Playing the Market; this MLB Free Agency thing is tricky

It has been an interesting offseason for many of Major League Baseball’s marquee free agents. And when I say interesting I mean, things aren’t going so well…
Some lofty expectations, sometimes brought on by agents and sometimes by the players themselves, seem to be leaving some people with some bruised egos.
Andy Pettitte
The 36-year-old hurler was perturbed [...]

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Teixeira to sign by days end?

One time will be doing some serious last minute Christmas spending. Reaction as more news becomes available.
Nationals reportedly up the ante for Teixeira (Boston Globe)
Yankees lurking in Teixeira hunt (ESPN)
Update: Yankees sign Teixeira to 8 year $170 $180 million deal

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Yankees close to signing CC Sabathia, at 7 years and $160 million

Yankee’s GM Brian Cashman has been meeting with Sabathia this entire week. Cashman flew to San Francisco to see CC at his home late last night.
As of this morning, according to Buster Olney on ESPN’s Mike and Mike in the Morning, Sabathia’s deal from the Yankees is now worth $160 million over seven [...]

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Major League Baseball’s new-stadium policy is sketchy business

Cisco announced this morning that the new Yankee Stadium has been fully loaded with Cisco technologies. Interestingly they left the price tag out of the press release.
This got me thinking about how exactly this new stadium is being payed for. We have heard of the uproar from the tax payers of New York but there [...]

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Red Sox comback big against Rays

Another October and another unimaginable comeback for the Boston Red Sox. If nothing more than this was just a fantastic game and story for baseball fans. On the other hand could we be in the midst of another improbable Red Sox comeback?
2004: Red Sox come down from 3-0 to beat the New York Yankees in [...]

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