Hostage negotiations on CC

Sabathia has not turned down the Yankees' initial public offering but is rumored to favor playing elsewhere. Fine. Experience has shown if a player doesn't want to play for Yankees, don't bother with the guy. Ken Davidoff nevertheless reports the team is considering raising their offer, the idea being to tempt him away from the Angels. I don't think this is an advisable way in which to negotiate, looks out of control and desperate. There must be some young pitchers in Puerto Rico, the Dominican or Panama who would like to pitch for the Yankees.

• Or get someone to work with Hal Steinbrenner on how to negotiate and how to control the yaps of people leaking information on such matters. Just an idea.

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