Hank Steinbrenner says 'goodbye' to A-Rod

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Hank Steinbrenner: "Kiss off."
Published 10/29/2007 by Beth Frauenhoffer at Yankees Chick
New Boss to A-Rod: See ya.||""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." ...

Yanks bid A-Rod aloha
Published 10/29/2007 at MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports
... last night after he learned that the third baseman had opted out of the final three years of his contract, electing to become a free agent before the Yankees even had a chance to offer him an extension. "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. Source: New York Daily News Related: ...

Hank Steinbrenner says 'goodbye' to A-Rod
Published 10/29/2007 by Jim Jacobs at Yankees baseball blog
... "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. Continue ...

Girardi will be manager; A-Rod opts out
Published 10/29/2007 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... ; A-Rod tops the list, and then it's Mike Lowell and a whole bunch of nobodies. Hank Steinbrenner wasn't kind to A-Rod on the way out, and his words offer a (fantastic) resemblance to his dad's old nastiness : It's clear he didn't want to be a Yankee. 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. It's goodbye. In other words, for all those people who thought that the Yanks ...

Hank Stein Reacts To A-Rod's Opt Out
Published 10/29/2007 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
From the Daily News: "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." The Yankees have said time and time again that they will not pursue Rodriguez as a free agent because of the money they would now no longer receive from the Rangers. ...

Hank slams the door
Published 10/29/2007 by Ben K. at River Ave. Blues
... “I don’t want anybody on my team that doesn’t want to be a Yankee…We’re not going to back down. It’s goodbye.“ ...

Why Alex Rodriguez Won’t Be a Met
Published 10/29/2007 by Paul Moro at umpbump.com
...  for A-Rod should make me all warm and fuzzy inside, shouldn’t it? Because on paper, I agree with him. There obviously aren’t many teams who can take on his contract so the Mets are already on a very short list of potential suitors. Add to that the unlikelihood that the Yankees would risk losing face after stating point blank that they will not bid on him in the open market, and the negative press that the Red Sox would receive if they were to show fan-favorite Mike Lowell the door after winning the World Series MVP, the list dwindles even more. ...

Screw A-Rod!
Published 10/29/2007 by ETVal at Valentine's Views
... before A-Rod for the Yankees, and there will be life after A-Rod. I say 'Screw A-Rod!'The NY Sun says A-Rod is getting the last laugh. I say 'Screw A-Rod!'Ian O'Connor says the Yankees should stick to their guns and not pursue A-Rod as a free agent. I say 'Screw A-Rod!'Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports says A-Rod will have plenty of suitors. I say 'Screw A-Rod!'Hank Steinbrenner says A-Rod 'didn't want to be a Yankee.' Good for Hank. I say 'Screw A-Rod.'Mark ...

If you believe Hank Steinbrenner…
Published 10/29/2007 by JMM at MY BASEBALL BIAS
... What a shifty character. According to the Daily News, personally placed phone calls by Hank and his brother Hal were not returned by A-Rod, a clear indication that he had no desire in negotiating a new deal. ...

Hank comes out hammering
Published 10/29/2007 by Andrew Fletcher at Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog
Hank Steinbrenner is sounding a lot like his father these days."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." (New York Daily News)Amen.Alex Rodriguez's departure will most likely hurt the lineup this year. In the long run, ...

Marchand : Girardi’s Been Offered The Yankee Job
Published 10/29/2007 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
As tipped by numerous sources earlier, ESPN 1050’s Andrew Marchand reported on Max Kellerman’s show earlier today that former Marlins skipper Joe Girardi —- 2006’s NL Manager Of The Year — has officially been offered the Yankees’ managerial position. I suspect Joe’s well suited for the gig — he already possesses ample expertise when it comes to being chewed out by rich guys lacking baseball acumen.

A-Rod Shows His True Colors
Published 10/29/2007 by Denton at FanHouse
... Traditionally, big announcements are not made in the middle of the Fall Classic. But A-Rod shows no respect for such tradition, making the announcement last night during game four. From the New York Daily News: ...

Nothing's Shocking
Published 10/29/2007 by The Feed at The Feed
... I'm not sure I understand why everyone is getting so up in arms about Alex Rodriguez opting out of his contract with the Yankees. Take Hank Steinbrenner's reaction: ...

"It's goodbye hey there, Alex!"
Published 11/16/2007 by SF at YFSF
... Such is the way we reviseth Hank Steinbrenner's churlish comment from a couple of weeks back.  Now I am really confused, though.  The reports back then, if they can be trusted, said that the Yankees were prepared to extend Alex for 5 years and about 140M, meaning that they would owe him $221M over eight years, with $30M paid by the Texas Rangers (27.6MAAV gross, 23.8M AAV in Yankee money), .  Now Alex is reportedly ...