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kcballboykcballboy Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭
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Doesn't sound like Sheffield is too pleased with this decision. But if you're the Yankees, and you've got the money to exercise a $13 million option for a guy you plan to trade just so your rivals can't get him, I can't say I blame them.


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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭
    wow, Sheffield unhappy? That would only make it how many straight offseasons in which he has expressed his displeasure? I'd be crying too if someone was going to pay me $13 million.
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  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭
    Has anyone here ever met somebody--anybody--who considers themselves a Gary Sheffield fan? I don't think I've ever seen an athlete of his ability treated with such dislike and/or apathy by sports fans. There just doesn't seem to be any precedent for it.
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    Sheffield throughout his career has pretty much given reason to be not so well liked by fans. Just breaking into the league he showed a lot of pompous attitude that didnt set well with the media and fans. He has also had a tendancy to be "all about himself" and not so much of a team player.

    Although, once on the Yankees he did talk about team play and winning (I can't honestly say how his attitude was in Atlanta or Los Angeles but he didnt stick with either team too long) which brought him a bit more approval and then the worst...the steroid scandal. That put him in bad light even worse than before.

    Sheffield, a wonderful player...excellent hitter, great arm...has made his bed with the fans.

    I really wish the Yanks would have let him go. Even though I believe that there was a huge amount of players taking steroids during the era, Sheffield is one of the guys that had a huge spotlight on him. Wouldnt hurt my feelings to see him and Giambi off the team.

    Oh well...one more year of Sheffield and probably LOTS of whining. This leads me to believe that Yanks will be moving Melky for some pitching. image
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    The yankees resigning sheffield shows you they still haven't learned they need pitching.

    With Matsui, giambi, abreu, and damon, they don't need sheffield.
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The yankees resigning sheffield shows you they still haven't learned they need pitching.

    With Matsui, giambi, abreu, and damon, they don't need sheffield. >>



    The Yankees know what they need. And this Yankee fan would be really really suprised if Sheffield is on the roster come April 1

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  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    Why resign him if they aren't going to keep him?

    The only scenario I can think of is if they are going to pick up part/most of his salary on a sign and trade to another team, but that seems wasteful to me. I know they were shopping him ahead of his turning a free agent, but this just reeks of desperation.
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    It could be control on where Sheffield goes. You dont want him signing with an AL East team.
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,656 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Typical Yankee maneuver's, they are so nervous of other AL East teams possibly picking him up that they will dump $$ just to avoid that scenario. No suprise.
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    LOL just saying it was a possible scenerio....thats nothing that has even been reported. And I dont know if that would be "typical". I am currently unable to think of another player they have done this with.
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    I was just on mlb.com and there is an article today...mlb.com article

    So...it definately is a thought that the Yankees will exercise the option and trade Sheffield. Sheff is being very open about his displeasure if the Yankees do just that. He's already whining. And he is whining about playing 1B and DH for one year. What better reason than to trade him if that's what he is going to bring to the clubhouse, already saying its going to be a "big problem".

    Maybe Sheffield should have thought about that before he signed a contract with an option. After that screw job injury and saying he wanted to play first base, he now says he doesnt want to do it unless he gets an extention.

    Think what you want, the maneuver would be a good one if they were able to get some pitching. As the article says, 4-5 million of the option year is deferred money and would give the Yankees more latitude to trade him. A very intelligent move by the Yankees when it came to that option year in his contract.

    Its time to shut up and fulfill any obligation you agreed to Sheffield!
  • bri2327bri2327 Posts: 3,178 ✭✭
    I wish they were able to excercise the option to shove a bat up Sheffields needle ridden a$$ sideways.

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  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Has anyone here ever met somebody--anybody--who considers themselves a Gary Sheffield fan? I don't think I've ever seen an athlete of his ability treated with such dislike and/or apathy by sports fans. There just doesn't seem to be any precedent for it. >>

    My brother met him and Goodan at Goodan's home down here in St Petersburg. My brother was doing a tile job and said Dwight was very friendly as they introduced themselves and shook hands. Sheffield ignored my brother, looked the other way and didnt even get out of his chair.

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Typical Yankee maneuver's, they are so nervous of other AL East teams possibly picking him up that they will dump $$ just to avoid that scenario. No suprise. >>



    yeah, like you or any of us know what is really going on. But thanks for the dumb a$$ I am a Red Sox fan response !!! imageimage

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  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Typical Yankee maneuver's, they are so nervous of other AL East teams possibly picking him up that they will dump $$ just to avoid that scenario. No suprise. >>



    yeah, like you or any of us know what is really going on. But thanks for the dumb a$$ I am a Red Sox fan response !!! imageimage >>



    Really?

    Like steinbrenner didn't specifically overpay damon to steal him from the red sox?

    Look, it's the same exact manuever, just in reverse.

    But thanks for the dumb ass 'I'm a yankee apologist' response!!!

  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> Look, it's the same exact manuever, just in reverse.

    But thanks for the dumb ass 'I'm a yankee apologist' response!!! >>



    Kiss my a$$ Ax! image Sheffield will be no part of the 07 Yanks and fruit cakes like you will be silent as the summer morning when he is traded away to the at least half dozen teams who want him. But, thanks for the GM impression image

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> Look, it's the same exact manuever, just in reverse.

    >>



    Ummmmm no. The Yankees actually NEEDED a center fielder skip. image

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  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i> Look, it's the same exact manuever, just in reverse.

    But thanks for the dumb ass 'I'm a yankee apologist' response!!! >>



    Kiss my a$$ Ax! >>



    Truth hurt that much, hmm?



    << <i>Sheffield will be no part of the 07 Yanks and fruit cakes like you will be silent as the summer morning when he is traded away to the at least half dozen teams who want him. But, thanks for the GM impression image >>



    Dude, who the hell said he was going to be around in '07?

