Pitchers & Catchers Report; Yankees News
Baseball is backfolks! Once again it's time for baseball to take its place among the elite sports. Now that the dull, boring, pro football season is over (finally), the don't go by the rules pro basketball (sure they're playing now but if the refs don't make calls what's the point of watching, come on, a guy can't stop dribbling, take 10 steps and shoot, that's traveling), hockey (let the Russians and Canadians have their fun), and any other sport you want to name, which doesn't come close to holding anything remotely interesting as baseball.
Anyway the point being, let the discussions begin. Who's on 1st? Really 3 firstbasemen? Bernie, Williams (to the tune of Marco, Polo) maybe he can be long relief in the pen? How will the pitchers hold up? Let's start commenting, and here is some news to keep you interested.
Yankees sign Ron Villone to minor league deal with spring training invite.
Mariano Rivera's contract is up following the World Series. Agent Fernando Cuza approached Yanks general manager Brian Cashman in December about an extension and nothing developed. "They said they would get back to us if they had any interest," Cuza said. Now, with pitchers and catchers reporting to Legends Field today, Rivera is entertaining thoughts of leaving the only organization he has ever worked for. "I know I have one more year," Rivera told reporters yesterday following a light workout at the club's minor-league complex. "After that, I don't know what's going to happen. Definitely I want to finish my career here, but if they don't give the respect that I deserve, I have to move on." Cuza said Rivera has no plans to open negotiations with the Yankees and the agent doesn't believe there will be dialogue "unless they call us, but I doubt it. "Mariano wants to wait until the end of the season,'' said Cuza, whose client badly wants to pitch in the new Yankee Stadium as a Yankee in 2009. "It's the first time he wants to wait and see what happens."
A longtime friend of the outfielder told the Daily News that Bernie Williams has no plans to take the Yankees' nonroster deal, though the pal didn't think that a retirement announcement was coming any time soon. "This could drag on for a long time," the friend said. Williams isn't ready to call it a career just yet, though he doesn't want to play for any team other than the Bombers. GM Brian Cashman didn't return a phone call yesterday, but he has said several times that the current construction of the roster has no spot for Williams.
Anyway the point being, let the discussions begin. Who's on 1st? Really 3 firstbasemen? Bernie, Williams (to the tune of Marco, Polo) maybe he can be long relief in the pen? How will the pitchers hold up? Let's start commenting, and here is some news to keep you interested.
Yankees sign Ron Villone to minor league deal with spring training invite.
Mariano Rivera's contract is up following the World Series. Agent Fernando Cuza approached Yanks general manager Brian Cashman in December about an extension and nothing developed. "They said they would get back to us if they had any interest," Cuza said. Now, with pitchers and catchers reporting to Legends Field today, Rivera is entertaining thoughts of leaving the only organization he has ever worked for. "I know I have one more year," Rivera told reporters yesterday following a light workout at the club's minor-league complex. "After that, I don't know what's going to happen. Definitely I want to finish my career here, but if they don't give the respect that I deserve, I have to move on." Cuza said Rivera has no plans to open negotiations with the Yankees and the agent doesn't believe there will be dialogue "unless they call us, but I doubt it. "Mariano wants to wait until the end of the season,'' said Cuza, whose client badly wants to pitch in the new Yankee Stadium as a Yankee in 2009. "It's the first time he wants to wait and see what happens."
A longtime friend of the outfielder told the Daily News that Bernie Williams has no plans to take the Yankees' nonroster deal, though the pal didn't think that a retirement announcement was coming any time soon. "This could drag on for a long time," the friend said. Williams isn't ready to call it a career just yet, though he doesn't want to play for any team other than the Bombers. GM Brian Cashman didn't return a phone call yesterday, but he has said several times that the current construction of the roster has no spot for Williams.
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We signed Villone to a minor league deal, which I like. He was very good through July.
Yes, I think that's a good pick up too, even though he was awful the second half of the season. He might have been overworked. But I think he's gritty and like a piece of iron.
Rocky Balboa was also a piece of iron according to Ivan Drago. If Rocky can be resurrected so can Villone.
Bernie, if you're reading this- retire 'ol boy. And if you're really reading this, can I have some money? Thanks!
Mariano Rivera a Red Sox? It could happen. Sitting in his car outside Legends Field yesterday, Rivera was asked by The Post if he could be Boston's closer next year. "You never know," said Rivera, who is determined to become a free agent after the World Series since the Yankees didn't react to his December request for a two-year contract extension.
The Rocky vs Drago fight was an exhibition. Everyone knows if Rocky put the title on the line he would be in a pine box next to Apollo.
Scooter, did we even see the same ROCKY IV???
Rocky was fighting for Western Civilization! Likewise, Drago was fighting to prove the Soviet way of life. The fight was as close to nuclear war as these two great powers ever reached, far surpassing those thirteen days in October during that philandering Kennedy's administration.
Rocky literally punched out communism.
Oh please come on. Put down the marijuana and face the reality. It was an exhibition.
If the match was for the title in America, we all would Communists now.
Drago went easy on Rocky because he was bored with him. Rocky got beat worse than a rent mule. How could he comeback from the beating Drago gave him?
If the boxing commission had the balls to sanction the fight then Rocky's fate would have been the same as Apollo's. I'm not blaming Rocky for that but he was a joke. He left a robot to take care of his kid while he was in Russia.
Rocky not only is a bad boxer, a terrible dad, but is the reason Apollo died. He should have thrown in the towel.
Rocky really was a terrible Dad. That Robot was a horrible guardian. Rocky was only in Russia for a month or so, but because of the Robot's bad care, his son seemed to age almost 10 years during that time!
Rocky fought on Christmas Night. Who fights then? And who would fight then when you have a kid?
Don't forget about Adrian. She left too. She left the robot in charge of the kid and 2 friends on Christmas Night.
Where is child services when you need them?
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