Thank You, Texas Rangers, From Yankee Fans

by Ed Valentine on Sep 1, 2010 2:50 PM EDT in New York Yankees News

Tyler Kepner of the New York Times used the occasion of the New York Mets acquiring Joaquin Arias in Tuesday's trade of Jeff Francouer to remind New York Yankee fans how fortunate they are that Robinson Cano is still in pinstripes.

Here is part of Kepner's post.

In 2003, the year before the A-Rod trade, Arias hit .266 at low Class A Battle Creek in the Yankees’ farm system. He was one of five prospects the Yankees offered to Texas as the player to be named in the deal. Arias was 19 at the time, and a more polished defender than Cano, who was 21 and had just hit .277 between Class A Tampa and Class AA Trenton. The Rangers chose Arias.

"Thank God we never traded him," Gordon Blakeley, a special assistant to Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman, told The Times in 2008. "We liked him a lot and we didn’t want to give him away, but he wasn’t a ‘No, don’t trade him for any cost’ guy. If we felt we could get a Beltran or an A-Rod, he could have gone in a deal. We were fortunate."

As the old saying goes, sometimes the best trades are the ones you don't make.

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Funny how things work sometimes

I can’t even imagine how unfortunate that would have been. Kinsler and Cano on the same team…

"Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next." -George Michael Steinbrenner III

by Chris McKeown on Sep 1, 2010 2:55 PM EDT reply actions

I thought this was going to be thanking them for

getting Cliff Lee. I was totally against trading for him this season and am against us signing him this off season. I just feel any contract he gets will end up being worse than AJ’s stands right now.

by david d on Sep 1, 2010 3:31 PM EDT reply actions

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by Lord Duggan on Sep 1, 2010 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions

my biggest problem with Lee

is how small he comes up against weaker teams. He comes up big when he plays the Yanks or the Rays or other contenders but when he’s gotta play the mediocre/crappy teams, he just doesn’t seem as focused. A good example of this is the way he pitched last night against the Royals.

"...we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. there is no such thing as death. life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves..."

by Nine Inch Nails on Sep 1, 2010 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions

they broke cliff lee!

by lololol on Sep 1, 2010 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Thank sweet baby Jesus this is the way the trade played out

"Sorry bro, he Jason Bourned me"- Drama

by BL3ACH on Sep 1, 2010 4:22 PM EDT reply actions

Dear Lord baby Jesus,

lyin’ there in your ghost manger, just lookin’ at your Baby Einstein developmental videos, learnin’ ’bout shapes and colors. I would like to thank you for bringin us Robbie Cano instead of Joaquin Arias

"...we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. there is no such thing as death. life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves..."

by Nine Inch Nails on Sep 1, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions

danke schön texas!

who would we have playing 2nd right now if we traded him?

"...we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. there is no such thing as death. life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves..."

by Nine Inch Nails on Sep 1, 2010 4:22 PM EDT reply actions

we probably would have signed or traded for somebody

by Yankees10 on Sep 1, 2010 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Like Luis Castillo or something

by Yankees10 on Sep 1, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions

ugh

"...we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. there is no such thing as death. life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves..."

by Nine Inch Nails on Sep 1, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Thats name that I though of...

So, thanks Texas!

One day you will find him striking out the Sox side in a Champagne IvanNova in the sky

I am Curtis Granderson, and so should you

http://twitter.com/MattF15

by MattF15 on Sep 1, 2010 4:35 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Ouch

by pkyankeefan on Sep 1, 2010 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Javy is back in the rotation for saturday

by lololol on Sep 1, 2010 4:43 PM EDT reply actions

That was a close one, thank god Robby is OUR mvp...maybe we'll see a similar post about Montero...

btw guys you here about the hostage situation in Silver Spring MD the Discovery Channel Building??? …check out CNN or something if you haven’t.

crazy stuff…my high school is 5 mins away by car, crazy shit, they had to delay our buses by an hour for some reason

Hello everyone, my name is Curtis Granderson, and I'm a bus-o-holic
A supporter of the MFY.

by Edgware on Sep 1, 2010 4:53 PM EDT reply actions

I heard about that. Thats crazy

I just hope nobody gets hurt.

They didn't let me out, they just gave me a day pass.

by TheMelkman on Sep 1, 2010 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Ouch

That doesn’t sound very good. Hope everything works out.

by pkyankeefan on Sep 1, 2010 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Gunman was shot, 3 hostages are safe, no word on the condition of the gunman

Now they’re just scanning the building to see if any bombs are there

Best outcome we could’ve hoped for once they realized he wasn’t giving up

Hello everyone, my name is Curtis Granderson, and I'm a bus-o-holic
A supporter of the MFY.

by Edgware on Sep 1, 2010 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, definitely

by pkyankeefan on Sep 1, 2010 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Everyone at school was wondering why he'd attack the Discovery Building of all places, I didn't know it was the actual HQ of the company

Hello everyone, my name is Curtis Granderson, and I'm a bus-o-holic
A supporter of the MFY.

by Edgware on Sep 1, 2010 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Upset over the end of Shark Week?
Angry that Man v Wild is lousy and it has a spin off?

"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Sep 1, 2010 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions

LOL, that's almost exactly what my friend said

“THIS IS A HOLDUP, SHARK WEEK IS NOW SHARK MONTH OKAY??!!!!”

Hello everyone, my name is Curtis Granderson, and I'm a bus-o-holic
A supporter of the MFY.

by Edgware on Sep 1, 2010 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions

maybe he doesn't like the cycling team?

by pkyankeefan on Sep 1, 2010 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions

I've never been happier to have a game on ESPN in my life

I can actually watch tonight!

One day you will find him striking out the Sox side in a Champagne IvanNova in the sky

I am Curtis Granderson, and so should you

http://twitter.com/MattF15

by MattF15 on Sep 1, 2010 6:00 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

+1

For some odd reason, the ONLY baseball ESPN shows in our region seems to be Yankees baseball. Must tick off the three Red Sox fans around, I guess.

I can see today’s game too, woohoo!

by pkyankeefan on Sep 1, 2010 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Whenever I hear about trades that weren't made I automatically think of this one which would have gotten David Wells in 1995:

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/27/sports/pro-baseball-the-rich-get-richer-as-orioles-get-wells.html?scp=1&sq=Rivera+Wells+Tigers&st=nyt

“Jim Bowden, the Reds’ general manager, declined to discuss the Yankees’ involvement, but an official familiar with the Wells talks said Steinbrenner called Bowden Saturday night and offered pitcher Mariano Rivera and catcher Jorge Posada.

Bowden, looking to cut his payroll, obviously decided he preferred (Curtis) Goodwin, a 23-year-old left-handed hitter, who in 87 games with the Orioles last season batted .263 and had 22 stolen bases in 26 attempts. "

by bluecheese999 on Sep 1, 2010 6:16 PM EDT reply actions