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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
I dont believe this is true. First of all most of the big money ticket packages are bought by corps and people who are going to buy them regardless of what the teams does. They own their own tv network. fans in NY go bezerk no matter what but as long as the Yankees are making money i dont think they care what the fans think. What they can do is develop a organization that develops players instead of buying guys at who are seemingly at their peak. Buying high rarely works because guys who are at their peak either become 1. happy to be really rich and stop giving a damn, 2. get beat up by the pressure of playing in NY and never get it together or 3. being to decline due to aging, injury or simply because very few guys stay at that consistently high level. The amount of money spent on payroll has far less to do with success than the players who are collecting it. The funny thing about the 2 signing is that neither guy is a sure thing. CC is a good pitcher but is a little overhypd due to his Milwaukee stint which included hitting. He is a fat guy with a lot of innings over the last few years. Not to mention that his post season record stinks which may have to do with the high amount of innings. Burnett has never lived up to his a talent because he has never stayed sound. The Yankee still have a lot of holes in the lineup and a big problem behind the plate. The next few years will be interesting as Jeter start to really show his age. I have wondered if they eventually intend to move him to first given their reluctance to sign a real 1st baseman.
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Contract is up after 2010. Tough to imagine him leaving but if they don't offer him anywhere close to the $20 million he's making now I wonder if he'd consider retirement.