nj.com - 12/11/2008
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Kevin Hauck/The Associated PressNo more penny-pinching for the Yanks. When CC Sabathia balked at coming to New York, the Yanks simply offered him more money. LAS VEGAS--That's more like it. The Yankees are the Yankees again. No more talk of...
Report: Sabathia to join Yankees
bugsandcranks.com 12/10/2008 — If we are to believe the New York Post (and can we really be sure?) CC Sabathia has decided to join the New York Yankees.
If that is correct, the Yankee off-season is a success no matter what else they accomplish.
Yankees make a mistake by signing C.C. Sabathia
stilespoints.blogspot.com 12/11/2008 — After the 2001 baseball season, the New York Yankees were craving for a power hitter after their paltry performance against Arizona in the World Series...the Yankees wanted the best hitter on the free agent market and that was first baseman Jason ...
Catching up on the New York Yankees —
Bugs & Cranks
Sorry I have been missing in action lately, New York Yankees fans. There was a little ice storm here in upstate New York that KO’d power to about a quarter-million homes, including mine, for several days. In fact, five days later there are still folks without power.
Anyway, I am back up ...
Yankees Speculation and Rumors —
BASEBALL HOT CORNER
The New York Yankees purchase of CC Sabathia is a big step in the right direction but the journey back to the top is just beginning. Let's sort through the rumors, speculation and projections and keep it real. The proposed Cabrera for Cameron swap makes sense in the context of the big ...
Help Give C.C. Sabathia a Nickname —
Total Pro Sports
Total Pro Sports- Since the New York Yankees just announced the signing of C.C. Sabathia , I thought it would be a good idea to think of some nicknames for him. Everyone knows about the New York media and their love for the Yankees , so I thought I give them a little help. Everybody needs a ...
Yankees to Sign C.C. Sabathia —
Mets Today
The New York Yankees are on the verge of signing C.C. Sabathia to a 7-year, $160M contract.
Word is that the contract includes an opt-out clause after two years. Which to me, is a huge red flag signifying that Sabathia is not so sure he can make it in New York.
I could be wrong. ...
The Yankees Are Kind Of Stupid —
Foul Balls
When I first heard the news that CC Sabathia had finally agreed to sign the contract offer the New York Yankees were making him my first thoughts were "Well it's about time, idiot." Not that I think that CC isn't intelligent or anything, but I just found it increasingly ridiculous that anybody ...
Jon Heyman has lost his mind —
The 'Ropolitans | NY Mets Baseball Blog
Just read this first paragraph from Jon Heyman about Manny Ramirez and the New York Yankees. LAS VEGAS -- Yankees co-owner Hank Steinbrenner is said by people close to him to want Manny Ramirez in pinstripes. Unlike his father, who dreaded dreadlocks, Steinbrenner the junior is said by a Yankees ...
Yankees This Not The Man !!! —
SidelineShow.com-SportsTalk Radio
The New York Yankees reportedly will sign C.C. Sabithia for 160 million. Sabithia will be with the Yankees for 7 seasons. Now why this won’t work Sabithia clearly did not want to come east. Sabithia was all about going to play out the rest of his career in the west coast. And if that ...
The one thing I didn't want to see this winter —
Tribe Report
The ink has not yet been applied - let alone dried - on a Kerry Wood contract with the Indians and a little bit of the joy of the likely signing has been zapped.
Zapped by the following headline found this morning on the New York Post Web site:
CC SABATHIA PICKS YANKEES
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Heyman on WFAN: Yankees Close to Lowe —
Hot Foot
Hot off the heels of getting the services of a certain left-hander , the Yankees are looking to spit in the face of the recession once more. Jon Heyman on WFAN a few minutes ago has said that the Yankees are going to be looking to offer Derek Lowe a 4-year, $66 million contract, which would ...
Resistance Is Futile: Yankees Assimilate Sabathia [MLB] —
Deadspin
So thanks for getting my hopes up. CC Sabathia is currently visiting the San Francisco Bay Area — he was born in the northern Calif. hamlet of Vallejo — and speculation was that he was flirting with the idea of becoming a Giant. And when you think about it, who wouldn't want to ...
C.C. Sabathia Signs With the Yankees —
Walker Sports
According to sources from the New York Post, free agent pitcher C.C. Sabathia has agreed to a deal that will send him to the New York Yankees. It is reported the contract he will receive will be the highest paid deal ever given to a pitcher. The numbers are estimated at six years and worth ...
CC Agrees to Join Yanks —
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest
Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that CC Sabathia and the Yankees have agreed to a contract.
“Sabathia had informed the Yankees that he had made his decision to call New York his baseball home, the Post has learned.”
The figures are said to be in the neighborhood of 6 ...
CC to Sign with Yankees —
The Brewer Nation
By: Big Rygg
The New York Post's Joel Sherman is reporting that CC Sabathia has told New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman, in a meeting at Sabathia's home, that he would accept the Yankees' record offer of $140 million over 6 years. If true, this marks a sad day for Brewer Nation, ...
Yankees Land The Big One? —
BASEBALL HOT CORNER
While preparing today's post on the swirling rumors of MLB's Winter Meetings, the ESPN ticker blurts: "Breaking News"--"CC Sabathia to sign with New York Yankees, New York Post reports." The wait is over, the Bombers have a bona fide ace. A go to guy. A durable horse that puts them back on ...
Sabathia Plays With Yankees —
BASEBALL HOT CORNER
The New York Yankees are "smitten" with CC Sabathia . A durable, left-handed, top-of-the-rotation starter would fill a gaping hole in the Bombers' bedraggled rotation. Everyone knows it. That's the problem. Yesterday, ESPN's ticker read: "Yankees have great meeting with Sabathia ." Today's ...
Yankees' Entourage —
BASEBALL HOT CORNER
Redundant Vegas vernacular flies and baseball rumor mongers hyperventilate as MLB's winter meetings commence. The New York Yankees strut their stuff with an entourage that would make Elvis proud. Brian "Cash" Cashman breaks out the bling in a desperate attempt to bring home the really big one. ...
Yankees "Savage Journey" —
BASEBALL HOT CORNER
From the sunny shores of Del Mar California, to the over-the-top oppulence of the Bellagio Las Vegas, baseball executives keep their noses to the grindstone, in a relentless quest for championship bling. The economy crumbles and MLB holds its annual Winter Meetings in tawdry Sin City. (If ...
