Wednesday, December 22, 2004 |
Drew In Blue, Yankees Boo Hoo, Green Toodle-oo
Back in New York, all the Yanks down in Yankville will all say, "boo hoo", only this time there's no holding hands and singing at the end:
"The Dodgers reneged on the deal that was agreed to last Friday, unequivocally and with no contingencies except for a window for contract extensions and physicals," [Yankees president Randy] Levine said. "For some reason, the Dodgers over the weekend started to backpedal. Why they would break their word is only something they can answer. It sure is disappointing, and we'll have to think long and hard before ever doing business with the Dodgers again."And, Green's like, totally mad at DePodesta or something!Newsday reported on its Web site Tuesday night that Javier Vazquez did not want to play for the Dodgers and refused to travel to Los Angeles for a physical. The paper, citing a source involved in the discussions, cited that as the "primary reason" for the deal's failure.
DePodesta said the Dodgers had not been looking to trade Green, and that he will speak with the outfielder.Well, that's good, because it'll probably happen about twice a day from now to the beginning of the season. Not to worry, though: the feeling's mutual:"I'm looking forward to making a call to some of the guys and telling them to settle down and not be concerned with being traded," he said.
A baseball source told ESPN's Karl Ravech Tuesday night that Green has no desire to finish his career with the Dodgers and that the outfielder does not plan to re-sign with Los Angeles when his contract expires after the 2005 season.Oh, happy day! The Snakes get an overpriced Green on top of having to pay their overpriced, backloaded contracts from the late 90's and having to pay for Sexson and Glaus, two questionably healthy players with high-dollar contracts? Talk about a recipe for a neutered team for the next few years!According to the source, Green appeared ready to waive his no-trade clause to report to the Diamondbacks as part of the Johnson deal. And now that the deal has fallen apart, the Dodgers and Diamondbacks have already begun discussions on a stand-alone trade to send Green to Arizona. Details of the exact components of the trade are not yet known.
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