luckysox said:I'm trying not to hate this.
But I f'ing hate this.
I don't want to root against the guy, but now I have to, and I will, and I will be sad doing so
So, in sadness, I say, I hope your arms pops off in February, Jacoby.
YTF said:
Yeah a nice little switcheroo, but they spent a shit ton in $$$ and years for McCann and Ells and still have no left side of the infield and holes in the rotation.
JimD said:
This. The Yankees need an awful lot to go right to have a serious shot at a title.
Sounds logical and rational and I guess part of me wishes I felt this way but in truth, even if it doesn't make sense, I feel much closer to the previous post. That is to say.....I hope his arm pops off in FebruaryPlympton91 said:I don't know. The rotisserie-ization of major league baseball plus the bastardization of the playoffs into more of a post-season tournament has made it hard to sustain those old hatreds. I find it easier and easier to root for the players I liked as Red Sox even when they move on, as long as they're not actually playing the Red Sox. I'll still root for Jacoby when he's not playing the Red Sox both because I like him after following his career for 10 years and because the Red Sox aren't really even directly competing with the Yankees anymore for a single playoff spot. There are plenty of times during any given year where the Yankees winning helps the Red Sox more than not. It's just a different business, and ever more clearly just a business on both sides of the negotiating table, so root for the laundry, but appreciate the great players, regardless of which laundry they're wearing.
Sportsbstn said:7 years for Ellsbury and over 20 million per? Yikes, Yanks will regret this one.
He was gone the second he switched to Boras a few years back. Anyone who thought otherwise was dreaming.Bongorific said:No reason to be upset. This was entirely predictable.
Seems to be some truth to this:Steve22 said:I can't imagine the baseball ops people in NY are too happy about this one. Reeks of an ownership move.
General consensus right here. The MFY's troubles go deeper than catcher and CF.JakeRae said:I wish Ellsbury well and would be fine watching him put up perennial 30 hr seasons in New York. I do hope he never wins another championship.
Have you read most of this thread?JimBoSox9 said:Guess what, badass: ain't a game thread.
C'mon man. Scott Boras is brilliant. The only thing that you can assume about the under bidder is that there was at least one mystery team involved.staz said:Going to 7 years assumes that someone else was willing to go at least 6 at $20M+ per. If not Boston, and not either LA, then who? Texas? Who was even in the same universe with this contract?
Nice. I've always imagined Yankee fans as 16year old girls with rich daddies who desperately want to buy their daughters love. UGH DAD I ALREADY HAVE A PONY.Wingack said:Wow.
I am kind of stunned and annoyed.
CoffeeNerdness said:They'll come off the turnbuckle and sign Cano too. Commitment to the fans yada yada.
Until every chip falls, it really doesn't. And even then it doesn't.SemperFidelisSox said:It should be pointed out in forecasting the Yankees chances in the east in 2014 that this division will likely add Tanaka and lose Price this offseason. That, along with the McCann and Ellsbury deals, puts the Yankees right back in contention for the division.
SemperFidelisSox said:It should be pointed out in forecasting the Yankees chances in the east in 2014 that this division will likely add Tanaka and lose Price this offseason. That, along with the McCann and Ellsbury deals, puts the Yankees right back in contention for the division.
beta1296 said:RT @JLundbladESPN: At $21.9M, Jacoby Ellsbury will average more than David Ortiz + Dustin Pedroia's COMBINED salary for 2014 ($21.8M)
Relatives must have gotten to him...CaskNFappin said:"There's no way I can go play for the Yankees, but I know they are going to come after me hard. It's definitely not the most important thing to go out there for the top dollar, which the Yankees are going to offer me. It's not what I need."
-Jacoby Ellsbury
Haha...similar situationCaskNFappin said:"There's no way I can go play for the Yankees, but I know they are going to come after me hard. It's definitely not the most important thing to go out there for the top dollar, which the Yankees are going to offer me. It's not what I need."
-Jacoby Ellsbury
VORP Speed said:You guys are starting to sound like Rays fan(s). I don't like it. Go splash some cash and overpay for lots of decline years, please!
SemperFidelisSox said:It should be pointed out in forecasting the Yankees chances in the east in 2014 that this division will likely add Tanaka and lose Price this offseason. That, along with the McCann and Ellsbury deals, puts the Yankees right back in contention for the division.
Dogman2 said:I think that is Damon's quote with Ellsbury's name in Damon's place.
mr_smith02 said:Damon said pretty much the same thing before heading to NY after the 2004 season.
rembrat said:
Thanks, Roths.
Dogman2 said:
Don't know how to spell the rest of his name, do you?