Winter Meetings Day 2 - Thread #2
by Freneau on Dec 6, 2011 4:03 PM EST
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How long before the Marlins are bankrupt?
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Is there any other SBNation message board
Where you can get an overflow thread on a day with no game, and the team it’s dedicated to hasn’t really done anything notable?
And aren’t we supposed to traditionally have a nice image to accompany the overflow link?
Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!
AP gets 500 comments on the site editor linking to the un-changed depth chart for the preseason games…though that site is weird. Lots of good content, but 95% terrible content.
Let's just trust the process.
by trusttheprocess on Dec 6, 2011 4:18 PM EST up reply actions
I think the Thorman's do a good job, actually.
Better than any other Chiefs site out there.
I can now say this with a straight face, and it will be accurate: Tim Tebow is a better QB than Matt Cassel.
by ProbablyYoungerThanAllOfYou on Dec 6, 2011 5:08 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I have no gripes with the Thormans. They do good work. As does Bewsaf, KaloPhoenix, and some others. But, um, there’s a lot of garbage over there too.
Let's just trust the process.
by trusttheprocess on Dec 6, 2011 5:09 PM EST up reply actions
I have two of those guys phone numbers... No big deal
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by averagegatsby on Dec 6, 2011 5:35 PM EST up reply actions
And only one of them
has a restraining order on you
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...so far.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 6, 2011 5:37 PM EST up reply actions
The Thorman's do.
And there is a lot of professional grade content there.
But half the fanposts are reposts of other fanposts(seriously, once saw the same story posted 4 times in a row. Its like none of them even bothered to check) and the other half are just terrible misshapen poorly spelled rants about the team with some sort of tangentially related question near the end to “justify” the post.
"We don’t have guys with a long history of being effective in the seventh and eighth innings."
~Trey Hillman, master of understatements.
Standard AP Fanpost:
“Everthing about this team is horrible, but I still approve of every move and think nobody should be fired. The QB situation is terribe and we should draft a QB in the First round except for the fact hat first round picks sometimes bust and therefore you should never use your first round pick. More after the jump.
(Random picture)
I’m a better fan than you.
Now I shall gather useless data that I will never use for anything:
1) Poll
2) North Poll
3) Poll Dance
4) Poll vault
5) Exit Poll
Vote or the terrorists win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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by KC_Satchmo on Dec 6, 2011 5:19 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Pretty much this.
And the problem is you’ll have some awesome breakdown that like used film to go back and rate the plays burried behind like seven of those horrible posts like above.
Let's just trust the process.
by trusttheprocess on Dec 6, 2011 5:21 PM EST up reply actions
If it doesn't show up on the AP twitter feed I don't read it
Pretty much the long and short of it
We should trade for Vance Worley.
lol
I really don't even know what to say about the Royals anymore.
by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Dec 6, 2011 11:21 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
I agree with that 100%.
I can now say this with a straight face, and it will be accurate: Tim Tebow is a better QB than Matt Cassel.
by ProbablyYoungerThanAllOfYou on Dec 6, 2011 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
My problem with AP
is the comments. So many people over there are such bandwagoners (not as Chiefs fans, they love the Chiefs) but if one person adopts an idea then “BOOM!” everybody all the sudden has their own idea or the same idea and then it just turns into a F*CK HALEY/PIOLI/HUNT/PALKO/whoever fest. Hence, why I’m not a registered commenter over there. You guys are much more fun.
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by AlexGordonHRmagnet on Dec 6, 2011 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
If I were the agents for Bell/Reyes/Pujols, I’d read these contracts like fifteen times, check them for invisible ink. Just can’t see Loria doing anything on the up and up.
Let's just trust the process.
Well, between Loria and Lozano
it would be hard to know who’s screwing who.
by Sweep_the_Leg on Dec 6, 2011 4:33 PM EST up reply actions
A-Rod/Jeter 2.0
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7323887/hanley-ramirez-miami-marlins-want-3b-move-source-says
More Goofus than Gallant...
by Tracer Bullet 82 on Dec 6, 2011 4:33 PM EST reply actions
Okay, both you guys can play SS, and we won't have a 3B
Oh, Hanley—why don’t you shade a little to your right. Little more. Liiiiittle more…
by dejezeus on Dec 6, 2011 4:40 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
I downloaded a super nintendo emulator for my phone and am re-playing The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for at least the fifth or sixth time. Greatest video game of all-time: go!
My vote is for the aforementioned Zelda title.
Let's just trust the process.
Chrono Trigger's my all-time favorite.
I can’t really play it anymore though, I’ve gotten every ending so many times. SNES Zelda’s up there though.
For SNES replayability NOW… I’d go with Zombies Ate My Neighbors. That game’s never not fun.
