[Note] Sternberg: "Money won't be an object"

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Sternberg: "Money won't be an object" for in-season additions

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Rays prinicipal owner Stuart Sternberg just said "money won't be an object"
in making in-season additions to bolster the team's bid to make the playoffs.

Sternberg didn't quite fully open the team checkbook, saying money would "be
an impediment" and that the cost of any moves now would still have to weighed
against future cost, but he was open to improving the team.

"We're well beyond stretched (payroll-wise), but for me, personally, this is
a very special year, it's a special team, can be a special team, and we're
going to do whatever we can, whatever's necessary, to try to give us the best
opportunity to win this year,'' he said.

While the news seems groundbreaking, Sternberg said it was merely an
extenstion of the committment they made during the off-season "to completely
obliterate our budget" to do what they can to win as they raised their
payroll to a franchise-high $72-million after the unexpected high-priced
acquistion of closer Rafael Soriano.

 "Our eye is really about making the post-season,'' Sternberg said about 90
minutes before Tuesday's game.

Asked if the Rays could make a "significant" addition, Sternberg replied: "By
any means necessary. We'll do whatever -- money won't be an object. Players
are always an object for us. And the money will be an impediment, but we'll
figure it out if it makes all the sense in the world for this team.''

Sternberg and executive vice president Andrew Friedman have talked
extensively about the situation and Sternberg said: "We're all very
competitive and want to give ourselves the best chance to play as deep as we
can this year. But, and it's a big but, it costs a lot of money to do that,
as it has, and we have resources with players that we have to be cognizant of
not to just .... what it means to our future.''

Clarifying further on the money quote, Sternberg said, "it's an impediment,
it's certainly a large impediment. And (Andrew) reminds me of what it means
for the future because basically what it is is you're borrowing from the
future on your chances this year and possibly recouping some of it. But
that's not a business plan to say we're going to play five- and seven-game
series right through the end of the World Series, it's not something you can
count on.''

Sternberg also lauded the play of Carl Crawford and while he said it "remains
to be seen" if the Rays could afford to keep him after this season when he is
eligible for free agency, Sternberg acknowledged it will be "difficult.''

Sternberg had a scar on his nose and a light beard, the result of a scary
July 4 incident involving his propane gas grill. He considered, but did not
receive, emergency medical treatment.


大老闆說為了讓球隊打到11月"錢不是問題"!!!

雖然是這麼說但也不是真的變凱子，是指更願意

從市場找來一些人幫助球隊進入季後賽，對他來

說今天是非常特別的一年，也是很有希望奪冠的

一年。

但他也說了，明年留下C.C.是一件困難的事。

看來C.C.明年幾乎不可能留在光芒了...

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