Mariano gives "Schilling-esque" comment on free agency

[ARod2212]

Originally Posted by Mr Crunchy

define phenomonal?
i dont see it
we got damon for 6M per
1/2 of bernie money

outside of mo vaughn and recently pedro martinez
the non signing of bernie was huge for the sox

http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willibe02.shtml

OPS+ of 157, 136, 140, 143 is phenomenal. You're telling me Boston wouldn't have fared better in the '99 ALCS if Bernie was patrolling centerfield for them instead of the Bombers. We won two more World Series after we locked him up, and he was a key contributer.

The end of the contract he became very average, but I have no regrets keeping Bernie at that price, and I think the Yankees are very lucky he didn't bolt.

[Mr Crunchy]

if they gave bernie that money the sox wouldnt have gotten damon
they definetly wouldnt have gotten manny for that matter
those were the john harrington days of ownership
not the current men who spend a lot more freely

1999??
they wouldve lost that series to ny in any case with ramon martinez as their their #2 and rod beck as a pivotal man in the pen