More Goofus than Gallant...
by Tracer Bullet 82 on Dec 6, 2011 5:18 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd
That game is the bomb
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by AlexGordonHRmagnet on Dec 6, 2011 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve never heard of either of your games. I’m not a super afficianado though, and I’m pretty out of the loop on games from the last five or so years.
Let's just trust the process.
by trusttheprocess on Dec 6, 2011 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
they're old...
Chrono Trigger was probably from 1995. Zombies may have been earlier.
More Goofus than Gallant...
by Tracer Bullet 82 on Dec 6, 2011 5:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Was chrono trigger SNES?
Let's just trust the process.
by trusttheprocess on Dec 6, 2011 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
Yes.
Squaresoft game. All Square games were SNES for that generation of consoles. Probably why the SNES is remembered so fondly.
More Goofus than Gallant...
by Tracer Bullet 82 on Dec 6, 2011 5:41 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Diablo II
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by KC_Satchmo on Dec 6, 2011 5:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
again, rec'd
Honestly my favorite game of all time. I just finished playing before I got on to comment
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by AlexGordonHRmagnet on Dec 6, 2011 5:21 PM EST up reply actions
Haven't playe in ages but some of the mods for it are truly fantastic
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Didn't that game come out in like 95?
My old roommates were still playing it roughly 4-6 hours a day through 2003
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by averagegatsby on Dec 6, 2011 5:38 PM EST up reply actions
95 is about right
it’s just crazy addictive. I suspect the years and years of delays on releasing Diablo 3 is mostly out of fear that it won’t live up to the legacy.
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Diablo (the first one)
Came out in ’96 I think. Diablo II came out in 2001
"what is age anyway? what's old? what's young?" - Frank White
by AlexGordonHRmagnet on Dec 6, 2011 5:44 PM EST up reply actions
Wow
seems much longer ago than that
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yeah I didn't think that was right, purely because of the online aspect
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by averagegatsby on Dec 6, 2011 5:46 PM EST up reply actions
here
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by KC_Satchmo on Dec 6, 2011 5:25 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Classic
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 6, 2011 11:07 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
just get Nester
EMULATION!!!
"what is age anyway? what's old? what's young?" - Frank White
by AlexGordonHRmagnet on Dec 6, 2011 5:25 PM EST up reply actions
i liked Bases Loaded better.
Got to start bench clearing brawls, and the fake Royals team kicked ass.
More Goofus than Gallant...
by Tracer Bullet 82 on Dec 6, 2011 5:29 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I have an SNES emulator for my android phone, free in the android market app store. From there, you have to find the game you want online and put it on the phone as a file (like a music file) and load the game you want through the mulator program. Not sure if there’s an emulator app for iPhone or not…my guess is no since they seem to be more respectful of intellectual property rights over at Apple…
Let's just trust the process.
by trusttheprocess on Dec 6, 2011 5:33 PM EST up reply actions
Intellectual property is destroying the housing market and the American family unit
Vote Palin
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Battletoads was the shit.
I'm waiting for my wave of talent to arrive.
by mitchfreakingmaier! on Dec 6, 2011 5:40 PM EST up reply actions
That game was awesome.
Really playable yet insanely hard at the higher levels.
agreed.
If anyone says they beat that game without a Game Genie, punch them in the face and call them a fucking liar.
More Goofus than Gallant...
by Tracer Bullet 82 on Dec 6, 2011 5:51 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
The best game is Pac-Man.
Simple. Beautiful. A metaphor for life.
I'm thinking more along the lines of
Freakin Iddiots
by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
The rally turkey!!!!
But what r we rallying for…a late push to sign a Keith lockheart type?
I am the one who knocks.
Civilization I
The original iteration was a ridiculous leap forward for turn-based gaming—just wildly different from and better than its predecessors to an extent that I’ve yet to see matched. The “just one more turn” factor has been much remarked upon, but I think that Civ I invented that concept. In college, I once went on an 18-hour civ binge WITHOUT REALIZING IT…looked up to find the birds chirping outside and that I was hungry as hell for some reason.
Does anybody think that Pujols actually re-signs with the Cards?
I was optimistic until the season ended. I just don’t see StL offering him enough money, plus he reportedly wants a Latin manager. However, StL DID get him a former ROYALS great
"what is age anyway? what's old? what's young?" - Frank White
by AlexGordonHRmagnet on Dec 6, 2011 5:30 PM EST reply actions
I think there's a chance they secretly don't want him back
I think they may be scared that things could get really bad there in a few years when they’re locked into a huge payroll for a declining team.
