Yankees rejected after making offer
The New York Yankees offered baseball fan Chris Vallancourt a 5 year $55 million dollar contract to be a Yankee fan and perform "Yankee fan services." Vallancourt, a long time Red Sox fan reportedly turned down the Yankees' offer, telling owner George Steinbrenner, "You can't buy my love, I'm a Sox fan."
Sources close to Vallancourt speculate that he may have considered an offer from any other team, except the Cleveland Indians since he finds Chief Wahoo offensive. "That's a lot of cash to turn down just to stay true to a baseball team," said one Vallancourt confidant, who refused to be named.
"This is a highly unusual move for Steinbrenner, after all the Yankees have a huge fan base in the New York metropolitan area and fans spread throughout the country," said ESPN baseball analyst Peter Gammons. "It seems that [George Steinbrenner] was so shaken by the Yankees' ALCS loss to the Red Sox that he is even attempting to buy the Red Sox fans."
It is not known whether the Yankees have made offers to other Red Sox fans. Sources from inside the Yankees camp speculate that Steinbrenner won't make a move toward Ben Affleck because his movies have really sucked lately. |
Sources close to Vallancourt speculate that he may have considered an offer from any other team, except the Cleveland Indians since he finds Chief Wahoo offensive. "That's a lot of cash to turn down just to stay true to a baseball team," said one Vallancourt confidant, who refused to be named.
"This is a highly unusual move for Steinbrenner, after all the Yankees have a huge fan base in the New York metropolitan area and fans spread throughout the country," said ESPN baseball analyst Peter Gammons. "It seems that [George Steinbrenner] was so shaken by the Yankees' ALCS loss to the Red Sox that he is even attempting to buy the Red Sox fans."
It is not known whether the Yankees have made offers to other Red Sox fans. Sources from inside the Yankees camp speculate that Steinbrenner won't make a move toward Ben Affleck because his movies have really sucked lately. |
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