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Post by RJPinstripes on Feb 20, 2009 10:02:19 GMT -5
How much more embarrassment can we take! Release him ASAP and immediately get our suits to sue Alex and his agent for damages ($500 mill or so) for lying before signing the last contract. They did not honestly represent his talents, abilities, past performance etc. etc. They lied about what he could do. They used false pretenses regarding his past performances which (in turn) led to this new higher paying contract. I'm not a lawyer, but I'm sure this should be a case that many would go for! BTW Alex is under to us until 2017. Everytime he does or does not do something on the field will affect the New York Yankees. I am a 60 plus year Yankee fan and enough is enough here! Cut off this poison and move on. We have an excellent legal case here. I've read all the stuff, articles, the board etc. and no one has said this but WE GOT TO DO IT! STAND UP FOR YANKEE PRIDE! SHOW ALL THE OTHERS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO CHEAT TO WIN! AND ANY OTHER CHEATERS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS YANKEES!
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Post by tarheelbomberfan on Feb 20, 2009 10:22:34 GMT -5
RJ, I understand where you are coming from, but like it or not, we are stuck with Arod for the next 9 years. We don't have to like him, but we have to hope like crazy that he has great years and helps us to World Series titles. If there were a way to get out of a contract like this, or release the player and sue, then the Yankees would have done so with Giambi. I do not like this whole steroid mess, but if the truth be known, there would be alot of nearly empty rosters if everyone who is juicing or has juiced were released. Like I said before, I miss the game the way it used to be, but that day is gone.
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Post by FastEddie on Feb 20, 2009 10:25:59 GMT -5
Should we release Pettitte too?
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Post by Little_Lefty on Feb 20, 2009 10:31:35 GMT -5
PED board?
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Post by RJPinstripes on Feb 20, 2009 10:35:25 GMT -5
Of course...my plan is to release and/or don't sign the cheaters. Hey, if we win 2-3 WS with A-Rod going crazy, will you feel satisfied that we did it the "right way"? He will forever be tainted as a cheater like Clemens, Giambi, Pettitte etc. How many more spring trainings do we have to start with a bogus apologetic press conference with a lot of crappola spat in our faces. REPEAT.........WE ARE THE YANKEES! WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS!!!!!!! WE SHOULD NOT TOLERATE IT ANY LONGER! Get rid of the cheaters and MOVE ON !!!! Show the world that we don't want to win with cheaters!!!! Yankee pride means more that cheating at any cost! While we await the A-Rod suit results we write off the A-Rod contract as a business loss!
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Post by horaceclarke on Feb 20, 2009 10:36:39 GMT -5
We gave A-Rod the big money to set all these records wearing a Yankee cap...
Now these records are 'much diminished'
I believe there is every reason in this world the Yanks should be able to void his contract...but that ain't the case. Giambi skated..so will Alex...
As I said in an earlier thread..
It's the Yankees who got screwed on this deal....
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Post by FastEddie on Feb 20, 2009 10:44:26 GMT -5
PED thread # 32? We needed another?
Hey guys...what's happening in Tampa? Anything at all not involving you-know-what?
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Post by RJPinstripes on Feb 20, 2009 10:46:20 GMT -5
RIGHT BOBBYM., BUT WHEN DO WE MAKE A STAND? Isn't it time? Repeat...we are the Yankees! We should set the tone here! These guys have totally embarrassed the YANKEE PINSTRIPES ! Enough already!
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Post by asburyboss on Feb 20, 2009 11:16:03 GMT -5
the old man has clearly been hitting the cough medicine early today.
Get serious.
stop this insanity
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Post by RJPinstripes on Feb 20, 2009 11:17:38 GMT -5
YANKEE PRIDE...BRING IT BACK !!!!!!!
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Post by DavidL on Feb 20, 2009 11:22:09 GMT -5
Unless there's good evidence that ARod did anything while with the Yankees, there is no way in he!! to void his contract. RJ, your proposed suit is a non-starter. It's beyond frivolous. If you could even find a lawyer willing to take the case, it would be thrown out of court. And unless there's reason to believe he's still using, his accomplishments with the Yankees aren't tainted.