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by KC_Satchmo on Dec 6, 2011 5:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I think they want him back, but not at the commitment it would require, but they can’t publicly not sign him over money. If Miami signs him for 10/250 or whatever ridiculous sum it;s supposed to be, that gives them political cover with their fans. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they felt like they ‘had’ to offer at least 175 or something and hope he says no.
Let's just trust the process.
by trusttheprocess on Dec 6, 2011 5:36 PM EST up reply actions
exactly
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I think the rational Cards fan thinks that is a ridiculous deal
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by averagegatsby on Dec 6, 2011 5:40 PM EST up reply actions
I'd still be tempted to buy a Miami Pujols jersey...
…Just out of spite (if I lived in Missouri).
More Goofus than Gallant...
by Tracer Bullet 82 on Dec 6, 2011 5:53 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
How else are the going to prove Tony LaRussa's greatness
if the team doesn’t fall apart for the next four or five years without him?
We should trade for Vance Worley.
That is my problem with him retiring.
Catch 22. If they get better it sucks if they get worse it sucks becuz it further validates his career. He is supposed to walk out a skeleton after a 68 win season.
And how much of a gut punch for chiefs fans is it that effing elway goes out on top now we have to see his ugly mug on the sidelines laughin it up as the broncs Tebown every team.
I am the one who knocks.
I don’t know…I’m really hoping he doesn’t. I don’t like the idea of the Marlins maybe being good just because of how slimy they are, and they don’t really have fans that would appreciate it. I wanted the Cubs to get him.
Let's just trust the process.
by trusttheprocess on Dec 6, 2011 5:34 PM EST up reply actions
Think the Cubs will be in on Fielder?
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Hard to say. You can look at what Theo did in Boston, but it’s a totally different situation he’s taking over in Chicago than what he had in Boston in terms of budget and talent on the field. Fielder doesn’t seem like he’ll age well, especially in the NL, but he’s also a lot younger than Pujols so hard to say. He doesn’t really fit in with a rebuilding project.
Let's just trust the process.
by trusttheprocess on Dec 6, 2011 5:38 PM EST up reply actions
I actually believe he'll age better than most people think
What’s the worst that can happen with him? He gets fat?
Srsly tho, I wouldn’t want him past about age 35, but you can get him for his prime, you can sell tickets while you rebuild. (Not that tickets will ever be a huge problem for them) I dunno….just seems like a good fit for them.
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I can't see Fielder aging much worse than Ortiz
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by averagegatsby on Dec 6, 2011 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
What's the worst that can happen?
He gets fat?
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by KC_Satchmo on Dec 6, 2011 5:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Nice.
I see what you did there
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by AlexGordonHRmagnet on Dec 6, 2011 5:44 PM EST up reply actions
Ortiz didn’t play the field though.
Let's just trust the process.
by trusttheprocess on Dec 6, 2011 5:45 PM EST up reply actions
no idea how the double post happened
or where the rest of my comment went. On the bright side, I didn’t say anything clever anyway
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It’s not as much the fatness itself, but being fat makes him having a back problem or something like that more likely. Dunno if bulk around the midsection would ever impact his batspeed or not…but I can’t imagine it would help.
Let's just trust the process.
by trusttheprocess on Dec 6, 2011 5:46 PM EST up reply actions
I guess Daddy Fielder did fall of a cliff at like age 30
but he stayed on the ledge he landed on until like 35.
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Screw the Cubs!
They already have that Royal hater Kim Dejesus!
"what is age anyway? what's old? what's young?" - Frank White
by AlexGordonHRmagnet on Dec 6, 2011 5:43 PM EST up reply actions
The Marlins are in the wrong league to sign Pujols for 10 years
i could see him going back to ST. Louis for 6 years at a higher pay rate. This is based off nothing
Do these effectively hide my thunder?
I think if he were going to resign with STL, he would've done it already.
I can now say this with a straight face, and it will be accurate: Tim Tebow is a better QB than Matt Cassel.
by ProbablyYoungerThanAllOfYou on Dec 6, 2011 5:46 PM EST up reply actions
The whole you go shop and let us know what we have to do to match business is bullshit.
I’d tell them to eat shit if i were Pujols.
I'm waiting for my wave of talent to arrive.
by mitchfreakingmaier! on Dec 6, 2011 5:47 PM EST reply actions
Meant that as a reply above^^^^^
I'm waiting for my wave of talent to arrive.
by mitchfreakingmaier! on Dec 6, 2011 5:48 PM EST up reply actions
It's the Cards
I’d tell them to eat shit just for the fun of it
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Wouldn't taste any worse than their beloved Imo's Pizza.
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im eating some toasted ravioli out of a box right now...
and it is surprisingly fucking spectacular
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
I'm down with toasted ravioli
St. Louis is pretty good about Italian food too.
