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July 25, 2012
Transaction Analysis
Hanley Goes to Hollywood UPDATED
by Colin Wyers, R.J. Anderson and Kevin Goldstein
According to Yahoo's Tim Brown, FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi, and numerous other reports, the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to acquire Hanley Ramirez and Randy Choate for Nathan Eovaldi and Scott McGough. If and when the trade is announced and/or the details are finalized, we'll update this post.
Acquire RHP Nathan Eovaldi and RHP Scott McGough from the Los Angeles Dodgers for 3B-R Hanley Ramirez and LHP Randy Choate. [7/24]
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I see trades like this and I can't understand Yankee haters. Loria should've been booed out of the sport a decade ago.
What does this have to do with the Yankees?
I'm guessing - let me repeat, guessing - its a reference to so many people bemoaning the Yanks "buying championships" and "buying every All Star free agent" and spending more money than every other team put together.
In other words, while you might not like the Yanks spending $200M+/season on payroll, at least you never ever see them abandoning ship just to save cash. I think its quite a relevant and true point.
That's basically it, Shaun. The Yankees, year in and year out, try to do whatever it takes to win and I can't understand why people get more upset about that than Loria.
I'll give 'em credit: buying everything in order to win is absolutely cooler than selling everything knowing you'll therefore lose. Though while one is morally superior (IMHO), both are tiresome to behold from the outside, and particularly so as the number of repetitions increases.