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Post by horaceclarke on Feb 20, 2009 11:34:11 GMT -5
RIGHT BOBBYM., BUT WHEN DO WE MAKE A STAND? Isn't it time? This is what I'm thinking... I'll bet the Yankees made an exhaustive internal effort to see if they had a legal leg to stand on to rid themselves of Jason Giambi. I'm thinking those legal minds thought the Yanks had no legal leg to stand on... I'm guessing unless it wasn't written specifically in the contract..'peds ever...' Contract is in stone... It would be one horrible lawsuit to lose..I'll tell you that. However I would consider this...if anything else comes out prior to 2001 or certainly during the Yankee years..I'd just release him and eat the money. ____________________________________________________ [As an aside...why do people post on a thread they don't like , negative comments about the thread itself? ...if they have nothing to add..why not pass it over and leave us who want to respond alone? Think go on every thread I don't like and say something negative about it?]
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Post by goodad on Feb 20, 2009 11:35:25 GMT -5
the old man has clearly been hitting the cough medicine early today. Get serious. stop this insanity The 60 plus years as a Yankee fan hit me hard. I figured, hell, let him have his say, he's earned it. I ain't sayin' nuttin'.
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Post by asburyboss on Feb 20, 2009 11:40:31 GMT -5
Yankee Pride!!!! Let's get back to the prideful days of Mantle and Martin at the Copa and Babe Ruth discovering new venereal diseases every week.
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Post by riyankee on Feb 20, 2009 11:46:42 GMT -5
This is exactly what the media wants.
IGNORE ALL THIS CRAP AND LET'S MOVE ON !!!
Don't fall prey to the friggin media.
It's all about the laundry , who gives a rat's A$$ what was done, and by whom . THIS IS WHAT THE MEDIA WANTS !!!! DON'T GIVE IT TO THEM !!!!!
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Post by asburyboss on Feb 20, 2009 12:30:04 GMT -5
We gave A-Rod the big money to set all these records wearing a Yankee cap... Now these records are 'much diminished' I believe there is every reason in this world the Yanks should be able to void his contract...but that ain't the case. Giambi skated..so will Alex... As I said in an earlier thread.. It's the Yankees who got screwed on this deal.... God, my better judgement is screaming at me to not ask this next question, but here goes anyway- HOW DID THE YANKEES GET SCREWED???
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Post by asburyboss on Feb 20, 2009 12:31:19 GMT -5
"YANKEE PRIDE" is a media driven BS slogan
clearly its media-driven...
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Post by horaceclarke on Feb 20, 2009 12:46:22 GMT -5
We gave A-Rod the big money to set all these records wearing a Yankee cap... It's the Yankees who got screwed on this deal.... God, my better judgement is screaming at me to not ask this next question, but here goes anyway- HOW DID THE YANKEES GET SCREWED??? Geez Boss...I thought the first line explained that? should I expound?
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Post by asburyboss on Feb 20, 2009 12:47:26 GMT -5
and he will set those records...and the yankees will make $500MM on the $275MM they are paying him.
so the question stands
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Post by horaceclarke on Feb 20, 2009 13:35:23 GMT -5
and he will set those records...and the yankees will make $500MM on the $275MM they are paying him. so the question stands I believe the records will be tainted...asterisk... I believe as they come and go, there will be less interest around them..and what interest there is, will be negative.. I believe this could all affect A-Rod in the head..less production.. A-Rod gets paid no matter what. Even the bonuses... I'm not so sure the Yanks make that 500Million...I doubt seriously they would have made the gamble that's for sure.. I don't believe Yankees would have re-upped @ 30 Million a pop...regardless of what his production is... if they knew the whole story... Short of playing basketball during the off-season..the union has this deal so weighted in the players favor..I doubt they could do much to screw up their own deal..Hell you can't AGREE to take less money [for whatever reason] than the original contract calls for... even if the player thinks it's in his own best interest!
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