According to a tweet the other night by Buster Olney, the Philadelphia Phillies attempted to trade pitcher Joe Blanton to the Los Angeles Angels for OF/DH Bobby Abreu, then planned to flip Abreu to the New York Yankees for A.J. Burnett. My first thought was how much cash would the Phillies have wanted the Yankees [...]
BRADENTON, Fla. — A.J. Burnett departed his Maryland home Saturday for Florida, though his exact destination remained unclear. Once he received a call from Pirates general manager Neal Huntington and manager Clint Hurdle, his route solidified. Endpoint: Bradenton. “It’s going to be a fresh start, it’s going to be fun,” Burnett said Monday outside of [...]
Last June, Missoula investment advisory firm Front Street Capital Management launched Montana’s first no-load mutual fund. The Tarkio Fund charges shareholders no commission or sales fees and allows a low minimum initial investment of $2,500. Its performance during the past seven months has garnered attention from the Wall Street Journal and a host of new [...]
By Jason Keidel » More Column Judging by the joyous chorus of my Tri-State brethren, any tears gliding down the cheeks of baseball fans in the five boroughs will be from glee, not regret, over the recent departure of A.J. Burnett, who was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for the equivalent of two tickets to [...]
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 10–> TAMPA, FLA. — On the day the Yankees were eliminated from the postseason, Brian Cashman stood in the middle of the Yankee Stadium clubhouse and vowed to improve his team’s rotation. Pitching would be his offseason focus. “Always, always, always,” he said. On the day CC Sabathia agreed to a contract [...]
New York sent two prospects, 2004 All-Star Vazquez and cash to the Diamondbacks for the 41-year-old Johnson. Halsey, who had gone 1-3 with a 6.47 ERA for the Yankees in 2004, went 8-12 with a 4.61 ERA in 2005, mostly as a starter. He was traded after the 2005 season to the A’s for Juan [...]
After two seasons in New York, the Randy Johnson experiment came to end as Johnson was returned to the Arizona Diamondbacks for infielder Gonzalez, reliever Vizcaino, and pitching prospects Steven Jackson and Ross Ohlendorf. Arizona had dealt Johnson to the Yankees before the 2005 season. While the primary reason for Johnson’s departure was the death [...]
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 10–> TAMPA, FLA. — On the day the Yankees were eliminated from the postseason, Brian Cashman stood in the middle of the Yankee Stadium clubhouse and vowed to improve his team’s rotation. Pitching would be his offseason focus. “Always, always, always,” he said. On the day CC Sabathia agreed to a contract [...]
SweetSpot: Spring Training Storylines VIDEO PLAYLIST SweetSpot: Spring Training Storylines SweetSpot: Spring Training Storylines BBTN Minute: Most Interesting Story BBTN Minute: Most Interesting Story CLEARWATER, Fla. — No more mystery teams. No more posting fees. No more free agents jetting into Miami for a tour of the gleaming new Ballpark That Ozzie Guillen Didn’t Build [...]
A.J. Burnett Inexplicably Vetoes a Trade to the Angels Baseball Tim Ryan February 16th. 2012, 2:47pm Foolish Yankees starter A.J. Burnett has reportedly vetoed a trade that would have sent him to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for former Yankee Bobby Abreu. My lone question is, why? The only assumption here is that A.J. [...]
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