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"day when he goes into Cooperstown as a Yankee.... "

really?

]http://www.blmeanie.net/images/rj.JPG

maybe you can get my image to work, I think I used the correct tags

The tags are correct - if you cut/paste the string between the [img] indicators into the address line of your browser.

http://www.blmeanie.net/images/rj.JPG

can it be displayed without having to click on it?

W/out having to click? That I can't tell you, sorry BL. All I can see is that the link works perfectly back to your supplied addy if you have browsing software to resolve it - but I don't know enuf about the software used to run this board to tell you more.

BL

That was pure, 100% sarcasm from me. Of course he won't and I think I might quit rooting for the team if he tried to....

As for the issue of your post, I believe you can not insert a table into the comments because Yahoo gets a little upset about opening that level of security up. Mitchell fixed the link and I will go and do that now for your original one as well.

I had a bet with a friend back in 2002 that RJ would strike out 5000 in his career. He gave me 10 to 1 odds, almost....

not really a table though, its a jpg so just a picture.

I realized you were being sarcastic, but you peaked my curiosity between Seattle and Arizona for him so I went and looked.

Probably Arizona, right?

I would think so. Four Cy Young awards and a World Series championship there vs. only 1 and 0 in Seattle.

Do you really think that Johnson is a lock for the Hall? He had those magical "titanium" injections in his back which led to Cy Young performances when he was a decade older than Sandy Koufax was as the end of his career.

I think he was juicing.

While I would have liked them to go after Lackey, the Yanks on the whole made some very shrewd moves.

If Sheets is willing to take the kind of incentive-laden deal Pettite did last year, I'd love to see them sign him. But rumor has it that the Cubs will spend big to pick him up.

The other thing I'm looking for is Damon getting real and signing the kind of deal Matsui signed with the Angels -- I'd love to see the Yanks pick him up on that basis.

Finally, have you heard anything about Vlad Guerrero? I know his knees are worse than Matsui's, but if he can be signed cheap why not go for it?

Corey-

Yup, I think he is a definite lock with the 300+ wins, the almost (Sorry Tim) 5,000 K's, 5 Cy Young awards, etc..

But, I also agree, I definitely think he was juicing. I always laugh at how we never think the pitcher's were juicing, it was only the hitters. Clemens should have taught us that wasn't true.

As for the Yankees' offseason, totally agree. I think they did a great job.

I don't think the Yankees will add another starter and I am pretty sure that Damon won't come back. Remember there were a lot of quotes from "unnamed sources" about how the Yankees were concerned that Damon would be very upset if he came back to the Yankees at a reduced salary. Now, if he comes back and "begs" the Yanks for a job at $5 million it might be a different story, but I am not hopeful.

As for Guerrero, would love to have him, but last I heard he wanted a two-year deal. That's not something the Yankees should do, but an incentive-laden one-year deal wouldn't be a bad idea.