Yankees spent record $218.3M on 2007 payroll

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I spent $218.3 million, and all I got was this t-shirt
Published 1/23/2008 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues » River Avenue Blues, A New York Yankees Blog
... The Yankees have broken their own record. In 2007, they spent $218.3 million on their payroll, shattering the 2006 mark of $207.5 million. We can thank Roger Clemens for that one. Meanwhile, the Red Sox came in a far second at $155.4 million. Boston outspent the next closest team by nearly $30 million, and no team has ever spent as much as the Red Sox did to win a World Series. If you tell a Red Sox fan they bought the trophy, that fan’s head will explode. ...

BREAKING NEWS: The Yankees Spend A Lot Of Money
Published 1/23/2008 by Greg Cohen at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
ESPN reports that in 2007 the Yankees set a new record high for payroll with $218.3 million, $62.9 million higher than the World Champion Boston Red Sox, who had the second highest payroll in baseball. The Yankees continue to spend and spend, only to sit in the dugout and watch other teams celebrate on the field in front of them year after year. Keep up the great work! ...

Read: ‘07 Payroll Numbers Released
Published 1/24/2008 by Chris Mazzone at MetsBlog.com
ESPN.com has released the ‘07 payroll numbers which show the Mets were a distant fourth at $120.9 million. They trailed only the Dodgers ($125.6 million), Red Sox ($155.4 million), and of course the Yankees, who led the way with a record payroll of $218.3 million.

Yankees Have Payroll of $218.3 Million
Published 1/24/2008 by Andrew Beaton at Hot Foot
... According to the AP, the Yankees led the MLB with a whopping $218.3 million payroll last year.  The Red Sox checked in second with $155.4 dollars, while the Mets checked in a distant third $120.9. ...

6th Highest Payroll Couldn’t Secure M’s a Playoff Spot
Published 1/24/2008 by Bryan Osborn at Caffeinated Confines
... While reading ESPN.com today I noticed that once again the Yankees had a +200 million dollar payroll, but I was a little surprised how high the Mariners were in the payroll department. I knew we had a 110+ million dollar payroll last season, but I didn’t realize that we had a bigger payroll than LA Angels. We official had a payroll of 114.4 million dollars last year the 6th highest in all of baseball, LA Angels had 111 million (7th). ...

Yankees Post Record Year End Payroll: $218.3 million
Published 1/24/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
... With final year end player payroll figures for 2007 now released, all 30 teams combined for a total of $2,711,274,581 in player compensation. Of that, the New York Yankees, once again, posted the highest team payroll at $218,311,394, or $23,082,349 more than on Opening Day. The majority of that difference was related to the mid-season signing of Roger Clemens. As reported by Ronald Blum of The AP: ...

Rehabbing the month of January away
Published 1/24/2008 by Ryne Crabb at Fire Brand of the American League
... the last 11 months freebasing cocaine but the wave has crashed and I’m in desperate need of rehab. The worst part is, I’m the one who is supposed to keep the wave going so the readers of Fire Brand don’t have to experience! I can’t keep doing this, the pressure is too much and the disappointment too great. If a psychiatrist becomes depressed is he capable of keeping his patients from living in depression? No way, not a chance. Right as I’m ready to give up for good, ESPN publishes an article  about the Yankees record $218.3 million dollar payroll. The opening line of the ...

Odds and Ends: Foulke, Ordonez, Feliz, Phillips
Published 1/24/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... rejected, and they seem inclined to fill third base internally.  Joe Crede is not out of the question though. Seems that the Reds might be talking about a long-term deal with Brandon Phillips. Rewriting history: the Padres almost acquired Mark McGwire in 1995.  Speaking of Kevin Towers, here's a quick look at his trading record.  It's good. Team payroll data for '07 is out; it's not terribly surprising. ...

Lust, Van Halen and what can we get for Marlon Byrd?
Published 1/24/2008 by Chip's Moody Blues at Uwe Blog
... dump Jessica Simpson not because he played poorly, but because he could do so much better. Seriously. Throw a rock in Uptown and find someone hotter. **** God, I wish I was the starting QB for Florida. **** Terrell Owens trying to pick up legendary slut Paris Hilton? **** Post of the year, so far. **** Cowboys have no idea who they're going to get to coach. **** Dallas is a top 4 market nationally. The Rangers aren't even in the top 10 for MLB payrolls. Sad. **** Speaking of, with a ...

$218.3 million
Published 1/24/2008 by WW Staff at WasWatching.com
Just think, that money could have bought 2,528,571,428 marbles. Seriously, wouldn't that have been more fun? You can do a lot of damage with 2.5 billion marbles.

Kennedy = Hughes?
Published 1/24/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... the "Joba to the pen" group . He does add that Joba could start, but it would be at the expense of developing someone else (i.e. Kennedy). Guidry adds that each of the big three can become frontline starters once they learn a bit more about the AL hitters they'll be facing. Moshe Mandel of The Bronx Block looks ahead and uses various projections to try and predict what Robinson Cano and the first-base-by-committee group will contribute in 2008. Amidst all the fanfare of the Yankees setting another record for payroll ($218 million), the gang ...

That's a Lot of Louisville Sluggers
Published 2/5/2008 by Yankees Chick at FanHouse
... -- it's the number of cold hard cash dollars he doled out his players last year. Needless to say, it was the largest payroll in the league by a hefty margin (the Red Sox payroll was $155.4 mil, the Dodgers paid $125.6 mil, and the Mets came in 4th place in the payroll race with $120.9 mil), and this was the 9th consecutive year they were on the top of the spending pile. ...

That's a Lot of Louisville Sluggers
Published 2/5/2008 by Yankees Chick at Yankees Chick
... It does to George Steinbrenner -- it's the number of cold hard cash dollars he doled out his players last year. Needless to say, it was the largest payroll in the league by a hefty margin (the Red Sox payroll was $155.4 mil, the Dodgers paid $125.6 mil, and the Mets came in 4th place in the payroll race with $120.9 mil), and this was the 9th consecutive year they were on the top of the spending pile. ...