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imo's is awful...
and are stl style wings the ones with fucking mustard in the sauce?
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 10:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Never tried the wings
I unabashedly love St. Louis style pizza after living there for 2 years. That and toasted ravioli are the ONLY ways living there changed me. I also love NY style and Chicago style. I love all pizza. But I do appreciate theirs as well.
Per Schaum:
I will say that I have been told the new pitching program for the Royals and color me impressed so far….
I'm a 14 year old freshman in high school with a love for all things Royals and Packers.
2012 is the year we shine.
Here are the full details on the new program
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by KC_Satchmo on Dec 6, 2011 6:03 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Perfect
Catchers can just wait and report with the other position players now.
They were probably all going to have visa problems anyway.
by Rufus R. Jones on Dec 6, 2011 7:03 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
The Royals don't like long-toss
Freakin Iddiots
by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 7:13 PM EST up reply actions
You're right, of course,
but I love the useful coaching in that picture. All you really need is right there, offered in an easy-to-digest gestural form. Plus beverages!
I couldn't find a picture from the commercial
where the kid duct taped the ball glove to the garage.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 6, 2011 8:09 PM EST up reply actions
Completely OT..
This has probably been said elsewhere, but the SB Nation app for iPhone really is excellent with the latest update. I’m always reading RR, but rarely post because I’m either too busy or someone has already said what I’m thinking. The app should help keep me at pace with everyone.
by i before e except after Grrr on Dec 6, 2011 6:06 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
I like it too,
but they’ve got to get fanshots up on there.
I'm waiting for my wave of talent to arrive.
by mitchfreakingmaier! on Dec 6, 2011 6:09 PM EST up reply actions
That
and the “Rec” option. Then the app will be complete in my mind.
by i before e except after Grrr on Dec 6, 2011 7:40 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
I just use the normal site
I'm so far behind
Freakin Iddiots
by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 7:02 PM EST up reply actions
Does anyone regret how the 1st round of the 2011 Amateur Draft turned out?
I wasn’t around for the fallout discussions. Seemed like everyone was glad we took Starling with how the first four picks ended up, but is anyone upset about not getting Bauer or Cole or Hultzen or Bundy?
We should trade for Vance Worley.
I don't think anyone was too upset.
I don’t think even a majority was sold on the whole, we need a pitcher and we need him now, talk.
Plus I kinda liked it just because it basically removed all second guessing.
I mean could you imagine if we took say Bauer with Hultzen still available and Bauer busted and Hultzen turned into Lincecum 2.0?
No thanks, I’m glad we got spared those articles.
"We don’t have guys with a long history of being effective in the seventh and eighth innings."
~Trey Hillman, master of understatements.
Jerry Crasnick (6:13p CST)
I talked to a Royals person today, and I got the sense they’re just looking to add a utility infielder type. I don’t think they feel they’re ready to contend quite yet, and they’d just as soon run out the young kids than invest some serious money in a veteran starter.
I don’t think they feel they’re ready to contend quite yet,
I’ll be very impressed and happy with Moore and the FO if they think this and continue to show it this offseason. They are doing a good job so far.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
Is this gonna turn into another Molina situation
Parody in players last names
Do these effectively hide my thunder?
OT: If you like keynote speeches on zero emissions by former action stars
you should watch/listen to this one. It’s surprisingly decent.
Also, I’d vote for him for president. Not even joking.
We should trade for Vance Worley.
And the constitutional problem with him running.
"There is nothing shrewd about running a red light and later finding out it kept you from being hit by an asteroid." - philofthenorth
by KeepItCopacetic on Dec 6, 2011 8:31 PM EST up reply actions
Classic
I have that movie on my "bad movie’ shelf :)
He also makes Herman Cain look like a celibate monk
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OT: This kid or my "friend" on Facebook is like 15 and he's really fat
and he keeps asking this kid to fight him and it’s really dumb and vulgar ….I’m going to leave some excerpts
the only “STRAP” that timmy has is the STRAP ON HIS MOM FUCKS HIS DAD WITH
prolly lose a couple pounds to from throwing a few punches
Freakin Iddiots
I think people should have to pass an intelligence test before using the Internet.
"There is nothing shrewd about running a red light and later finding out it kept you from being hit by an asteroid." - philofthenorth
by KeepItCopacetic on Dec 6, 2011 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
Or at the least a grammar test
I mean an easy test
Freakin Iddiots
by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
Is knowing how to turn off one's caps lock too much to ask for?
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by KeepItCopacetic on Dec 6, 2011 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
At some point it has to be on purpose right?
