Godzilla comes to NY

AoA, Atlanta lost Glavine to free agency, not in a trade.

Everytime Atlanta has traded a pitcher to someone, the pitcher goes south pretty fast.

Glavine will do fine in NY, but it will be very strange seeing him in a Mets uniform.
 
The rich get richer...

Actually, to tell you the truth AoA, I think Tom Glavine was the most overrated post-season pitcher ever, not Stanton. Which year did he -not- get hammered by opposing batters in the NL Championship Series?
 
Glavine is 12-15 with a 3.44 ERA liftime in postseason, which isn't too bad.
http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/baseball/mlb/players/playoff/7641_playoff.htm

The Mets got him to GET to the post season, not to win it all, they badly needed a credible starter.

The Yanks get better because the Yanks owner doesn't suffer from the terminal cheapness that many owners do, THAT is the real problem in baseball, tight ownwers that won't spend when they have the money.
It's easier to blame NY, but they can't fool the fans, they got revenue sharring and luxury tax, yet teams like the Reds and Royals annoced payroll CUTS.
Did the Yankees EVER set the market?
Nope.
Idiots like Tom Hicks of Texas did that.

Yes, it must be the Yankees' fault. :rolleyes:
 
The problem is that fans are losing interest in baseball in favor of the NFL. In the NFL, building a good team and going far in the playoffs has little to do with signing the most expensive free agents, and much to do with building a good organization, coaching, player development and cap management. It means there aren't likely to be any dynasties, but it also means that at the beginning of every season, your team has an even shot at a successful season. In the past, when professional sports were limited to a few big cities, the rest of the country could get behind a dynasty like the Yankees. Now, every mid-sized market has a baseball team, and people get fed up when it's obvious in February that their team won't play a single meaningful game all season. The fault may lie at choices made by owners, but the game is structured in such a way as to reward those choices.
 
Except for the Bengals. :)
 
As a Yankee fan, there is some good news and some bad. First of all Clemens signed with the Yankees, which is great.
Bad news is that Mendoza has signed with the Red Sox.

Personally, i would trade clemens for some younger pitchers.
 
Great, so the Yankees now have seven starting pitchers....

Petitte
Clemens
El Duque
Mussina
Weaver
Contreras
Wells

One starter a week!
 
You forgot Sterling Hitchcock.
 
Originally posted by jpowers
The problem is that fans are losing interest in baseball in favor of the NFL. In the NFL, building a good team and going far in the playoffs has little to do with signing the most expensive free agents, and much to do with building a good organization, coaching, player development and cap management. It means there aren't likely to be any dynasties, but it also means that at the beginning of every season, your team has an even shot at a successful season. In the past, when professional sports were limited to a few big cities, the rest of the country could get behind a dynasty like the Yankees. Now, every mid-sized market has a baseball team, and people get fed up when it's obvious in February that their team won't play a single meaningful game all season. The fault may lie at choices made by owners, but the game is structured in such a way as to reward those choices.
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I can say from my mid-market viewpoint, that our local joke of a baseball club is never useful right from spring training. They don't know how to invest in coaching and development, and they try to buy a few big name almost-stars to sell more tickets. They have no understanding of player depth, and injury prevention. So, I remain a Yankees/Mets fan, because they remain accountable to their fans - the Yankees much more than the Mets.

That said, I'm a bigger fan of the NFL - the Broncos are a class organization, and I can still expect either the Jets or Giants to be in post-season play. And Football is really so much more "American" than Baseball.:)
 
AoA: Yeah, but Hitchcock made all of like two starts last year. I'd be shocked if he made another start in a Yankee uniform for the rest of his career. I would imagine Steinbrenner's trying his darndest to package him in a trade to get at least something for him in return.

Of course, my Blue Jays just picked up Tanyon (3-18) Sturtze to be our No. 3 starter.. whee! I hope they can hit this year...
 
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