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SHEFFIELD UNVEILED; A ROD DEAL NOT DONE YET
2003-12-18 08:22
On the day that Gary Sheffield was introduced as the new Yankee right fielder, the Alex Rodriguez-for-Manny Ramirez blockbuster temporarily came to a halt when the Player's Union blocked the deal. According to Gordon Edes in The Boston Globe:
Still, as Bill Madden reports in The Daily News, the long-anticipated trade is likely to be completed by today's 5 p.m. deadline:
Jack Curry concurs in The Times:
Meanwhile, in the Bronx, Joe Torre joined Brian Cashman in welcoming Gary Sheffield to the big city. Torre was asked if he was concerned over the prospect of dealing with high-profile malcontents like Sheffield, Brown and Lofton. His response was typical:
Joel Sherman spoke with Jim Leyland, who managed Kevin Brown and Sheffield on the star-studded Marlins championship team in 1997:
The Yankees are stacked, there is no doubt about it. Then again, as Tom Verducci reports, so is Boston. All eyes are now on the Red Sox and Texas, the Union and Bug Selig, as they attempt to get this deal done by this evening. I would be surprised if it didn't happen.
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