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Sunday, June 26, 2005ESPN wants to undo historyFrom ESPN's latest Power Rankings:
8. Texas Rangers: How much would George Steinbrenner pay for a mulligan on the Alfonso Soriano trade? Soriano is one home run away from joining Jeff Kent, Ryne Sandberg and Bret Boone as the fourth second baseman to hit at least 20 in four straight seasons.A mulligan on the deal that brought Alex Rodriguez to the Bronx? Is ESPN is actually suggesting that undoing the A-Rod/Soriano deal would be good for the Yankees? Let's take a look: It's not even a contest in terms of production. And that's not even taking into account the difference on the defensive side of things. So unless the guys from ESPN are suggesting that Steinbrenner is having second thoughts about taking on A-Rod's salary (and we all know that's not the case), this would have to go down as one of the most asinine statements in the history of ESPN.OBP SLG HR EQA WS Rodriguez .430 .599 20 .351 15 Soriano .317 .560 19 .298 7 Comments:I don't know how they meant it, but when I think of a mulligan, I think of a do-over where you do something different (like maybe keep the ball in play). I interpret this as saying they'd like to do the trade again, but maybe with different personnel. Ya see what he means is if they didn't make the trade they would have had money available to spend on starting pitching. Oh, never mind. They still drove up the price of mediocrity this past off season. When you say one of the most asinine statements in ESPN history are you including the Olbermann years? |
