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Originally Posted by KH1
I find it hard to believe that the Yankees and Red Sox -- the two teams most likely to benefit from this type of massive salary dump in the future -- would be shortsighted enough to try and set a precedent blocking it.
I think that Bud just wanted to make it look like he was trying, so he has some defense against small market fans.
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Says the Jets fan.
The Yankees also have much tougher competition with 3 all stars added to the division.. Especially considering guys like Jeter and A fraud have very limited time left. The Yankees are an old team, and it just got harder for them..
I doubt that was the reason for the delay, but it wouldn't suprise me if they tried to influence Selig in some way....
A lot classier organizations have tried to intervene or influence in divisional opponents transactions (eg Holland trying to block the Radulov move to Nashville)