It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog Latest Blog Posts |
Add as Favorite
Claim Blog 
|
http://www.itsaboutthemoney.net/ - When they say it's not about the money...
Two-time reigning NL Cy Young Tim Linecum and Black Crowes Chris Robinson, separated at birth (though 17.5 years apart?):
And Chris Robinson used to be married to some random girl now who is now dating Alex Rodriguez.
Bonus, from Lisa from Subway Squawkers , before his hair got long... ...
MLB
Cy Young
Alex Rodriguez
The basis for this analysis might be statistically accurate, but it just goes to prove the "and that's why they play the game" mantra:
Since 1990, teams that increased opening-day payroll from one season to the next padded their win total only 49.5% of the time. In fact, the correlation ...
MLB
New York Yankees
For years, non-traditional (ie: Internet-based) baseball writers have asked for a seat at the BBWAA voting booth. They finally got their wish as Keith Law (ESPN), Will Carroll (Baseball Prospectus) and others were included in the recent awards voting. Of course, when Law and Carroll vote ...
MLB
Pete Carroll
Stand on the side during a pissing match. Just a helpful reminder from your friends here at IIATMS. However, watching Scott Boras and MLB EVP Rob Manfred go at it can be fun .
I'll parse it out:
Boras claimed that teams received $80-90 million each year from MLB's central revenue fund ...
MLB
Scott Boras
For those of you who have seen all of the Japanese advertising and presence at Yankee Stadium the last few years, a reminder that it all might go away of Matsui leaves. And if he does, so do the ad revenues. Said differently, Matsui more than paid his own way in market-specific advertising ...
MLB
Hideki Matsui
Yankee Stadium
Fascinating read today about former RedSox owner Tom Yawkey and the perpetual murmuring about his covert racism, as evidenced by the fact that the Sox were the last team to integrate, some 14 years after the fact.
History has tended to place the blame squarely upon Yawkey. He was, after ...
MLB
Boston Red Sox
Tom Yawkey
Great way of remembering Game 6:
(click below for the amazing video)
World Series Time-Lapse by Robert Caplin .
h/t to Craig from CTB
Other
Howard Bryant has a lengthy ramble about how the cries for a salary cap will again fall on deaf ears:
The Yankees spent for this year's team as they always have spent. During the past 25 years, they have led the league in payroll 17 times; before this season, they'd won the World Series ...
MLB
Again, it's just satire, but fun nonetheless:
New York Yankees team ownership revealed Tuesday that the phrase " Yankees suck ," one of the most popular chants in sports, was trademarked by the 27-time World Series champions prior to the 1996 season, a business strategy that has earned the ...
MLB
New York Yankees
Jaret Wright
Carl Pavano
itsaboutthemoney.net - 21 hours ago
—
itsaboutthemoney.net —
When really smart people start running regressions and
start talking about p-values and r 2 values, I
start to feel woozy and have the (not good kind) of flashbacks to college stats classes. My Achillies heel in my education. Stats. Could never ...
(more)
Mathmatically speaking: it's about the money (kinda, sorta)
Comments
vote down
No, You're a Towel
found this 21 hours agofound this
AL Cy Young winner Zack Greinke's definitely a cat of a different breed. We knew this before but just reading the passage below , you can get a good look into his mental approach towards the game:
Bannister said Greinke has learned to adjust his pitching based on the advanced defensive ...
MLB
Zack Greinke
Satire , I think:
Members of the Yankees couldn't help but notice that the resort's iconic mascot Mickey Mouse made a special effort to avoid Alex Rodriguez during the team's trip to Walt Disney World to celebrate its World Series victory. " I thought it was weird that whenever Alex would ...
MLB
Alex Rodriguez
New York Yankees
Johnny Damon
itsaboutthemoney.net - 3 days ago
A couple of items talking about the Yanks off-season strategies and plans worth discussing:
First, regarding Cashman's more deliberate approach towards the free agent market this season, as opposed to last season:
The moment free agency began last offseason, Brian Cashman was off to the ...
MLB
New York Yankees
Brian Cashman
Arguing baseball economics is about as painful and pointless as arguing about religion; those who believe something different aren't going to change their views no matter how good a case you've built. Those of you who think the Yanks buy their titles aren't going to change, and that's OK. We ...
MLB
New York Yankees
itsaboutthemoney.net - 5 days ago
—
itsaboutthemoney.net —
Overvaluing "potential"?
(more)
Propsects and their value, perceived and actual
As we get deeper into the Hot Stove season, here's a look at some of the names you'll hear discussed often, particularly in bigger trade deals:
Jesus Montero, C -- Some scouts make the argument that Montero is the best hitting prospect in the minor leagues. That's debatable, but at the ...
MLB
Antwan Peek
New York Yankees
Sorry folks, I have been felled for a second day by some nasty bug/cough/ache/flu thing. Back at it tomorrow.
Other
The nominations for the non-player portion of the Hall Of Fame has been announced. The list of 20 former managers, executives and umpires can be found here .
I'll keep this brief, but if Marvin Miller continues to get blackballed/shut out/whatever you call it, shame on the voters, ...
MLB
Hall of Fame
Gotta love Boras . The ultimate "it's about the money" guy, ever. Now he's comparing Damon's "durability" to legends:
“And (Damon) is the Greg Maddux of position players when it comes to durability.”
Oy. I honestly can't imagine Cashman giving Damon a contract for more than two years. ...
