Angry Yankees prez to Rangers: Stay off welfare

[marmar]

NEW YORK -- Yankees president Randy Levine has fired back at Texas Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg, calling him "delusional."

The message was direct: Mind your business and keep your team off "welfare."

Levine made his comments in response to Greenberg's opinion that the Rangers kept the chase for Cliff Lee going long enough for the Phillies to sneak in and take Lee from the clutches of New York to the National League.

"I think Chuck is delusional," Levine told ESPNewYork.com. "He has been running the Rangers for a few minutes and seems to believe he's mastered what everyone else is thinking. I think he should let Cliff Lee speak for himself. I'll be impressed when he demonstrates he can keep the Rangers off welfare. What I mean is make them not be a revenue-sharing recipient for three years in a row, without taking financing from baseball or advance money from television networks. Then I'll be impressed." .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6068830

[El Supremo]

1. Only one answer >>

[El Supremo]

6. Here's a better one >>

The greatest achievement in sports for 2010. (TCU's Rose Bowl victory was 2nd)

[madinmaryland]

2. I wonder where our Skankee apologists are?

** crickets **

[madinmaryland]

5. Oh, yes. They are talking about how there is parity in MLB.

:wtf:

[Redbear]

3. This is why I don't like the Yankees.

"Welfare?"

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Framing the debate in terms of class warfare, is he?

The president of the Wall Street Yankees should just blow it out his ass.