    I simply said this move was a desperate move on the part of a very desperate team.

    You are out of your mind if you didn't think that the yanks resigning him was just so the red sox wouldn't have a free shot at him.
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> You are out of your mind if you didn't think that the yanks resigning him was just so the red sox wouldn't have a free shot at him. >>



    image ha! Oh yeah? And just WHAT were the Red Sox going to do with Sheffield? LOL

    Certainly not DH him! Annnnd, before you say it .... I would LOVE to see Sheff try and play the OF in Fenway! COME ON AX! Use your head man !

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  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭


    << <i>
    image ha! Oh yeah? And just WHAT were the Red Sox going to do with Sheffield? LOL
    >>



    I think everyone was asking the yankees that when they signed abreu.




    << <i>Certainly not DH him! Annnnd, before you say it .... I would LOVE to see Sheff try and play the OF in Fenway! COME ON AX! Use your head man ! >>



    Why not throw him at first? It's the easiest position to play...throw him at third, he could easily play third.

    So please, issue a retraction about you saying I said sheffield would be playing in ny in 07 while you're eating that plate of crow.
  • ctsoxfanctsoxfan Posts: 6,246 ✭✭
    Let me preface this by saying, I hate Gary Sheffield.

    But, he might just be ticked off enough now to sign a reasonable deal with the Sox, and why couldn't he play RF there? Ortiz, Manny, and Sheffield? Might not be such a bad idea...
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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>
    Why not throw him at first? It's the easiest position to play...throw him at third, he could easily play third.

    So please, issue a retraction about you saying I said sheffield would be playing in ny in 07 while you're eating that plate of crow. >>




    hmmmm thats funny?! Was that Gary Sheffield on the radio today saying that he would not play 1st base for ANYBODY ??? !!! YES IT WAS image

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Let me preface this by saying, I hate Gary Sheffield.

    But, he might just be ticked off enough now to sign a reasonable deal with the Sox, and why couldn't he play RF there? Ortiz, Manny, and Sheffield? Might not be such a bad idea... >>




    hmmm being that the YANKEES hold his option .... DOUBT IT

    Jesus, don't any of you know what you are talking about ???? image Come on man ...... image

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  • DeutscherGeistDeutscherGeist Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭✭
    I read the Sheffield article and was miffed. I am sure Sheffield is upset he did not get an extension. An extension would have shown him he is welcome on the team and would have been a nice gesture. I don't think he dislikes playing 1B, its just the fact that he would then want the team to commit to him more. He probably feels he is no longer going to be a Yankee and that prospect is not positive. The media blew his displeasure out of proportion as I imagine just to stir something up. Sheffield is an easy target for the media to take his words slightly out of context.

    He already said he trusts Jeter and likes Torre. He has openly criticized articles where he was used out of context citing that he was being positive about the Yankees but the article bended his quotes a bit. This is NY media, it would be naive to think everything is straight as an arrow. Unfortunately, Sheffield is an easy target. The media will find ways to amplify his "whinning" because the public expects now--its like a self-fulfilling prophecy. At least he would never be the guy with a silver tongue, which is a character trait that really would turn me off. With Sheffield, you know what you are getting.

    I know many of you guys have nothing but negative things to say about Sheffield, and I welcome those insights. I personally have liked players such as Jim Abbott and Don Mattingly, so do not think having good character is lost on me if that's how it appears.

    From a strategic perspective, this option pick up shows how much the Yankees respect his abilities. They want to prevent him from going to another AL East team. That shows a lot of what they think of him as a player.

    If Sheffield is not on the Yankees in 07, they can still furnish a well equiped team. Melky should get more playing time. They have Damon and Abreu and Matsui for the OF. Williams can fill in where needed including 1B. Giambi they are forced to keep so he will be the DH and play some 1B. It will still work out.
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  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Let me preface this by saying, I hate Gary Sheffield.

    But, he might just be ticked off enough now to sign a reasonable deal with the Sox, and why couldn't he play RF there? Ortiz, Manny, and Sheffield? Might not be such a bad idea... >>




    hmmm being that the YANKEES hold his option .... DOUBT IT

    Jesus, don't any of you know what you are talking about ???? image Come on man ...... image >>




    Yeah, I don't know... this whole discussion seems kind of weird. It looks pretty clear to me that Sheff is going to be traded by the Yankees at some point before April-- and if the Yanks have their way it will be for a pitcher. I don't see what's so desperate about it, since it doesn't look like they have any intention of keeping him-- and even if they did end up keeping him they've got an elite bat in the lineup for 13 million, which by Yankee standards (actually, anybody's standards) will look like a bargain.

    The only fly in the ointment is that Sheff has more or less announced that he's going to dog it this year unless someone offers him an extension, so I don't know who exactly is going to want to deal with that mess. But I imagine someone will step up to the plate and work out a trade for him. Houston, maybe? I keep thinking that they need to find a way to score more than twice a week, but who knows? Maybe they think Aubrey Huff is the answer.
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭


    << <i>
    Look, it's the same exact manuever, just in reverse. >>



    Isn't that an oxyMORON? image

    It's a smart BUSINESS maneuver. Teams want him and will probably will willing to give him a couple of years but I doubt three. It's Sheffields contract he signed, how should he be surprised especially after sitting out nearly all 2006? He expects ANY team to give him 3 years? He is more than likely sadly mistaken. This will be an excellent opportunity for the Yankees to pick up a couple of good arms and keep him out of the AL East.

    I have no problem with Sheffield's play. He's a hard worker, excellent hitter, an RBI machine, and a decent outfielder with an excellent arm. His attitude just sucks. I dont see too much bending of his statements especailly when he comes right out and says that he wont play on a one year contract if he isnt in the OF.
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