Found October 18, 2009 on Zell's Pinstripe Blog:
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From Ken Davidoff’s Baseball Insider: According to a person in the loop, Matt Holliday’s top choices in free agency are: 1) Yankees; and 2) Mets. The Oklahoma native is apparently not intimidated by New York. As of now, I’d say the Yankees don’t want to make another large purchase like that, in the wake of last winter’s shopping spree [...]
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