[閒聊] Rivera Convinced Yankees to Sign Soriano

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For weeks now, the Yankees have downplayed their interest in Rafael Soriano.
Character issues, they said. Immature. Had run-ins with Joe Maddon in Tampa
and Bobby Cox in Atlanta. Despite his indisputable wealth of talent, Soriano
has been on three teams in nine years and left a trail of disgruntled
ex-teammates in his wake. Not worth the risk, not at the price he and his
agent, Scott Boras, were asking.

And now, suddenly, Soriano is about to become a Yankee.

According to the source, who insisted upon anonymity because he is not
authorized to speak until Soriano passes his physical and the deal is
official, [Mariano Rivera] played no small role in that.

In fact, it appears that he played a huge role. “Mariano knows this kid very
well,” the source said. “All those issues the Yankees were concerned with
came up in the negotiations, but Mariano spoke to Brian Cashman and Hal
Steinbrenner and convinced [them] that he had matured and was worth getting.
He told them he would look after the kid as a Yankee, bring him along so that
in two years, he’ll be ready to close for them.”


http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/columns/story?columnist=matthews_wallace&id=6020636


 This is a really interesting story.....

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推 allen30616  :WoW~
推 kusoeni     :MO說他自己太熟了嗎? XD
推 yffurdyeknom:看來Soria是萬中無一的練武奇才了~ 來學卡特真經
推 ro1234      :MO:我終於找到傳人了
→ pkbrown     :真的原因應該是霍夫曼退休了吧XD
→ pkbrown     :這樣1~2年就可以超車了
→ wang4320    :搞不好約到期MO還在CP這位置上發威
推 ich2        :李維拉的傳人:Soriano
推 email81227  :Mo:超車完之後我想挑戰先發傳奇(誤) Sori:CL我來!!
推 swingrendy  :說真的Soriano也才威這一年而已 不覺得他值這個錢
推 stonemonkey :09年75.2IP ERA+139..只是因為10年的62.1IP ERA+228
→ stonemonkey :他的問題在於不時痛痛
推 aibakoji    :Soriano 03年就丟出53.0IP ERA+283的成績了
→ aibakoji    :只威這一年?他的問題一直都是傷病問題，只要不受傷
推 aibakoji    :絕對是聯盟最頂級的RP
推 a45806722   :RP XD
推 aibakoji    :Mo看上他的原因我猜是因為Soriano也是先發成績不佳
→ aibakoji    :轉RP後大放異彩的類型，跟Mo走的路線很類似
→ jdtrue      :沒在看球的才會說大黑柱只威一年...= =
推 settier     :最好是他只威一年  = =
→ wakayama    :因為他只看一年球
推 yuenwwjd    :XDDDD  啪啪啪啪啪啪啪啪啪
推 mnbvc456    :有人臉好腫
推 YamagiN     :Soriano Rivera
→ NARUHOTO    :說只威一年的大概無法體會水手迷心理有多痛 ~"~