标题: Bernie Williams by the numbers [打印本页] 作者: ytofljcoo 时间: 2015-10-9 04:28:50 标题: Bernie Williams by the numbers
$87.5 million
The amount of dollars Bernie earned over seven years in a then-Yankees record contract signed in 1998. There was MUCH drama surrounding this whole situation. Following the ridiculous success of the 1998 Yankees, Bernie was a free agent and unfortunately his agent was Scott Boras. After some low-ball offers from the Yankees it seemed that Bernie had a deal for roughly $90 million all but signed with the of all teams. Worse yet, the Yankees seemed poised to replace Bernie with Albert Belle. Cooler heads prevailed and both Bernie and the Yankees were better off as a result.
The number worn by an awkward, shy, skinny kid with when he first got called up to the Yankees in 1991. Usually when young players get assigned a high number like that they'll switch to a lower one once they've established that they belong. Not this time. He never wore a different number for the rest of his 16 years in pinstripes and no Yankee will ever wear that number again. That's the way it should be.相关的主题文章：