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Andy Returns
« on: December 06, 2006, 06:48:46 pm »
.....but maybe not here.  ESPN announcing that he is officially returning for 2007 and that it's down to the Yanks and Astros.

What I don't get this time is: surely, we'd pay more than the Yankees to get him, right?  Plus his family is here.  So.....is this all just the Hendricks getting the Astros to outbid no one or do I actually have to get a party together here with some pitchforks and blowtorches to go out to ol' Andypants' house?
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Re: Andy Returns
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2006, 06:51:12 pm »
I have to wonder if the Yankees know anything on this already, since they're throwing bucketloads of cash at Ted Lilly. Crazy.

I hope Andy comes back to Houston.
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Re: Andy Returns
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2006, 08:01:35 pm »
Negotiations between Lilly and the Yankees are progressing. Lilly told Cashman that he'd play for the Yankees for 4 yrs/ $40 million, and Cashman has been authorized to make the deal. Now he's mulling it over.

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I imagine Pettitte negotiations are playing into this quite a bit. My hunch is that we'll know Pettitte's plans by the end of the meetings.
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Re: Andy Returns
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2006, 09:18:00 pm »
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Negotiations between Lilly and the Yankees are progressing. Lilly told Cashman that he'd play for the Yankees for 4 yrs/ $40 million, and Cashman has been authorized to make the deal. Now he's mulling it over.

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I imagine Pettitte negotiations are playing into this quite a bit. My hunch is that we'll know Pettitte's plans by the end of the meetings.



 Oops. Cubs sign Lilly. For four years, $40 million. Not too shabby for a pitcher with one more victory than losses in his career.

It should be an interesting night in Deer Park. Hopefully Steinbrenner will piss off Andy again.
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Re: Andy Returns
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2006, 09:52:06 pm »
do you think espn reads this site and gets the info here? i saw the crawl and was immediatley torn between yes oh f**k
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Re: Andy Returns
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2006, 11:27:08 am »
"There seems to be little doubt that the Yankees plan to wrest Pettitte away from Houston. Cashman has reportedly offered the 34-year-old left-hander $15 million for 2007, $3 million more than the Astros."

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Re: Andy Returns
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2006, 11:36:27 am »
"Thanks to the Hendricks brothers, it's common knowledge ... the Astros ... are holding firm at one year, $12 million.

The object is to shame Astros owner Drayton McLane, who has already shelled out $100 million for slugger Carlos Lee and another $12.5 million for veteran starter Woody Williams, into ponying up another $4 mil-$5 mil to keep his hometown boy home. As of last night, McLane wasn't budging."

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Re: Andy Returns
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2006, 11:41:59 am »
$12mil in a no-income-tax state like Texas is roughly the same at $15mil in New York, right?  Plus, Andy would avoid needing an expensive apartment and all those costly trips back and forth, just in case he is reading this...
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Re: Andy Returns
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2006, 11:47:02 am »
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$12mil in a no-income-tax state like Texas is roughly the same at $15mil in New York, right?  Plus, Andy would avoid needing an expensive apartment and all those costly trips back and forth, just in case he is reading this...


He might get some of that fabled* NY endorsement money.  Do they have HEB's in New York?

From local reports, The Puerto Rican Whore is getting none of it.  Perhaps not surprising when you play for the Mets, not the Yanks, have a shit first season and then next year shit all over yourself in the at-bat that ends the play-offs for your team.
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Re: Andy Returns
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2006, 11:49:26 am »
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$12mil in a no-income-tax state like Texas is roughly the same at $15mil in New York, right?  Plus, Andy would avoid needing an expensive apartment and all those costly trips back and forth, just in case he is reading this...


He might get some of that fabled* NY endorsement money.  Do they have HEB's in New York?

From local reports, The Puerto Rican Whore is getting none of it.  Perhaps not surprising when you play for the Mets, not the Yanks, have a shit first season and then next year shit all over yourself in the at-bat that ends the play-offs for your team.


He could get spots in public service adds on how to help someone who is choking... Obviously he plays the choker.
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Re: Andy Returns
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2006, 12:10:23 pm »
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$12mil in a no-income-tax state like Texas is roughly the same at $15mil in New York, right?  Plus, Andy would avoid needing an expensive apartment and all those costly trips back and forth, just in case he is reading this...



I did the numbers a while back, and IIRC, $12M in Texas would roughly equal $13M in NYC.
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Re: Andy Returns
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2006, 12:11:12 pm »
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$12mil in a no-income-tax state like Texas is roughly the same at $15mil in New York, right?  Plus, Andy would avoid needing an expensive apartment and all those costly trips back and forth, just in case he is reading this...


He might get some of that fabled* NY endorsement money.  Do they have HEB's in New York?

From local reports, The Puerto Rican Whore is getting none of it.  Perhaps not surprising when you play for the Mets, not the Yanks, have a shit first season and then next year shit all over yourself in the at-bat that ends the play-offs for your team.



Most anti-climactic game 7, bottom of the 9th, 2-out, bases -loaded at bat ever.
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Re: Andy Returns
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2006, 12:12:14 pm »
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Then next year shit all over yourself in the at-bat that ends the play-offs for your team.



I'm sure this drove the advertisers away by the dozens.
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Re: Andy Returns
« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2006, 12:15:12 pm »
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$12mil in a no-income-tax state like Texas is roughly the same at $15mil in New York, right?  Plus, Andy would avoid needing an expensive apartment and all those costly trips back and forth, just in case he is reading this...



I did the numbers a while back, and IIRC, $12M in Texas would roughly equal $13M in NYC.



But $13M in NYC barely buys a slice of pizza while $12M in Texas gets you a nice ranch, just outside of Houston.
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Re: Andy Returns
« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2006, 12:16:33 pm »
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$12mil in a no-income-tax state like Texas is roughly the same at $15mil in New York, right?  Plus, Andy would avoid needing an expensive apartment and all those costly trips back and forth, just in case he is reading this...



I did the numbers a while back, and IIRC, $12M in Texas would roughly equal $13M in NYC.



If you use one of those Internet cost-of-living calculators, a $12-million salary in Houston translates into a $28-million salary in New York.

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Salary in Houston TX: $12,000,000
Comparable salary in New York (Manhattan) NY: $27,975,992

If you move from Houston TX to New York (Manhattan) NY...
 
Groceries will cost: 57.802% more
Housing will cost: 409.072% more
Utilities will cost: 42.94% more
Transportation will cost: 17.185% more
Healthcare will cost: 36.567% more



Somehow, I don't think this is really designed with your typical multimillionaire professional athlete in mind.
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Re: Andy Returns
« Reply #15 on: December 07, 2006, 12:18:47 pm »
The problem may not be so much the Mets vs. the Yankees, but the fact that Beltran has no personality.

Truth be told, Jeter gets a ton of ads, A-Rod had a couple, Joe Torre and Willie Randolph have some ads (in particular for Subway), and I think I saw something with Pedro, but that's about it.  The fact that you play baseball in New York does not result in big advertisement dollars.
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