Freakin Iddiots
by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 8:46 PM EST up reply actions
If the Fish get Pujols
they are obviously gonna be competitive, but can they get butts in the seats?
Freakin Iddiots
Are you kidding?
If they have a guy who can homer, people will be busting down the doors for a chance to see that fabulous fountain go off!
Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!
by cmkeller on Dec 6, 2011 8:17 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I thought he was from Mexico, they're all from Mexico right?
Freakin Iddiots
by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 8:26 PM EST up reply actions
Hi, my name is Mike Stanton. I can hit a home run from time to time.
by BlueEyes_Austin on Dec 6, 2011 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
Hi, I'm known as LoMo and I can drop bombs on twitter
Freakin Iddiots
by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 8:26 PM EST up reply actions
I like that you called it "fabulous"
Because that is exactly what it is.
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I think it's funny that a vocabulary word for my AP midterm is
Spanglish: A combination of English and Spanish spoken by Hispanic Americans
Freakin Iddiots
That's what you get when you bring Ozzie Guillen to your state.
More Goofus than Gallant...
by Tracer Bullet 82 on Dec 6, 2011 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
They offered more money
Freakin Iddiots
by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 8:48 PM EST up reply actions
More then they originally offered
Freakin Iddiots
by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 8:56 PM EST up reply actions
Ah. So they made a new offer unrelated to their original offer
I was confused because it sounded like they had signed him to a new contract that had absolutely nothing in common with his original contract.
We should trade for Vance Worley.
Rumor... 3 team deal including the Yankees, A's, and Royals
Yankees get: Gio Gonzalez
A’s get: LF Brett Gardner from Yanks, 1B Clint Robinson from Royals.
Royals get: RHP David Phelps, OF Michael Taylor, and a PTBNL from Yanks that is expected to be off 40-man roster.
http://nybaseballdigest.com/?p=41821
2012... the year the Royals finish above .500
by Somewhere Over Dwayne Bowe on Dec 6, 2011 8:56 PM EST reply actions
Frenchy threw out Michael Taylor at 1st this year
A CLUBHOUSE CONFRONTATION IS COMING UP
Freakin Iddiots
by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 8:57 PM EST up reply actions
The Royals barely exist in that trade
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
IF this happens...
Wouldn’t be that bad would it? We give up Clint Robinson and get David Phelps, Michael Taylor, and Player to be named later off of the 40 man roster of the Yanks… depending who that is doesn’t sound bad does it?
(meant to respond from below)
2012... the year the Royals finish above .500
by Somewhere Over Dwayne Bowe on Dec 6, 2011 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
I doubt I would have a serious problem with whatever it was.
Yes, having Robinson around in case something happens to Butler/Hosmer is nice, but if his defense is as poor as I hear..
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by KeepItCopacetic on Dec 6, 2011 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
Sounds good to me
A very minor trade for the Royals, but I kind of like Phelphs.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed
Just not sure I like the Yanks getting Gio
2012... the year the Royals finish above .500
by Somewhere Over Dwayne Bowe on Dec 6, 2011 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
Meh
Who cares. We’re not competing with the Yankees.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 9:08 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
This
The Yankees will improve their rotation one way or the other. The Royals need to worry about improving their own roster.
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by KeepItCopacetic on Dec 6, 2011 9:09 PM EST up reply actions
Exactly
You have to analyze the Royals’ piece of the trade without emotion. Clint Robinson for Phelps, Taylor, and PTBNL. I’d trade Robinson straight up for Phelps, much less the other two. (I’m in a FB battle on this one. I don’t know why I even bother).
Especially when that PTBNL turns out to be Jeter
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by averagegatsby on Dec 6, 2011 10:04 PM EST up reply actions
Levi Sooiiee Sperry Screw that trade unless we get gio
Rich Greenway God dang Yankees…I want Gio..just trade Myers and be done with it Damnit Dayton
Patrick Lear Not a good deal, Royals need a guy like Gio, They need pitching, any trades talks should be about addressing that need. Now if they want to send Hochever to the Yanks and we get Gio, I’ll be interested in that deal.
Nick Athan Royals aren’t getting much in return – three minor league guys who are long shots to make the ball club by 2012. I think they should hold onto Robinson a bit longer. If Butler stops hitting HR’s – they’ll need Robinson.
If we don't get Gio, then I don't want to make any trade!
And, I’m gonna take my ball and go home.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 10:18 PM EST up reply actions
My favorite part
Nick Athan Royals aren’t getting much in return
Nevermind that we are giving up nearly nothing.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 6, 2011 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
Especially
Since they’re giving up one guy who is a “long shot to make the ball club by 2012” for three such guys.
