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Dollars and sense on the Santana deal
Published 1/19/2008 by Peter Abraham at The LoHud Yankees Blog
Wanted to bring this story on Yahoo Sports to your attention. It’s a financial breakdown of a possible Santana deal by Vince Gennaro. Vince is a Westchester resident (and a reader here) who wrote "> "> ">“Diamond Dollars: The Economics Of Winning Baseball.” Vince has worked with Major League teams on how best to include economics in trade and free-agent decisions. His work is fascinating. His breakdown reveals that a trade for Santana does not make financial sense for the Yankees. It’s an interesting read.

The Price Of Santana Tickets
Published 1/19/2008 by attackgerbil at YFSF
... Vince Gennaro talks about the price of seeing Johan Santana on your roster from a Major League Baseball owner's perspective. It is arguably the least interesting way to spend ten minutes of your life, unless you are an sports economics major. Actually, you will probably finish the article faster than I did since I fell asleep part way through and had to start over. Twice. ...

The Dollars Don't Make Sense in Santana Deal
Published 1/19/2008 by Greg Cohen at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
Vince Gennaro is a consultant to several major league teams and the he also wrote a book called "Diamond Dollars: The Economics of Winning in Baseball". Mr. Gennaro wrote an article for Yahoo Sports detailing the economic pitfalls of a potential Santana trade ...

Odds and Ends: Doumit, Colon, Greene, Santana
Published 1/20/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
It's up to an impressive 5.7 degrees where I am, but I still don't think I'll be going outside much today.  Hence, some odds and ends. John Perrotto of Baseball Prospectus says the Red Sox are interested in the Pirates' Ryan Doumit.  However Perrotto says the Bucs are reluctant to trade the versatile Doumit, who turns 27 in ...

Conference Play the Remedy for Complacency et al
Published 1/20/2008 by Paul Gotham at Bleacher Report
Anyone concerned that the College Hoops’ season was beginning to become predictable need not worry. Conference play offered the right dosage to ward off any complacency. Three of the top nine and eight of the top twenty-five fell to conference opponents on Saturday. Gary Williams and his Terrapins proved to be giant killers once again, USC found Love in Pauley, and K-State showed the Big 12 is no place for the faint of heart. Maryland went into Chapel Hill and sent home a message: You’ll take your medicine, and you’ll like it! James Gist dropped 22, grabbed 13 boards, and the Terrapin defense, toughest ...

Roundup - Yadier Molina Analysis
Published 1/22/2008 by Dave Rouleau at Baseball Digest Daily
From the Baseball Digest Daily Photo Gallery Tommy Lasorda (Bill Richardson/BDD) Great Lasorda quote from Baseball Almanac : "I never talk about problems and I'll tell you why. I think 80% of the people don't care about other people's problems and the other 20% are happy to hear you have them." - Tommy Lasorda" Bio at the Baseball Library .... "Lasorda managed the Dodgers to division titles in 1983 and 1985, but lost both times in the LCS. In 1988, he shared NL Manager of the Year honors with the Pirates Jim Leyland and took the Dodgers to an upset win over the Mets in the LCS and a shocking WS upset of the A's. A media favorite, Lasorda is noted for ...

Feeling Lazy/Johan
Published 1/22/2008 by mr. met at the metropolitans
I'm not in the mood to think much today so I will just rip others off instead. I know some of you crave daily Johan Santana updates...today we've got a blurb from Charley Walters: The Twins say they're not panicking while holding out for the best deal for Johan Santana. But word within baseball circles is that offers by the New York Yankees (no more Phil Hughes) and Boston Red Sox are diminishing by the week. Best bet now for a trade of the two-time Cy Young Award winner appears to be with the New York Mets in a deal that would not include fast-rising hitter Fernando Martinez. Yikes - from those solid Yankee/Red Sox offers to a Martinez-less ...