Kiss Hank Steinbrenner’s Ass, Earn $275 Million
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... After all that, a modest raise and considerable security for Alex Rodriguez, along with another decade of remembering (whoops!) the stripper should take the service elevator. In Thursday’s New York Times, ...
Yanks, A-Rod agree on contract outline
River Avenue Blues —
... This should silence a few more of the doubters out there, but I won’t breathe easy until A-Rod and the Yanks are holding the requisite press conferece. ...
Yanks, A-Rod agree to "outline" of 10-year, $275 contract
Over the Monster —
Breaking news. Links to come. [editor's note, by Randy Booth] ESPN has some info: Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees have agreed to the outline of a $275 million, 10-year contract, a deal that potentially would allow him to earn millions more if he sets the ...
A-Rod to the Yankees all but done
ShysterBall —
That's what ESPN is reporting. So I'm sitting here at a law firm retreat, desperately trying to pretend that I care about something really, really boring known as "e-discovery" (lawyers in the crowd are all nodding knowingly) instead of reading and ...
An End to Arod Posts for the Winter
Hot Foot —
... ESPN is reporting that Arod and the Yankees have come to a deal. Arod would make $275 million over 10 years, with added bonuses including the previously mentioned provision for if he breaks Barry Bonds home run record. The deal has not yet been finalized with agent Scott Boras. ...
A-Rod Off the Market
Sons of Steve Garvey —
Report: A-Rod, Yankees agree on outline of $275 million, 10-year contract (AP/ESPN.com)
Don't lose your head, Ned.
Yankees, A-Rod agree to contract outline
Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog —
... The amount of the guaranteed money was revealed by a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn't been finalized. A-Rod met Wednesday in Tampa, Fla., with the Steinbrenner brothers but the parameters of the deal were set in place last weekend. (ESPN.com) ...
"It's goodbye hey there, Alex!"
YFSF —
... , 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 going to get $275M over 10 years plus incentives that could push the total value over the $300M mark, all coming from the Yanks. ...
A-Rod Back, Bonds Indicted
Bronx Liaison —
A-Rod is back in the building. Rumored deal is still 10 years, $275 million. Rodriguez will soon begin his assault on the alltime homerun record. Leading us back to the current "record holder," though the new home run king may have taken himself out of the record books for A-Rod because . . . ...
Report: A-Rod Agree to Terms With Yankees
FanHouse —
... and the two sides were well on their way to deal being struck. Today, the Steinbrenners had their final chat with A-Rod and all that's left appears to be the paperwork. ...
ARod returning to the Yankees.
SportsFilter —
... Asked whether the only remaining details were putting the deal on paper, Steinbrenner responded: "pretty much so." Read Story.
Open Discussion: Bonds, A-Rod, and More
A Voice From Twins Territory —
... 2) The A-Rod saga continues. Just about a week or two after saying that they wouldn't even considering taking him back, Rodriguez and the Yankees have agreed to a 10-year $275 million deal. That is quite a bit less than the $350 million that his agent said he'd be getting. ...
Another ARod-ian Post
Boiled Sports —
... Well, now, after all the baloney about him never being a Yankee again, it looks like our constant drama queen/distraction will be a Yankee for another decade. Or until he completely cracks under the pressure and mows down three bums in Central Park. ...
The Kenny Rogers Imbroglio
Texas Rangers —
... Future Hall of Famer Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees have agreed to the outline of a record 10-year, $275 million contract that would reportedly allow him to earn millions more if he breaks baseball’s all-time home run record - something which, with Bonds’ playing career now in serious jeopardy, looks to be a fairly safe bet. As long as the Rangers are out from underneath the financial burden of their $21.3 million subsidy to the Yankees, and as long as A-Rod isn’t headed to Anaheim, I have no problems whatsoever with this. ...
A-Rod’s $275M Sacrifice
COPPOLA SISTERS —
... being said my favorite quotes deriving out of this deal came from Steinbrenner.
“There are a few cynics who say, ‘Well, he really couldn’t get this there,’ ” Steinbrenner said. “Trust me, he would have gotten probably more. He is making a sacrifice to be a Yankee, there’s no question. … He showed what was really in his heart and what he really wanted.”
Big sacrifice A-Rod, HUGE!
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Strange Bedfellows in this News Cycle
The Futility Infielder —
Strange Bedfellows in this News Cycle So much going on and so little time for me to write. After more than seven months of waiting, my wife and I finally closed on ...
Another reason to love Hank Steinbrenner
River Avenue Blues —
What other owner has the balls to tell Scott Boras that he fucked up?
“Boras did a lot of good things for Alex through the years, and Alex knows that. I mean, obviously, he’s going to look to Scott’s advice on everything,” Steinbrenner said. “That’s not unusual today. It’s not like he’s the only one. And if an agent gets out of line or makes bad decisions, then that’s going to hurt the player. And obviously, that’s one of the things that happened here.”
The News
Mondesi's House —
... --A-Rod stays in pinstripes for 10 more years. So let's recap: first, he interrupts the World Series to announce that he's opting out of his Yankee contract. And now, he steals the headlines from Barry Bonds! ...
Common Sense Prevails!
the metropolitans —
... Ziiiiing! Ha ha...he's so funny with that subtle knock at the Yankees. First, Joe Girardi is probably going to be a better manager than Torre in many, many, many respects. Second, A-Rod has signed already. ...
Diamonds are for like Two Weeks or Something
YFSF —
... "We've made him an offer. It's not going to be there forever," Hal Steinbrenner said Thursday after he was approved as the team's new controlling owner during a meeting at Major League Baseball headquarters.
When a little Steinbrenner says an offer won't last forever, he means it. No bluffing. Ever.
We're pretty sure we know what CC Sabathia is listening to on his iPod right now. ...
Red Sox crying foul on Boras
N/A —
... Remember when Boras himself was spurned by a powerful client not too long ago? In the end, it’s his job to get the most money for his clients and if that involves going back and forth between teams, how is that dishonest? Nothing has surfaced, as Silverman notes, to show that Boras doing anything unethical. The ...
