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December 03, 2010
Source: Greinke Would OK Trade to Yankees: Kansas City Royals starter Zack Greinke is willing to remove the New York Yankees and other big-market clubs from his no-trade list, a source "close to the right-hander" told Yahoo's Jeff Passan. "He says he likes New York," the source said of the 2009 Cy Young winner. "Especially because they're winners."
I predict that in five years there will be two Yankee MLB teams: Team A and Team B. And they will be allowed to shuffle players back and forth between the teams in order to field the best team. I mean, MLB will have to, right in order for the Yankees to field all the players they sign or are rumored to sign or trade for? Maybe one can wear vertical pinstripes and the other horizontal.
posted by graymatters at 06:09 PM on December 03, 2010
MrBismarck, you jerk, I found that to be an insightful view into the mind of Zack. It's what he hears when the voices are real bad, real bad.
posted by yerfatma at 06:32 PM on December 03, 2010
Excuse me. I don't remember eating that.
posted by rcade at 06:35 PM on December 03, 2010
Especially because they're winners.
Yep Mr. Greinke, they are. You put on pinstripes and you are a winner. Uniforms, that's the difference between the Yankees and the Royals.
posted by justgary at 06:58 PM on December 03, 2010
Hold on, I'm all for Greinke being a little unbalanced, but it doesn't take a human gyroscope to figure out Kansas City might be hampered by something else than their lack of dollars.
posted by yerfatma at 07:03 PM on December 03, 2010
I don't disagree. But simply by labeling the Yankees winners sounds like there's something inherent in their players that leads them to victory.
Winners = talent = the money to pay them, like the kind that Greinke will eventually be paid.
posted by justgary at 07:55 PM on December 03, 2010
Man, it's tough being a Royals fan.
posted by kcfan4life at 08:52 PM on December 03, 2010
The memory of Dick Howser, having been treated very badly by Steinbrenner, managing the Royals to the title in 1985 is still sweet.
Well, bittersweet (the diagnosis was soon to follow).
I like the fact that Greinke had a no-trade list comprised of big bad large market franchises to begin with.
posted by beaverboard at 09:32 PM on December 03, 2010
I predict that in five years there will be two Yankee MLB teams: Team A and Team B. And they will be allowed to shuffle players back and forth between the teams in order to field the best team.
"Back in the day" (1955 - 1967) this was the situation that existed between the Yankees and the Kansas City Athletics. Yes, those A's after they left Philadelphia and before the move to Oakland. There was an almost annual trade between NY and KC with the major-league ready prospect from KC going to NY for next-to-nothing plus cash. Baseball Almanac has a good breakdown of the many deals.
posted by Howard_T at 03:02 PM on December 04, 2010
"Back in the day" (1955 - 1967) this was the situation that existed between the Yankees and the Kansas City Athletics.
Yep. They were considered the Yankees farm team.
posted by kcfan4life at 05:12 PM on December 05, 2010
Does this mean you've fixed the character support?