Newsday
December 17, 2008
As a baseball fan, I have been following the antics of the two New York teams in their pursuit of free agent players. But the Yankees are the stars of the show ["Yankees: Really bumping up their mound staff," Sports, Dec. 14].
They literally begged one pitcher, CC Sabathia, to take more money than they originally offered, even though there was no real competition from other teams. Now they have to pamper Andy Pettitte and hope he will agree to accept a deal that reduces his pay from $16 million to $10 million per season - this after a poor season.
All of this is happening in a time when people are losing jobs and their hope. Americans have lost trillions from pension plans and the auto industry is on the verge of collapse, yet these baseball people are arguing over fortunes, totally oblivious about what goes on in the real world. It makes me ashamed to be a fan.
Michael A. Guerriero
East Northport
They literally begged one pitcher, CC Sabathia, to take more money than they originally offered, even though there was no real competition from other teams. Now they have to pamper Andy Pettitte and hope he will agree to accept a deal that reduces his pay from $16 million to $10 million per season - this after a poor season.
All of this is happening in a time when people are losing jobs and their hope. Americans have lost trillions from pension plans and the auto industry is on the verge of collapse, yet these baseball people are arguing over fortunes, totally oblivious about what goes on in the real world. It makes me ashamed to be a fan.
Michael A. Guerriero
East Northport
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3 comments:
This guy is a commie.
and I really love how everyone is pretending we invented poverty a couple months ago. As if there was no one suffering in this country or the world prior to the market collapse.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out asshat
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