-The Payroll would be 300 million
-Billy Martin would be managing the team via seance
-Mo would pitch every day
-Brian Cashman would be fired and replaced with Randy Levine
-Freddy Garcia would have been DFA’d after his June 7th outing against the Red Sox
-The Yanks would have outbid the Nats for Jayson Werth
-Jesus Montero would be the #1 prospect in the Padres farm system
-Dice-K Matsuzaka would be on the Yankees DL
-Derek Jeter wouldn’t have slumped at all this season
-The same fans who are complaining of his absence would be complaining about him
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Steinbrenner fires Cashman and Torre immediately after the 2007 ALDS and replaces them with Levine (g.m.) and Girardi (manager.)
Levine trades Hughes and Chamberlain to the Twins for Johann Santana.
The Yankees rotation to start 2008 would’ve been Santana/Wang/Mussina/Pettitte/Pavano.
Discuss.
haha, Steve, well targeted imagination. You killed ‘im.
I think the Yanks would’ve still landed Sabathia and Teixiera and traded for Swisher for 2009 because 2009 Santana made only a few more million than 2009 Burnett who’d have been passed up (no need for him when you already have Santana, Wang, Mussina, and Pettitte.) Also, Santana would’ve still been signed through only 2013. Levine would’ve not offered an opt-out clause to Sabathia cuz he’s old school: I’m offering you 7 years and $161M to be a Yankee. Why would you want to leave that and us after only three years? Remember Sabathia never asked for the opt-out clause, Cashman offered it to him. I’m pretty sure Sabathia still scratches his head at that offer LOL.
I also think they’d have got Mussina to sign a one year deal cheap – say $5M base with incentives based on number of starts and innings pitched doubling the value – for a juggernaut Yankees rotation of Sabathia/Santana/Mussina/Wang/Pettitte to start 2009. I slot Wang ahead of Pettitte because he was still above Pettitte despite his (Wang’s) injury-shortened 2008. Mussina probably wins at least 12 games for the 2009 Yanks for 282 career wins through 2009 then after collecting a World Series ring that year signs with an NL team (no DH and a weaker bottom of the order) for another 12 wins and 294 career wins through 2010. He returns to the Orioles this year to collect his 300th win and surefire ticket to the Hall Of Fame sometime in June or early July.
Watching the Red Sox-Rays game. With a runner on second and two out, Upton hit a broken-bat ground ball to shortstop. The ball and the bat both got out to Scutaro at the same time. He jumped over the bat and the ball rolled into left field. 1-0 Rays.
And Longoria follows up with a three-run homer! 4-0 Rays.
Wow, this is some collapse. I find it hard to imagine that the Sox don’t find a way to make the playoffs, but the combination of injuries and slumps is giving the Rays a shot.
This is like the old Sox. A four-game sweep by the Rays would be another Boston Massacre. Of course, that’s not likely.
If Beckett doesn’t come back healthy, though won’t go far even if they make the playoffs.
Sox loaded the bases with one out in the 3rd, but Hellickson got out of it only giving up one run. 4-1 Rays.
LOL
With one on and one out in the 4th, Pedroia made an error, and Francona is taking Weiland out of the game. They’re taking this game seriously.
Gonzalez made a really nice play to cut down Damon at the plate on a suicide squeeze. Still 4-1.
Shouldn’t it be “If George were alive”?
yup
That’s the subjunctive. It’s disappearing from English.
Casey Kotchman with a 2-run homer. 6-1 Rays.
Youkelis just struck out for the second time. He looks terrible.
he needs a fresh batch..ortiz must have opened his package
Ha ha ha ha
if i was him ,i would take down all the mirrors in my house.
8-1 Rays. The NESN guys sound oddly detached.
we play 7 and 7 ball.. sux go 10 and 3 we win it..i’m watching the tigers ..rooting for the A’s..only 4 ahead for best record
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1 correction: montero wouldnt be a number 1 prospect he would be coming off a 300 30 100 season for the pads eventually winning a unanimous rookie of the year
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