Rest of Baseball 2010

[LBIggle]

too early to start a fire rubin website?

[The BIGSTUD]

I'm going to be betting against the Yankees this season after this deal goes down.

[PhillyGirl]

Lee to Yankees is dead. not happening.

[LBIggle]

so he won't be a Yankee til next year.  I wonder who signs first.. him or werth.

[PhillyGirl]

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/38173000/ns/sports-player_news/

Lee to Texas

[QB Eagles]

4 teams in a year

that guy must suck

[BigEd76]

Texas also gets $2.5M in the deal and they gave up their top position prospect in Justin Smoak, a former 1st-rd righty in Blake Beaven, and two marginal AA/AAA guys

[Drunkmasterflex]

I am just glad he isn't a Yankee.

[Munson]

Wow at them giving up Smoak. They were hyping him hard when he got called up

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

He's hitting .208 or something.  Could be the next white choke dawg.

[Rome]

wahhhhhhhhh...

The Yankees weren't pleased with the Mariners' last-minute decision to back away from what was believed to be an agreement to deal Lee to New York on Friday, according to the New York Post.

"The Yankees do not do business that way," a Yankees official told the newspaper. "When we say something is a deal, it is a deal. Yes, this is frustrating and disappointing."

The New York Post reported the Yankees believed they had a deal in place to acquire Lee on Thursday night. All that remained were the physical reports on Yankees prospects Jesus Montero, David Adams and Zach McAllister, all of whom would have been shipped to Seattle for Lee. When the Mariners expressed concern about Adams' injured ankle, however, the problems began. Seattle began to ask for different prospects, New York balked, and Seattle went back to Texas, which agreed to include Justin Smoak in a deal for Lee.

"I don't think 30 general managers would agree that what the Mariners did was real ethical," another Yankees official told the New York Post.

And a rival general manager echoed those sentiments. "It's disappointing to hear that Jack (Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik) shopped that around, that's not right," an executive from a team not directly involved in the Lee trade told the New York Post. "You don't do that with any team, and you don't do it with the Yankees, because (GM Brian) Cashman will drop you in a heartbeat. You don't use the Yankees because they never forget."

farg the yankees.

[QB Eagles]

Yeah I'm sure the next time the Mariners have a Cliff Lee on the trading block, the Yankees won't be interested because they'll remember that Seattle was mean to them.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Who the hell is Brian Cashman, John farging Gotti?

[Rome]

They are easily the most despicable organization in sports.  The Cowboys are obviously a disgusting 1-A but at least they have to play by the same financial restraints as their competitors.

[shorebird]

They are easily the most despicable organization in sports.  The Cowboys are obviously a disgusting 1-A but at least they have to play by the same financial restraints as their competitors.

What he said^