"Of course we started reading at the end of the week that the Yankees might be interested in Jose Guillen.
The Yankees, 'budget' aside, would be interested in Ozzie Guillen if they thought he could still play.
No kidding, how long before we hear that is coming home, via the waiver wire?"
1. "Started reading" is not much of a source. I "started reading" that human life started on Mars, and it was probably reptilian life.
2. Every team should be interested in every available player. Determine if that player meets their needs and fits their budget.
3. If the Dodgers -- Manny's third team, by the way -- agreed to pay half of Manny's salary, then sign him up tomorrow. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that Lupica wasn't outraged when Manny signed with Boston and with LA, busting budgets, ruining competition, etc.
Did it ever occur to Lupica by looking at the standings that payroll is not as closely linked to success as he thinks it is?
Ahem ...
"There is this idea that the Mets could solve all their problems by throwing more money at them, even with a payroll that tops out over $130 million and puts them in the top five in baseball.
But if that's true, how come the Rays are where they are at nearly $60 million less than that?
And the Padres are in first place at almost $90 million less than the Mets are spending?
Again and again:
The problem isn't the money the Mets haven't spent.
It's the money they have spent."
Mike Lupica wrote that.
After a decade-plus of incessantly ridiculing the Yankee payroll -- in all seriousness, Mike Lupica mocks the Yankee payroll in almost every article he writes, baseball-related or not -- Mike Lupica says you can't build a winning baseball team just by throwing money at it.
No comments:
Post a Comment