Butch

Good lord . . . if your contract SPECIFICALLY states DO NOT PLAY BASKETBALL IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR NEARLY $6MILLION CONTRACT GUARANTEED . . . WHY on earth would you then go play basketball??

Doh

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1719255

Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Yankees third baseman Aaron Boone injured his left knee playing basketball and might miss the season.

Boone was hurt about a week ago and may have torn an anterior cruciate ligament. The extent of the injury will not be known until swelling subsides, and he has not yet been examined by Yankees' doctors.


Boone agreed Dec. 1 to a $5.75 million, one-year contract, and the contract contained language saying it would become nonguaranteed if he played basketball.


"Concerning his contract, I can confirm that there are certain prohibited activities, which include basketball," Cashman said.


If there is a complete tear, he would require reconstructive surgery that could keep him until 2005.


"We are currently evaluating the extent of the injury and expect to solicit multiple opinions before providing a complete diagnosis," general manager Brian Cashman said Monday.


The Yankees do not have a backup third baseman with full-time experience. Enrique Wilson and newly signed Miguel Cairo are options to fill the spot, as is minor leaguer Drew Henson.


New York acquired Boone, who will turn 31 in March, from Cincinnati on July 31, and his 11th-inning homer off Boston's Tim Wakefield in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series won the pennant for the Yankees.


Boone is eligible for free agency after next season, and if the Yankees successfully converted the deal to a nonguaranteed contract, they could release him and be responsible for only 30 days' termination pay, about $942,000.


The injury could create an opening for Henson, the former University of Michigan quarterback who has struggled in the Yankees' farm system.


Henson agreed to a $17 million, six-year contract with the Yankees in 2001. He hit .234 with 14 homers, 40 doubles and 78 RBI at Triple-A Columbus this season. But he also struck out 122 times and made 28 errors at third base, and the trade for Boone signaled that New York did not think Henson would be ready for 2004.

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raimin

mayb he should of told them he hurt it washing his truck

eSDee

What a dipschitt. He's not worth 6 mil either so he really screwed up.

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coleslaw

...or that he fell down the stairs carrying his luggage.

(Who was that, by the way?)

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bachviet

Bone head...

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attgig

truck was jeff kent
falling down the stairs is sasaki (mariner's ex-closer)

there's also the motorcycle with jay williams


now there's this...

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raimin

An old one but in 2001, San Diego Padre Adam Eaton missed a start, when he stabbed himself while trying to open a DVD

Merlin

The Yankees have a long histroy of this crap. Players getting bit by their dogs when playing or chopping off a part of the finger while cutting the shrubs. All I can say is

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Grubbie

The thing is I think sasaki is too stupid to actually try to lie. I really think he did fall down the stairs on his suitcase lol.