Organization: University of Notre Dame - Office of Univ. Computing From: Subject: Re: Yankee Thoughts Lines: 38 In article <1993Apr20.154542.147196@clam.com>, sam@steamer.clam.com (Sam Mandelbaum) says: > >Yes - Everyone seems to be in agreement that the Yankees are >finally moving in the right direction. They should finish >over .500 this year and maybe even be in the pennent race >in August. However, I would take back a few moves: > >1. The Jim Abbott Trade. bleagh! this was a terrific trade. snow will certainly be better than mattingly in the future, but that they'll be about the same now is a defensible opinion. abbott is one of the few truly great pitchers in the game today. >2. Wade Boggs. i'm not sure about this one. i think that it's good, in that a pre-1992 boggs kicks hayes/meulens/whoevers' ass, and that a 1992 boggs still isn't ALL that shabby. it's bad, though, that the yankees expect a pre-1992 boggs, and will probably get a 1992 boggs. however, i'd still play boggs over hayes or bam bam. >3. Spike Owen. you have my full agreement here. he's not all that much better than velarde, and silvestri is just about a lock to be better than him. however, i do enjoy the fact that "spike" is not a nickname. not that this helps the yankees. >4. Danny Tartabull. i strongly disagree. i'd much much rather have a hundred games of tartabull and sixty games of dion james than 162 games of james. bob vesterman.