New one
Sean Michael Fairchild Bottom line, why help two AL teams , particularly NYY? If you’re gonna trade find an NL team that has players whom would be better off playing in the AL, in a smaller ballpark, maybe get a groundball sinker pitching prospect or something.
Dear God
Sean Michael Fairchild Oh I see, well middle relief is how the Royals should go, not some hit/miss starters. Reds have an awesome bullpen with Arredondo, Chapman, Cordero, you need a bullpen like that, Reds will win the NL Central next year.
I like Phelps and Taylor.
Taylor seems like a reclamation candidate. I don’t know what happened between ‘09 and ’10 but if he can ever hit like he did in ’08/’09 then I’d take him for Robinson straight up.
Phelps seems like he’d be good organizational depth and maybe be an MLB starter in the next year or two
For Clint, that’s kind of a steal
"We don’t have guys with a long history of being effective in the seventh and eighth innings."
~Trey Hillman, master of understatements.
Taylor got hurt and sorta played through it.
I’d rather him than Clint Robinson alone probably, but trading him for Taylor and legitimate prospect arm is nice.
Nick Swisher and Johnny Giavatella deserve treats in the Kaufmann parking lot.
there are plenty of guys who can go away
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
do we still have Jesse Chavez?
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by averagegatsby on Dec 6, 2011 10:04 PM EST up reply actions
No, but I think we have Aaron Laffey.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
Or To The
Universe.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Dec 7, 2011 12:53 AM EST up reply actions
its pretty even for the yanks/a's....our part just seems weird
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 10:13 PM EST up reply actions
not really
the a’s are really going to give up 4 years of gio for 3 years of gardner and yet another 1B/DH prospect? add banuelos to the mix and i still doubt it
Gardner = 4+ WAR
Gio = 3ish WAR
That counts for a lot.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
i know gardner is good
are they going to win in the next 3 years? why would they want gardner for 3 seasons? i like gardner, but it doesn’t make sense for oakland to covet him right now.
More production for less money
I think it makes sense.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 10:22 PM EST up reply actions
i really doubt billy beane sees it that way
after this trade, he’d have a team built around jemile weeks and brett gardner, i doubt that is his plan. i dont see what getting gardner for gio does for a team that was 74-88 last year and doesn’t have much coming up in the minors.
maybe they'll want to flip him for prospects
to washington perhaps
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 10:26 PM EST up reply actions
if thats the plan i could see the logic
in fact, that’d be pretty smooth with how bad washington wants a CF
yep...and they've got a good farm system
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 10:29 PM EST up reply actions
could work out well
i didnt see how trading your pitcher with the most value for a guy with less years of team control made sense
But they also really want to get rid of Gio while his value is high
Gardner is a guy who they could use or flip later
i hadn't thought of getting him to flip him
having him stay and be an A made no sense to me in regards to where the team is at
Billy Beane seems to be more about value in trades, rather than looking at the big picture
That is the biggest criticism of him IMO. Well that and his abillity to evalute hitting has gone to shit.
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but he traded for DDJ!
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
QED
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Dec 7, 2011 12:57 AM EST up reply actions
uhh...gardner's been an 11.2 win player over his two full seasons...
and with where he gets his value, he wont get crazy arb salaries
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
So the As would have Kila AND Clint?
by BlueEyes_Austin on Dec 6, 2011 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
I loved Taylor about two seasons ago
He really sucks at hitting now.
But yea, I’d make that deal in a heartbeat, and I don’t even know much about Phelps.
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he's good friends with zack...
the pieces for zacks return are lining up
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
Uh oh
#STLCARDS Pujols now has three teams that are offering 10-year contracts in excess of $200 million: STL, MIAMI, AND unidentified team -@BNightengale
ROYALS!?!?!
If this happens...
Wouldn’t be that bad would it? We give up Clint Robinson and get David Phelps, Michael Taylor, and Player to be named later off of the 40 man roster of the Yanks… depending who that is doesn’t sound bad does it?
2012... the year the Royals finish above .500
by Somewhere Over Dwayne Bowe on Dec 6, 2011 9:03 PM EST reply actions
Long Beach St. in a dead heat with KU..
granted it’s at 4, but..
"There is nothing shrewd about running a red light and later finding out it kept you from being hit by an asteroid." - philofthenorth
Kansas now firmly in control.
"There is nothing shrewd about running a red light and later finding out it kept you from being hit by an asteroid." - philofthenorth
by KeepItCopacetic on Dec 6, 2011 9:31 PM EST up reply actions
connor teahon starting...woohoo rockhurst
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
He started out 4-4 from behind the arc
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by KeepItCopacetic on Dec 6, 2011 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
good for him...he turned down a bunch of scholarship offers in both fb and bball to walk on at ku
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
When he made that decision I thought it was pretty absurd
But that’s because I was young and I thought every high school player dreams of being the man in college.
