Quote:Yankees trade Benitez to Mariners for Nelson
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SEATTLE -- The tenure of Armando Benitez with the Yankees was short-lived.
The Yankees shipped the hard-throwing reliever to the Mariners on Wednesday for another reliever, Jeff Nelson.
This is the latest attempt by the Yankees to upgrade their bullpen. They had acquired Benitez from the Mets just three weeks ago.
This will be Nelson's second tour of duty with the Yankees. He pitched for them from 1996-2000, helping the Yankees win four World Series titles in five years. However, his relationship with manager Joe Torre deteriorated during that span.
Benitez had good numbers in his brief stint with the Yankees (1-1, 1.93 ERA in nine innings), but Torre seemed to have him on a short leash, removing him from games at the first sign of trouble. Benitez had 21 saves with the Mets this season, but has had numerous high-profile meltdowns in his career.
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Happy Days are here again. Mets and Red Sox fans can go cry in the corner now.
Question. Doesn't Seattle have the highest suicide rate in the U.S. Guess add another one to that list.
typical yankee fans. a few weeks ago you loved Benitez.
Who the fuck ever loved Benitez? Pst proof plz.
Benitez....BUH-BYE. Great move, This will help the bullpen out alot.
Nelson's numbers since July 5 0.91 ERA, 1BB, 16K's with a 3-1 Record.
Thats a reliever.
you yankee fans kill me. see the benitez thread from when the mets traded him to the yanks a few weeks back for proof.
Quote:you yankee fans kill me. see the benitez thread from when the mets traded him to the yanks a few weeks back for proof.
Yeah, Teenweek, Arpi, and HedCold all making their awe-inspiring praises for the trade. I guess that represents all Yankee fans.
I was against the Benitez trade from day one - bitter met fans are so silly...
we got him for nothing, we improved by trading him. works for me. suck it mets fans.
....I always liked Nelson... I was always sad when I saw him in a Mariners uniform...
Quote:Yeah, Teenweek, Arpi, and HedCold all making their awe-inspiring praises for the trade. I guess that represents all Yankee fans.
well they seem to lump all met fans into one category so i might as well do the same.
Quote:well they seem to lump all met fans into one category so i might as well do the same.
I'm glad you can think for yourself.
i can, they just don't seem to want to acknowledge it. so why should i give them the same respect?
i can't win this argument. i'm a mets fan with no legs to stand on. i respectfully remove myself from said debate.
See? Fucking Met fans. Can't even win arguments, how do you expect to win a World Series again?
next year optimistically, 2005 realistically. they've freed up payroll allow them more financial flexibility and they're developing young talent, something they've always lacked.
the yankees, braves, and A's know how to win, i can acknowledge and appreciate that. the mets need to follow the same sort of philosophy if they expect to be competitive in years to come. make better trades, pick better free agents, spend their money more wisely.
And once they do that, all of us Yankee fans can jump onto the Mets bandwagon.