So Brian Cashman, GM of the Yankees, came out and said the obvious:
"How can we? We lose all our money from Texas..." Here's the full article.
Why this wasn't obvious to all the sports reporters, I don't know. But it demonstrates part of the point I was making in the previous post. A-Rod is not going to opt out unless he can't reach a deal with the Yanks and gets a better offer elsewhere. Otherwise he loses the Yankees as a bidder and stalking horse.