Now I definitely get it. He’s been part of hundreds of wins, 4 Big XII titles and a national championship. He has working relationships with one of the best coaches in college hoops and a large a growing contingent of NBA players. He’s having the time of his life, I have little doubt, and there’s been almost no pressure on him at all until this year.
he's been the man there anyways...
do you remember all the connor teahan chants that have been going on since freshman year?
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 10:04 PM EST up reply actions
I meant the man in terms of being a goto player on the court
But I certainly believe that those chants happen. No doubt there’s a strong Rockhurst contingent at any given Kansas game. And KU fans love their KC area walk-ons for sure.
yeah...its been crazy...
and i’d imagine the post graduate options for jobs are much better at ku
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 10:08 PM EST up reply actions
Jon Rauch to the Mets
"There is nothing shrewd about running a red light and later finding out it kept you from being hit by an asteroid." - philofthenorth
MOAR METZ
“Hot on the heels of their agreement with Jon Rauch, the Mets have a multi-player trade in the works, tweets MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (on Twitter) describes the deal as a “change of scenery” trade both ways, and says the Mets are going to receive two players in exchange for one. Joel Sherman of the New York Post (Twitter link) hears that the move will net the Mets another reliever.’
Go Royals!
I see the Mets in the cellar of the NL East for the next few years.
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by KeepItCopacetic on Dec 6, 2011 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
David Wright for Tiny Tim Collins?
Of course we could provide a “change of scenery” for Tiny Tim by putting a five foot wall in the bullpen….
by ks.cowboy on Dec 6, 2011 9:48 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
At first look
Looks like a bad trade for the mets….Where is the whole “trading for the future” for two guys that will be non controllable by 2014.
Call Sabean an idiot, but it only took him 4 weeks and no gametime to figure out Melky can't play CF
I’d love Pujols in teal.
So he’s going to the Jags?
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by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 10:18 PM EST reply actions
probably an upgrade over gabbert
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
The hits keep on coming
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by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 10:22 PM EST up reply actions
I still don't understand what people saw in Gabbert coming out of college
especially to warrant a 1st round pick
Do these effectively hide my thunder?
the long flowing locks of course
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 11:11 PM EST up reply actions
which ones were those?
i look and i see 16 tds against 9 picks
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 11:13 PM EST up reply actions
solid 127 rating...good for 8th in the conference...
behind that passing powerhouse taylor martinez
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 11:21 PM EST up reply actions
OT question
For those of you who live in KC but not in the city limits, do you still claim that you are from Kansas City? It’s far easier to say that you’re from KC than Gladstone, for instance.
I consider Kansas City my home even though I live in Smithville and go to college in Liberty, for instance. Is that legit?
Depends on the context
If I were you, I’d tell anyone outside of KC that you’re from KC, because they’re not going to know where the heck Smithville, MO is. Locally, I’d represent Smithville.
BTW love that there are plenty of Northlanders on here. I grew up in St. Joe, live in KCMO (Liberty School District). Would like to move to Smithville someday.
Yeah
I do say that I’m from Smithville in the area. Any particular reason why you’d like to live here?
Outside of the area, no one knows where Smithville exists. Heck, outside of the country people don’t often know where KC is. They say it’s in Kansas, usually. Or just don’t know where it is at all. At least, the Brits that I tell where I live think so…nice to be back in the States to be honest. Ha.
Agreed. If they only know where KC is, that's what you tell them.
And if you’re ever in the MO bootheel, you’ll have to explain those dumbfucks where Kansas City is. Some know where StLouis is.
by Rufus R. Jones on Dec 6, 2011 10:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
It's all relative...
When I am overseas, I just tell people to point at the center of the U.S. on the map, and that is where I live.
That information is somewhat classified.
I live in Olathe, but I still don't think I'm lying if I tell somebody I'm from Kansas City.
I usually say “from the Kansas City area”, though.
"There is nothing shrewd about running a red light and later finding out it kept you from being hit by an asteroid." - philofthenorth
by KeepItCopacetic on Dec 6, 2011 10:26 PM EST up reply actions
I usually tell them I'm from Mongolia.
Cause I like saying it.
Wouldn’t be cool if we had a closer who was Mongolian?
by Rufus R. Jones on Dec 6, 2011 10:37 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
My nipples would explode with delight.
Nick Swisher and Johnny Giavatella deserve treats in the Kaufmann parking lot.
I always tell out of towners I'm from KC
They typically ask “the KS side or the MO side”
My boss, who lives in DC, sees my mailing address as Prairie Village, KS. I had a business trip coming up and he asked me how many hours it would take to get to an airport. He thinks I live in bumblefuck.
