A Franchise, A Legacy, And A Contract Hinge On One More Season

Posted: 10th March 2010 by Devon Teeple in MLB
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The Big Three; Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and manager Joe Girardi, it appears, will have to wait until the end of the 2010 campaign to restructure their contracts. "People just have to understand that everybody does business in a different way,” Steinbrenner said to reporters following Tuesday’s news conference to announce the details of the inaugural Pinstripe Bowl. “I just don’t believe in contract extensions, and that’s throughout the organization, no matter who it is. Hopefully, nobody takes that personally, it’s just business.” Not to be harsh, and not to beat around the bush, but, priority would suggest signing the face of the New York Yankees to a contract extension now. Jeter, entering the final year of a 10-year $180 millio ...

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