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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
Baseball is likely to lower the margin of the salary tax to make the yankees pay more in the next contract. The fact that they are getting taxpayer dollars while flaunting their wealth is troubling. But on a strictly baseball on the field move this was a huge move up for them in the lineup and at 1st. He is easily the best 1st baseman they have had since Mattingly and is a perfect fit for their lineup. They still have some issues in the outfield and behind the plate but the players they have signed are all better than the players they replace and in Tex's case far better.
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It's a good baseball move, especially in the short run but has the potential to backfire in the last three years of the deal. I wouldn't have as big a problem with it if they weren't asking for taxpayer money, then it would just be the Yankees being the Yankees. Now it is more a slap in the face at taxpayers.