Yankees 2005 Season Thread

[Diomedes]

the boss' comments worked....the yanks housed the d-rays last night.

TB 6, NY 2.

Yeah, worked great.  Maybe he could give another statement.

[hunt]

Did you check into the MLB.TV package yet?

If you get it, get the "All Access" package for $99.  You get all 162 games (other than blackouts) on video and all 162 games on audio from both teams broadcast stations.  Plus, you get on-demand replays of entire games, highlights packages & condensed games too.

It really is a fricken steal if you're a baseball fan.

i dont like baseball enough to pay $99 to watch it.

[Rome]

You cheap ass!  According to this article...

Updated: April 20, 2005, 10:37 PM ET
Yanks projected to owe nearly $31M in luxury taxAssociated Press
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NEW YORK -- The struggling New York Yankees will be hit with a record luxury tax this year.

Initial projections by the commissioner's office based on Opening-Day rosters have the Yankees owing $30,637,531, according to information obtained this week by The Associated Press.

The only other team projected to owe a tax is the World Series champion Boston Red Sox, who would pay $969,177.

Going into Wednesday night, the Yankees were just 5-9, tied with Tampa Bay for last place in the American League East.

For the luxury tax, payrolls are based on the average annual values of contracts for all players on the 40-man roster and include benefits. Under that formula, the Yankees opened with a payroll of $204.6 million, followed by Boston ($131.2 million), the New York Mets ($116.4 million), the Los Angeles Angels ($111.2 million) and Seattle ($109.3 million).

Teams with payrolls above $128 million owe tax this year. The Yankees pay at a rate of 40 percent for the amount they are over because they will be exceeding the threshold for the third time under the labor contract that began in 2003. The Red Sox, projected to be over for the second time, pay at a 30 percent rate.

Baseball will send the bills in late December based on end-of-season figures.

Last year, the Yankees paid a tax of $25,964,060 based on a final payroll of $207,046,868, according to the commissioner's office. Figures were adjusted slightly after the initial bill was sent in December, with New York's tax rising by $937,708.

Boston paid $3,148,962, a decrease of $6,272 from the December bill, and the Angels paid $938,309, an increase of $11,250.

In the adjusted 2004 luxury tax payroll figures, the Yankees led at $207 million, followed by the Red Sox at $134.5 million and the Angels at $124.7 million.

Georgie is paying $31,000,000 in a luxury tax to field that team of yours.  The least you can do is buck up $99 to watch them on the computer!!

[hunt]

pavano finally pitched a good game last night. 

[hunt]

kevin brown = batting practice pitcher 

[BigEd76]

Texas, eh?

[hunt]

8 innings of 3 hit ball for the unit today...about damn time.

[hunt]

all hail A-ROD!   

[Wingspan]

[satoshi]

Why the Yanks can't play good in April in the last two years? That's really gross.

Go Rays!!

[hunt]

there's already talk about clemens coming back to the yanks before the trade deadline.

[Zanshin]

I heard that rumor...but it's not like the Yanks have a lot to offer via trade.

[hunt]

I heard that rumor...but it's not like the Yanks have a lot to offer via trade.

yeah, they don't have a damn thing.

i guess they'd have to "buy" him.       

[Geowhizzer]

Yankees overhaul lineup after dismal April

Included in this article is this little gem:

Randy Johnson could wind up on the disabled list because of a stiff groin, putting another young pitcher in the rotation.

Depending on how long the Yanks are without The Big Unit, they could be in a world of trouble.

[hunt]

Yankees overhaul lineup after dismal April

Included in this article is this little gem:

Randy Johnson could wind up on the disabled list because of a stiff groin, putting another young pitcher in the rotation.

Depending on how long the Yanks are without The Big Unit, they could be in a world of trouble.

they already are.