Opt-Out
By Sweet, although I continue to believe that the Yankees aren’t serious about staying out of the subsequent negotiations for his servies.
Unlikely as it is, I like the Slappy-at-Shea idea…
“It’s clear he didn’t want to be a Yankee,” Hank Steinbrenner told the Daily News last night. “He doesn’t understand the privilege of being a Yankee on a team where the owners are willing to pay $200 million to put a winning product on the field.
“I don’t want anybody on my team that doesn’t want to be a Yankee.”
“We’re not going to back down,” Steinbrenner said. “It’s goodbye.” [via]
Again, if you want to bluff you need to bet more than quarter of the pot. The idea that they were going to get him to give up the leverage of an opt-out with $150 million in this market…please. And I don’t think anyone takes the idea that the Yankees are now out seriously.