Yanks Brass Huddle Up At The Stein For 2 Days
They’re gonna have a what? Via the AP -
The New York Yankees started their organizational meetings with an afternoon session Wednesday at the team’s spring training complex.
Team president Randy Levine and chief operating officer Lonn Trost were among the officials at George M. Steinbrenner Field with managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner and co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner.
The 2009 World Series champions were scheduled to have full-scale meetings on Thursday.
Topics to be discussed include whether the Yankees should make a bid to acquire Toronto ace Roy Halladay, the interest level in re-signing Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon, and looking at other free agents such as pitcher John Lackey and outfielder Matt Holliday.
New York also has shown interest in Cuban free agent left-hander Aroldis Chapman.
I’m sure the two words we’ll hear most coming out of these meetings will be “Yankees” and “budget.”
Yankees budget…
Yeah, that one’s right up there with “real fantasy,” “insane logic,” and “required donation”…
it’s all a strategy to get any FA they are looking at for a lower price. We’ll see if it ends up working or not (didn’t seem to last year when after they just about reached their budget, they sign Tex to a monster deal).
Steve, you forgot “honest politician”, “likable lawyer”, and “non-bitter Yankee hater”.
Or maybe “Classy Redsox fan”, or even “Sold out Marlins/Rays game.”
LOL – It’s an Oxymoron parade!
Steve Lombardi wrote:
Yankees budget…
Yeah, that one’s right up there with “real fantasy,” “insane logic,” and “required donation”
Rubbish. The Yanks’ team payroll is essentially unchanged since 2004. They’ve been under a self-imposed cap of roughly $200 million since then. Don’t believe me? Check the total’s at: http://content.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/salaries/teamresults.aspx?team=9
Now, Donald Trump’s budget is probably several orders of magnitude higher than mine, but I’d bet real money that he has one. Just about every successful businessman does.