“I’m a finance geek,” Steinbrenner said Thursday. “I just feel that if you do well on the player development side, and you have a good farm system, you don’t need a $220 million payroll. You don’t. You can field every bit as good a team with young talent.”
To which our friend William Juliano tweeted:
Here’s what I heard Hal S’brenner say: “We don’t have to pay lux tax to win”. I would have problem if he said: “We won’t pay lux tax to win”
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Alex, are we going to have game threads for Saturday's & Sundays games against the Phillies. I think we need spring training commenting too.
I hadn't thought about it but why the hell not? Sure. Your wish is my command.
Thanks!
Speaking of spending money: the Yankees may be paying AJ Burnett not to play for them, but at least they're also paying him not to play for the Pirates. (And so are the Pirates.)
Poor AJ, yellow does not become him. This is what happens when a 35 year old pitcher who played for years in the AL tries to acquire the batting skills needed for the NL.
All kidding aside, a fractured orbital bone is serious business, and I hope he recovers soon.
Yeah.... funny how in his 'Welcome to Pittsburg' rap he spoke of looking forward to batting and running the bases again. Is AJ's Karma a bit out of sync?
[5] [6] Well, he did pitch 850 innings in the NL before he went to Toronto . . .
[0] I'm with William. The Yanks can absolutely win with a payroll that's less than $189M.