Deleted all of the game thread Kobe posts. I know we're all speculating and waiting on news here, but let's keep it on baseball please.
His sourcing isThis seems like the first time a "mainstream" reporter has specifically said the bolded wrt to the Red Sox.
oh, to be clear, I’d say same about a Sox wroter with a story like that. My point is we should all be more critical about the sourcing and details in these kinds of articles. Not specific to Martino or Yankee reporters.Everything is bs fake news until it’s what you want to hear.
If Heyman is right; I interpret that as meaning YY wants the Yankees to see if they can match/beat another team’s offer.View: https://twitter.com/jonheyman/status/1736551838156022231?s=46
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I’m not sure the implications of that honestlyx
Can’t that be achieved with an agent phone call?My hope is YY was meeting with MFYs to say thanks but no thanks.
It's only right to do that in personMy hope is YY was meeting with MFYs to say thanks but no thanks.
Is this a thing free agents do? That would seem to be a bit shitty to call a meeting just to say I don't want you.My hope is YY was meeting with MFYs to say thanks but no thanks.
This is my point, wouldn’t he set up all the east coast meetings given it’s on his travel schedule?
We've got nothing else man. This is it.and we are acting like he’s the greatest pitcher in the history of the world.
Sounds like YY is doing 2nd interviews so to speak. Wine and dine him at the 99!!
yes, this is the correct saying. Not sure where the 99 restaurant thingy came about
I think this is a very good reading. We are favourites IMO.Piecing together tweets from across the thread, the definitely totally accurate sequence of events seems to be:
1) Sox invite Yamamoto to Fenway
2) While he's over here, he calls the Mets and Yankees too.
So hopefully the Sox are in the driver's seat, and the other meetings were mostly to make them sweat/increase the offer. That's what i am telling myself tonight so I can sleep like Lou Merloni.
We’re all guessing here but this reads to me like a guy who’s genuinely torn on where to sign. Assuming money isn’t a differentiating factor, this could be more about a fit. And that’s the hardest thing for anyone to get a read on since none of us knows what makes him tick. My hope is that the Dodgers, Giants, and Phillies are all out. The latter two have seemingly not generated much noise. The Dodgers got the Glasnow stuff done quickly so I’m hoping they’re not liking their chances either.Piecing together tweets from across the thread, the definitely totally accurate sequence of events seems to be:
1) Sox invite Yamamoto to Fenway
2) While he's over here, he calls the Mets and Yankees too.
So hopefully the Sox are in the driver's seat, and the other meetings were mostly to make them sweat/increase the offer. That's what i am telling myself tonight so I can sleep like Lou Merloni.
Hear it rains a lot.I wonder if he's spent any time in NYC before. Maybe he'll love it, but it's not for everyone.
It’s shitty and rainy now here in Gotham, FWIW. A fittingly lugubrious, misty murk lowers over both NYC trophy-starved stadiums.I wonder if he's spent any time in NYC before. Maybe he'll love it, but it's not for everyone.
One can look at this pessimistically too, in that while he specifically requested 2nd meetings with both NY teams, he only accepted an invitation to Fenway, i.e. he didn't request a 2nd meeting with us, & since he was in the NE anyway, figured he'd take us up on the invitation.Piecing together tweets from across the thread, the definitely totally accurate sequence of events seems to be:
1) Sox invite Yamamoto to Fenway
2) While he's over here, he calls the Mets and Yankees too.
So hopefully the Sox are in the driver's seat, and the other meetings were mostly to make them sweat/increase the offer. That's what i am telling myself tonight so I can sleep like Lou Merloni.
There’s our second meeting@PeteAbe
Just saw a television interview Masataka Yoshida did in Japan. Said he met with Yamamoto to discuss playing in the US. Also acknowledged his need to improve and steps he’s taking in terms of conditioning, etc. Nothing too surprising, but he did meet with Yamamoto.
Yeah, that’s he’s calling the Yankees and Mets while meeting with the Sox doesn’t sound super to me:One can look at this pessimistically too, in that while he specifically requested 2nd meetings with both NY teams, he only accepted an invitation to Fenway, i.e. he didn't request a 2nd meeting with us, & since he was in the NE anyway, figured he'd take us up on the invitation.
We'll see...
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“Hello, Brian? Good news! Yamamoto is doing second interviews with all the finalists and he liked your initial pitch. He wants to schedule a second meeting with you and your team. Are you interested? No, no, you don’t have to come back out to LA. He is requesting to meet all the finalists in their cities and facilities. OK great, see you then!”
New York media: IT WAS YAMAMOTO WHO REQUESTED THIS SECOND MEETING!
Our MFY fans are the good ones and their forum choices are toxic garbage.Long time lurker, first time poster, yadda yadda yadda.
I was going to make my first post say "am I the only one who hates that there are Yankee fans hoping for the success of the Yankees over the Red Sox in a Red Sox thread in the Red Sox forum of a Red Sox message board?"
But in the spirit of the season I'll say instead "it's good to know I'm not the only one experiencing the roller coaster of anxiety and angst that is the inexorable fate of being a Red Sox fan".
That’s the thing about this that’s so heavy. Right now it feels like it’s Yamamoto or bust because literally nothing is happening until he makes a decision.Good on Yamamoto for taking his time — it’s an important decision in his life, and all that. He should take another week if that’s what he wants. But I’ll be glad when this is done and the Sox can commence building the rest of the roster.
What a first post. Above you on this page are three Yankees fans who’ve taken on the usually thankless, presumably unpaid, and obviously aggravating responsibility of moderating this board. If their presence bothers you so much, you might be better off finding yourself an echo chamber elsewhere.Long time lurker, first time poster, yadda yadda yadda.
I was going to make my first post say "am I the only one who hates that there are Yankee fans hoping for the success of the Yankees over the Red Sox in a Red Sox thread in the Red Sox forum of a Red Sox message board?"
But in the spirit of the season I'll say instead "it's good to know I'm not the only one experiencing the roller coaster of anxiety and angst that is the inexorable fate of being a Red Sox fan".
Yes.I was going to make my first post say "am I the only one who hates that there are Yankee fans hoping for the success of the Yankees over the Red Sox in a Red Sox thread in the Red Sox forum of a Red Sox message board?"
No confirmation either way for the Sox from anyone reputable.Do we have confirmation on a second Sox meeting? I'm getting (staying?) nervous.
I’d guess this is correct; and would hopefully give the Sox one last final call.A simpler way to read this is that he now has an offer in hand from the Red Sox and is shopping it around NY to see if one of the two teams will beat it. And it's probably more complicated than just years and $$$ or AAV so he wants to do it in person.
Eh, your post was well written and showed some thought. You just possibly didn’t have the context of the long positive relationship we have with a lot of our yankee poster members (except crow. He needs to learn how to treat his mutz).Yikes...I obviously got off on the wrong foot here.
For the record, I have nothing against any of the posters here, regardless of fandom, and definitely do appreciate the work of the moderators, as well as all the very knowledgeable posters. That's why I follow this site and not the echo-chambers.
I guess a few posts just triggered too many unpleasant memories of pre-2004 taunting and harassment, and I reacted with a knee-jerk, poorly thought out post that didn't fit with the quality of this site. I should have known better, having read SoSH (off and on) for many years.
My sincere apologies to everyone I angered or offended. I'll pause and think harder before posting again.