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Both the Yankees and Damon want to be together, so it will happen.
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Time to Nut Up or Shut up
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Adminstigator
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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REALMENTE
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Yeah, talking about Reed Johnson. Nick's obviously gonna be full-time DH and back-up 1B.
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#1127 |
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Brad Vickers
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Sorry. Low blood sugar.
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Brad Vickers
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Jason Giambi:Pet Detective
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TPWW Fire Pro Champ
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Mark Loretta retired. And got a front office job as Special Assistant to Baseball Operations with the Padres.
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President of Freedonia
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Mets might have made an offer to Smoltz. Can't help but shake the thought that it'll be worth way more than anybody else would give, or for 2 years or something.
If they do get Smoltz though, I'd give him the chance to win a rotation spot (since he WANTS to start but will do whatever he has to) but hope that Nieve or Niese step up and Smoltz cna be bullpen bound instead. |
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President of Freedonia
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A's sign Ben Sheets...Cubs sign Xavier Nady...
UGH...pretty much the two FAs left I really wanted, now off the board. Fucking Billy Beane. I can't see the A's competing this year so this move was clearly just a "if you stay healthy, we're gonna get a shitload for you in July" move. |
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Cubs strike a deal to keep their Spring Training facility in Arizona
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President of Freedonia
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:foc:
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President of Freedonia
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Jon Garland signs with the Padres...
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![]() Nick Markakis - Terrorist too bad that'll be gone by ST due to the Os stupid policy against facial hair |
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Busy day in baseball.
Twins sign Jim Thome. |
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continental drift
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A's signed Ben Sheets to replace Rich Harden as the most injury prone pitcher ever on their roster
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Formerly Fausto Carmona
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Brad Vickers
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lol John Smoltz
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Dr. Mantis Toboggan
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A's will be so far out of contention by june Sheets will be traded for some prospects, same goes for Justin Duscherer too.
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REALMENTE
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Yankees sign Randy Winn. Would have rather had someone like Reed Johnson but whatever. Hopefully Gardner still gets the majority of time out there.
I guess Damon is officially done as a Yankee. What a screw up by Boras with Damon. He's gonna get a couple million maximum now. |
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You know that’s right
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Winn has never been to the postseason in his 12 year career. That's the longest current streak in the majors. And now it's over.
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Good. Glad this is over and done with.
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President of Freedonia
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Twins expected to announce a contract extension with Joe Mauer. No official word but I'm hearing it's something like 5 years, $100 million
Makes me glad cause I've seen so many Yanks/Red Sox fans penciling him into their "Lineup for year 201?" |
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Can we clone him and send the clone to Boston and Tampa? Then the Os might have a shot. |
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LAKE SHOW HOES
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Dodgers re-signed Belliard. Why do we hate Hudson so much, Jesus, dude is good!
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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because the Dodgers are stupid
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LAKE SHOW HOES
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Agreed.
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You know that’s right
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Really don't understand what Boras is doing with Damon. I mean I get trying to get your guy the most money, but don't be stupid. And then trying to use the Tigers and Reds' interests as leverage is just dumb. The Tigers are in salary dump mode and the Reds never have any money anyway.
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It's Scott Boras. Super agent to the stars in baseball. Like Rosenhaus is to football. He thinks his clients are that good they deserve all that extra money. Either let him get the money, or go around his back if you're tired of waiting.
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continental drift
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Scott Boras is an idiot
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Formerly Fausto Carmona
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Can't completely blame Boras. Damon had one of his best seasons as a Yankee, practically won them the World Series after winning Game 4 for them, and deserves to paid paid so accordingly. Sure, initially he didn't want to make less than the $13 mil he made last year, but what kind of person goes into negotiations starting with a proposal for making less money? And all of the sudden, the Yankees finally get a payroll limit and won't budge to give Damon more than $5 mil?
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Yeah, you can completely blame Boras. Of course Damon should make less money, he's 37 years old now. Why would you pay a 37 year old left fielder with no arm an an above average bat 13 million a year?
The Yankees made him a fair offer of 2 years and 16 million which is honestly more than Damon is worth AT LEAST in years. The Yankees weren't going to bid against themselves. They don't need Damon. Damon wants to play for the Yankees and he and Boras should have realized no one else was showing any interest and the Yankees are the only team that is going to blow someone elses offer away. I give Cashman a lot of credit for calling Boras' bluff, not that everyone couldn't see it a mile away. I don't think Boras should have jumped at the Yankees first offer, but he rejected that like 2 months ago and Damon has barely been linked to anyone else. He should have saw that there was no demand for Damon A LOT earlier and called them back to make a deal. Demand is what dictates the market, nothing else. Not much demand for a 37 year old left fielder who has BY FAR the worst arm in baseball and is a defensive liability in general. Damon is a good hitter but he should be a DH. The market for DH's is horrible this year, there's a bunch of productive bats still sitting there awaiting a deal, and plenty of them aren't going to get one. At least those guys know they're DHs and have no problem DHing, Damon still thinks he's an outfielder though. Cashman took no bullshit, he went out and got Nick Johnson and Damon's leverage was basically gone right then and there, not that he had much anyway. Why should the Yankees pay him anymore than 5 million a year anyway? No one else is going to give him more than that. Boras and Damon are going to find that one out the hard way and Damon will go down in baseball history as a hired gun who is more concerned with his paycheck then winning. Damon's not the brightest guy, Boras is supposed to handle these matters for him and properly read the market. I think he's the only person in the world who thought someone was going to give him more money than the Yankees. Mystery teams showing interest? Yeah, ok. Where are they now? We're definitely downgrading big time with the Gardner/Winn platoon but our left field defense improves dramatically. Plus Gardner hasn't had the opportunity to play a full season so who knows what we really have in him? I don't really think he's more than a 4th outfielder but I could see him being a Juan Pierre-type player because he makes a lot of contact, doesn't strike out a ton and is the fastest player in the Yankee system. Winn sucks now for the most part but he provides above average defense and an ok bat. He's insurance and nothing more. Last edited by FakeLaser; 01-29-2010 at 06:11 PM. |
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Formerly Fausto Carmona
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Now you know how the Red Sox fans felt 4 years ago.
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lol, A-Rod says he was staring at potential retirement with his hip injury last year. What a crock of shit, there is no way he was walking away from the 9 years and like $250 million left on his deal. He would have ridden it out as either a terrible DH or just collected his money on the disabled list, but he wasn't gonna retire.
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Formerly Fausto Carmona
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Honestly though, Damon is perfect for the Blue Jays. They need a left fielder and a leadoff man. Plus, they'll probably trade him back to the Yankees in July.
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Johnny can go out there and get a one year Bobby Abreu type deal and show that he can't hit for power outside of Yankee stadium, nor is he much of a threat on the bases anymore because he's falling apart. His shitty defense will be more pronounced as his offense won't offset it as much and he'll be looking at another shitty one year deal for 2011 as well, if he even gets one because he should be a DH.
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On-nO Asscii to Asscii
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I need your source on this. Last I heard they were going to wait until the end of the year to start negotiations, which would obviously be a huge mistake.
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