/6a6yfp

The Yankees are currently at the $180 million range for their payroll right now.
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I know, the article is playing with the assumption that the Yanks are going to go with a $205M payroll.