As a team our favorite team has the most money (yet our owners are not the richest) because it spends money on it’s product. I get that, I appreciate that.

I am not against getting the best player available even if it is ONLY because we have the most money.

My point was we have MANY players on this team who have record contracts at their positions. And the numbers dwarf the old record numbers in most cases. We bid against ourselves to get Alex back after the optout (the preopt out deal was great biz as the rangers were still paying a good grip of that paper), we bid against outselves to get Mo to stay here, we bid against ourselves to get CC when we already had the highest offer by 40 million on the table and then STILL give him an opt out.

So if this is all about blowing people out of the water now, blow Manny out of the water with a one or two year CRAZY money offer. We need that bat.

Bob Watson, and J.R. Cash Money (before he became his own man like he is now, and before the Boss Jr Twins came into the picture) spent tons of money but did not just throw it at people when there was no need to. We did have a great need for pitching but WE controlled the market and made an antsy move for CC. So why not just jump at Manny?

Nah mean?

Did not say we did. What I said was this:

“The Yanks Dynasty teams were not made even mostly of big name free agents, or even big money trade guys. Plus our team was youthful in a lot of respects. Was a much better all around mix than this club is in my opinion.”

Cone – big money trade guy (was traded by a team in our division who hates us so I have to think they felt they were getting some value at the time)

Clemens – big money trade guy (traded for a better big game pitcher, and an overall good to great pitcher at the time)

Tino – big money trade guy (was mostly a salary dump but they got one good prospect in the deal)

Knoblauch – big money trade guy (totally disagree here, the Twins got back value for Knobby)

Paulie – big money trade guy (TOTALLY inaccurate there.. we traded an all star player that was making pretty much the same money PLUS they gave us a prospect in the deal, this was in no way a salary dump)

Ruben Sierra – big money trade guy (rental for a decent prospect)

Cecil Fielder – big money trade guy (traded for the guy above PLUS a prospect so that kind of kills at least one of these arguments right there)

David Justice – big money trade guy (traded for the worst outfielder I have ever seen, and a damn good cheap pitcher that we could have used, yes money had something to do with this deal but it was not the ONLY thing)

John Wettland- big money trade guy (i recall this being a money dump of sorts but it was not a ton of money so this would not in any way fall into what I was talking about)

El Duque – big money free agent (was a very cheaply signed free agent, this was good scouting, I personally know some of the behind the scenes stuff here as a friend who I did business with at the time is related to the fellow who brought him and other Cuban players over… he could have seen that same money from other clubs if not more)

Jimmy Key – big money free agent (this one is correct, but it was a good signing and not an astronomical or game changing contract for pitchers, he could have and would have seen similar money with another team)

Wells – big money free agent (viewed as a risk and a bad signing by most when we got him, was not a very sought after guy in any respect at that time)

Irabu – big money free agent (uuh we got him in a trade for what at the time were good prospects, and we then traded him after he was a bust, yet not that bad, more average to a tad better than average for GREAT PITCHING TALENT, again this is just wrong on your part)

Kenny Rogers – big money free agent (your best example of what you were trying to do, but then we traded him for Scotty B so even this worked out)

Really as per who you are you continue to try to attack everything I say yet you are dead wrong.

Nobody will read of see this was from yesterday. But girl you know its true.

Priceless.

(or $75mil/3 years)