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Originally Posted by Peter W Thomas
As a life long Red Sox fan the Yankees have caused plenty of pain, but they were always the gold standard to be measured against. How this guy bambooseled them into that contract is beyond me. I enjoyed Dom playing against brother Joe , who had that Marlyn girl for a while and yes watching Williams last home run as an MIT freshman land about 50 feet from me in the center field bleachers - all in all not bad.
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No fan of A-Rod here, but the Yankees can afford both the best players and the best lawyers/negotiators money can buy. They saw a guy who was a perennial all-star, who averaged 40 home runs and 120 RBI in his first 7 years with them including 2 MVP seasons. They probably expected a slightly diminished output as he got towards the end of his contract, not a collapse. They took a calculated risk and they lost. Disagree that they were bamboozled.