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Clowns in Pinstripes...Revised Edition

That's my new name for the trio of Brian Cashman, and Hank and Hal Steinbrenner. Just consider the comments that came out of the ignorant three during the Santana negotiations.

  1. Cashman and Hank say they will not trade Chamberlain, Hughes, or Kennedy for Santana.
  2. The Yankees change their minds and offer Hughes in a package and then take back the offer.
  3. Hal says the Yankees can have Pettitte or Santana but not both. So he is basically saying he doesn't want to spend an extra $16M for just one season for the chance to get Santana. This from the wealthiest franchise in sports, worth over one billion dollars.
  4. Last week Hank said the Twins came back with one final proposal before making the deal with the Twins and Minnesota did not ask for any of the Holy Trinity, yet he turns down the deal.
  5. After the Pettitte-HGH story breaks, Hank all of a sudden is questioning the decision not to trade for Santana, when the reality is he was only going to have Pettitte for one more season.

    By the way if the Yankees dealt Wang in a package for Santana it woul've meant adding $15M to the payroll for the 2008 season to get arguably the best pitcher in baseball. Santana will get paid $19M this season and Wang will get $4M.

It looks like Hank and Hal are trying to compete with James Dolan for the title of "Dumbest Owner In Sports."

Unfortunately for Yankee fans as long as there are "Clowns in Pinstripes" running the show, the championship drought will not be broken.

Addendum: Don't be shocked when they come up short this season that they make a big pitch for Sabathia if Cleveland doesn't re-sign him.

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