This Makes Me Sick
Phil Pepe has had a great career writing in New York, but this piece is awful.
I don't know if this was an assignment he couldn't refuse, but between this quote:
"Now, because of Hank Steinbrenner's patience, determination and the courage to stick to his guns, Posada is on board and Rodriguez and Rivera are expected to soon follow. Can Pettitte be far behind?"
and the not so subtle swipe at the disaster that is Jim Dolan:
"We have seen the damage that can be done when the son tries to outdo the father; just look at the mess on Eighth Avenue and 33rd. Street. That's clearly not the case here."
This just doesn't seem like a Pepe product. This guy wrote "Billyball" and countless other great baseball books. Now he is doing this?
Hank, we get it, you are in charge. I suppose you never had a chance to be understated, not growing up with your father. But, try and learn that sometimes less is more. You don't need to be the story all the time, you don't have to always offer an opinion. Your Dad ruined far too many players and managers with his constant meddling, please, please learn from that.
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Peter, are you suggesting Pepe was told to write such a glowing piece on Hank (who looks like near death btw) Steinbrenner?
Also, and please don't take this as a shot, but can you explain to me why the Yankees offered $275mm or so to ARod over 10 years? Do we know what the next best offer was? And as Pepe suggested when he said the deal allowed ARod to save face, just why did the Yankees want him to save that much face? Don't you think the Yankees could have signed ARod for 10 years, $200mm? Seriously.
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November 19, 2007 09:29 PM
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I am, let me explain. The Yankees have in the past used the YES Network to spin things. Joe Torre was asked certain questions fed to the YES beat reporter by people in Tampa. YES is partially owned by the Yankees, so I seriously wonder if someone with the Yankees told them to do a puff piece on Hal?
As for A-Rod, it's a fair question. I find this whole "he begged to come back" argument ridiculous. Where can I beg to get $275 million? I don't know what the market was, and I don't think he would have gotten the $350 million, but I am also pretty sure your offer is too low.
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November 19, 2007 09:39 PM
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Peter, I agree. This is quite a serious brown-nose piece.
I hardly think 10/275 was a steal. We needed him and we got him but the Yanks were willing to do it from the get-go so it wasn't great negotiating, A-rod was lucky the offer was still on the table.
I think someone would have done 10/250.
Posted by: tim | November 19, 2007 09:50 PM |