Sabathia: New Team New Name

So my beloved Tribe has dealt away Sabathia to Chicago’s own second city after rejecting an extension with Cleveland worth $72 million over 4 years. To those of us Cleveland fans you either feel betrayed, or by this point are so used to similar situations that you are just sad to seem him go. To those of you feeling the latter you might want to hold on a second. It looks like we may have gotten the better end of the deal. Members of the media relations team for the Brewers have asked the press to no longer write his name as initials. Sabathia wants the periods dropped and his name to be written simply as CC. It begs the question of is he being more press friendly by saving a few keystrokes or is he starting to turn Milton Bradley Crazy. If that is his first request of his new team then maybe we got the better end of this deal.


Different Kind of Crazy But Crazy None The Less





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Wang's Injury Spells Trouble For Rotation

Chien-Ming Wang is the next addition to the list of problems plaguing the Yankees Rotation Troubles. Wang injured his foot on Sunday while running the bases during interleague play against the Astros. He said that he heard a “pop” and left the game. Reports now say that he will be in a cast in boot for nearly 6 weeks due to a sprained foot and ligament as well as a partially torn tendon. That puts him at a return of almost 10 weeks, but the Yankees official site says that it may be a season ending injury.

As if losing their Ace wasn’t enough they have already moved Chamberlain up into the rotation to fill an already existing gap this season. The Yankees find themselves in trouble, and we should see them looking to the pool of available players as quickly as possible. For now Dan Giese will be filling in the 5th spot of the rotation. Rumors are already flying to as who the Yanks will be looking to court and it appears that they have their eyes on Cleveland. Where it is purely speculation at this point the long term solution may be throwing money at C.C Sabathia when he becomes a free agent. It appears as though New York management think passing on making C.C an offer will be a lot like passing on a bidding war with Santana. Another rumor flying is that a release of Paul Byrd may be a possibility in the next two weeks which the Yanks might jump on as a quick fix. Needless to say there will be some moves being made shortly and should be interesting to see how it pans out.

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