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Originally Posted by draven085
The Yankees had also screwed over the D-Backs by signing David Wells after he'd verbally agreed to a deal with Arizona. The Snakes were obviously paying them back a bit with their request for Schilling. Apparently you forgot about that.
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The Yanks didnt screw them over, Wells did. As for teams bending over backwards, LA sure seemed to have a backbone.
Just trying to point out here that the Yankees don't always get the red carpet treatment. Plus, Johnson has already said he only wants to go to the Yankees so it's not like the D-Backs have much choice here. They either take what the Yanks can give, or they don't take anything at all. This isn't a normal trading situation. You didn't see OAK giving the Yanks preferential treatment when they dealt Hudson (although I still wonder what the heck the Yanks could have offered in that scenario). Before this deal, the last one that comes to mind is the trade for Aaron Boone and I hardly think that one was lopsided (1 AB not withstanding).
The Sox (well the Red version anyway) have had their fair share of "good" deals in the past too. I still remember Georgie being livid because the Expos took the Sox offer over the Yankees (I dont have a clue who they offered).
So please let me know exactly what you are referring too when you say other teams are willing to give in to the Yanks when it does little to help their ballclub.