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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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Rockies/Red Sox 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Yup, Yankees will be the best team in 2008....much like they were in 2007
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Maybe the Marlins will go on another building spree and land ARod. They've got a great young core and adding a few F/As might once again get them into the playoffs.
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LAKE SHOW HOES
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Would cream my pants.
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DU's illegitimate brother
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Really?
I was just giving teams I thopught might go after him. Marlins made sense since they tear the team down, then reload a few years later. Also, what about Texas going after him again? I mean why not. They've got the $$ and he played well there. |
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LAKE SHOW HOES
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Dodgers are on Schilling's list. GET HIM TOOOO
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As expected, Yankees pick up Abreu's option.
I see it as a yes and no on my end. Leaves Melky in a bit of a pickle right now.
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continental drift
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Why is Melky in a pickle? He's the starting CF. Damon is going to play left and Matsui is gonna DH. Giambi is gonna rot on the bench like the waste of space that he is.
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Sources told ESPN's Buster Olney that before Alex Rodriguez opted out of his contract with the Yankees earlier this week, the team was told that it would not be able to meet with the third baseman unless it presented an offer of at least $350 million.
Holy fuck, $350 million. That is absurd. |
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continental drift
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Also:
Barry Bonds, in an interview with MSNBC, says that he plans to boycott his own Hall of Fame induction ceremoney if they accept the record-breaking 756th home run ball that has been branded with an asterisk. "You cannot give people the freedom, the right to alter history, you can’t do it," Bonds said in the interview. "There’s no such thing as an asterisk in baseball." The ball was branded with an asterisk after fashion designer Marc Ecko, who bought the ball for $752,467.20 in September, put up an Internet poll and asked the public on what to do with the ball. lol |
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I'm all there is
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yea, saw that lol.
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REALMENTE
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Yeah, saw that $350 million thing. That is an obscene amount just to meet with him.
Does anyone truly believe A-Rod will get anything near that amount? I find it hard to believe a team will even go 10 years and $30M a year. While $300M is possible it just seems unrealistic to me. 350 just seems impossible. I know A-Rod keeps in shape but that has to at least be a 10 year deal. And even if he is breaking records at the end of it, $35M for a 43-year old seems crazy. But hey, I still find it crazy to think teams will go to $30M a year. |
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I could see him getting 30 or 35 million a year possibly but for 10 years?
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REALMENTE
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Yeah, as good a player as he is someone will regret paying him that much when he's 43 years old. He probably will get his money but its just insane to me that he will be payed around a third or fourth of most teams payrolls.
I don't really doubt he'll get as much or more than the Yankees were offering though. Boras must know that someone will be willing to pay that much already. |
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LAKE SHOW HOES
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No man alive deserves 30 million a year, come on now. That is so fucking ridiculous.
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President of Freedonia
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Someone needs to remind A-Rod that Dice-K had more postseason RBIs than him
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I do believe that ARod and his agent over estimated what he's worth. I really feel with the way Alex has been branded, with his lack of post season success, with the way he opted out of the rest of his contract, that he's hurt his chances at making the kind of money they think he's worth.
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You can't teach that
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A Rod is not worth more than 25 a year. YEs he is the best player in the league, well, hitter. But he is already the highest paid, so maybe had someone got a similar deal he would have grounds, but its stupid to ask for a 10 million raise when your already the highest paid player in the MLB. For 35 Million Dollars, you can field the entire Mets Infield.
I would like to see the Yanks make a move for Crede, as I like his blue collar play. They could even sign lowell as a stop gap for 3 years until they find a full replacement. I was reading the Newest ESPN mag, and they had some ideas for trades that made a lot of sense. Griffey to Seattle as a DH (one year left on contract.) is one. They also mention Colorado needing to find a spot for their top 3b Prospect. Maybe Garret Atkins will be on the block? Atkins to NY? I would take it. ANyone know when Scott Kazmir is up for Free Agency? I think he will be moving in the coming years as TB will not pony up the bucks, unless their pitching prospects hit the ground running and make them a contender. Speaking of TB, isnt Carlos Pena a FA? |
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I think Pena is going on the market. But his agent is noneother than Scott Boras.
Haven't heard anything on Scott Kazmir though. Being the strikeout leader this season. He's got talent. But I'd like to see him on a team with playoff contention. Not one that can throw a wrench into the Yankees or Red Sox when they play them. I'm hearing Sammy Sosa still wants to play. Rangers still want him but he wants a team that can give him playing time. He's asking for 7 mil or he'll hang them up. |
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REALMENTE
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I don't think Pena is on the market until next year.
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If a team can justify they make a profit while still spending the 30mil/year and that his added production helps them achive post-season goals or more butts in the seats, someone will do it. Florida would really be perfect. |
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1-0 TPWW Chess Master
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I'll tell you what.
In a way when I first found out A-rod wanted 350 million, I was like how do you figure. I still don't get it, but maybe some of it was because of dealing with the fans of New York. I dunno tho |
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President of Freedonia
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Boras has said he feels A-Rod is worth that much because of all the revenue and media coverage he'd eventually bring the team when he breaks the HR record
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Putting the cart before the horse, I'd say.
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President of Freedonia
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Posada has said that he's backing Girardi, hinting that he might return to the Yanks.
I think it'll go like this: Posada is offered a 3-year deal....he declines decides to test the market, uses a team like the Mets to get the Yanks to up the offer to a 4th year (may as well be renamed DH year) and goes back to the Bronx. |
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Forever
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A Rod is a penis.
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President of Freedonia
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Wooo Mets re-sign Marlon Anderson (pending physical)
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Red Sox pick up the options of Wakefield and Tavarez.
Cubs are giving Kerry Wood another go. But decline Cliff Floyd's option. John Russell is named new manager of the pirates. |
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The Classic Dylan Staples
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What's that?
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President of Freedonia
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Mets might be close to bringing back Lo Duca. I love that guy
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President of Freedonia
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Apparently Lincecum's gonna be on the market for "a quality bat"
Sabean is beyond retarded if he trades Lincecum for a single bat
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LAKE SHOW HOES
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Torre, welcome to LA
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You know that’s right
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guys Eric Milton is a free agent, so write to your GM's, call your talk radio hosts, and start the campaign to bring him to your favorite team
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Red Sox are probably gonna shop Coco Crisp.
Cubs are thinking about giving Prior another shot. Rockies are gonna give Kaz Matsui a 2-year deal to stick around. Yankees might be interested in him. An update on Joe Crede. Yankees are still interested. Johnny Damon's name is being floated around to trade for him. |
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Why the hell would the Rays shop Kazmir? They got him in the biggest assraping ever. Also, what the fuck are they going to trade him for, more bats? They need more Kazmirs, they have plenty of great young position players. I think they still have Kazmir for like 3 more years. If anything they should look to deal Baldelli or even Carl Crawford for some arms.
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