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i hope you told him like 3 hours...
sounds like 2 extra hours of sleep to me
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 10:43 PM EST up reply actions
While in England
I’ve gotten many not-so-accurate guesses as to where the city of Kansas City is. My favorite reply was along the lines of, “Oh, isn’t Kansas City the weird one that is in Kansas but not?”
Hell...
Sometimes I refer to KC as my home time and I live 2 hours south of it.
And that is because when I was 10 years old I got into an argument with this blue haired bitch who tried to tell me there was no Pittsburg in Kansas.
Basically when I go to concerts or sporting events I have to go to KC.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 6, 2011 11:28 PM EST up reply actions
2/12 For Frank Fucking Francisco from the Mets
by BlueEyes_Austin on Dec 6, 2011 10:34 PM EST reply actions
sounds like a great band name
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."
--Albert Einstein
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Dec 6, 2011 10:39 PM EST up reply actions
Wow
Thought he would be an underrated steal this winter. Nope, its crazy money for relievers again.
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Mets have added $11 million in payroll
To swap Pagan for Torres and add Francisco and Rauch.
What a nightmare set of moves.
by BlueEyes_Austin on Dec 6, 2011 10:49 PM EST up reply actions
I got a buddy who’s a mets fan and he says he’s simply perplexed by what they are doing…not mad, just perplexed.
yes, but
they have FrankFrank and RamRam.
Also, they’re paying those guys what the Phillies are paying Papelbon
there’s something disturbingly homoerotic about this picture.
I hate this guy.
"You're like that guy who wrote that thing about remembering stuff!!"
- Crow T. Robot
Homoeroticism Does Not
Disturb me; they got theirs, I got mine.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Dec 8, 2011 12:17 AM EST up reply actions
Forget the Youth fountain, the youths are ready to eat.
“Youth will be served for Royals in ’12” – Kegal.
Go Royals!
Chen is a 22 year old prospect
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by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
francisco pitches 50 innings for the blue jays
and they end up with a draft pick. that system is still ridiculous.
It's ending, that's what's important
Royals will be hugely helped by reduction of sandwich picks.
by BlueEyes_Austin on Dec 6, 2011 10:50 PM EST up reply actions
who knows...seems like if you're not obnoxious about it and you post it in a thread you'd be fine...
but im not will so who knows
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 10:59 PM EST up reply actions
I could advise you on that
for a reasonable fee.
by 2X2L on Dec 6, 2011 11:00 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Is it for a a stake in your candle business?
Thought about it, I’m in.
by Loose Seal on Dec 6, 2011 11:00 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I sell video games on eBay
Have a large inventory for the holidays. Would extend an RR discount to all.
If I were you, I'd e-mail Will and ask if you could put in in a fanshot
I have no idea how he feels about it.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 11:12 PM EST up reply actions
Will wouldn't mind the request
Even if he says no. It’s worth an ask.
And SBNation would be happy for you to buy a big wallpaper ad.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 11:16 PM EST up reply actions
If you can get Joe Mauer's face in there
Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!
So now that SF has Pagan
Melky plays RF?
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by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 11:03 PM EST reply actions
Probably left
since they have said that Nate Schierholtz has the job in right. Of course what they say doesn’t mean a thing; they might go with Huff in left, Pagan in center, and Melky in right anyway.
Can't rush the guy
Everybody knows that it takes 200,000 ABs in the minors to be ready to hit in the bigs. Approximately. Just ask GM for life, Brian Sabean.
That guy Posey? He’s not human anyway, so you can’t go by him.
You just can't rush Lorenzo Cain
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by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 11:10 PM EST up reply actions
Lets trade back for Melky
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by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 11:12 PM EST up reply actions
We'll give him Sanchez
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by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 11:12 PM EST up reply actions
No way Beltran is re-signed?
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by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
Hasn't been much hope of that
as they are trying to leave plenty of headroom for extensions for Lincecum and Cain.
What is Lincecum's contract status?
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by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 11:10 PM EST up reply actions
yeah...arb based on making $13 million last year...
ouch
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 11:12 PM EST up reply actions
Think he re-signs or gets an extension?
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by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 11:12 PM EST up reply actions
I think he goes to free agency and gets ultra-mega-rich
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 11:13 PM EST up reply actions
Yankees is the easy answer
But it could potentially be any of the 10 largest market teams.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 11:15 PM EST up reply actions
i think he'll end up staying in SF....
seems pretty laid back….the new york media would crucify him when he has a bad start…can you imagine all the horrible pot related headlines the papers could come up with?
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 11:16 PM EST up reply actions
I guess I really don't know his personality and what is important to him
If he cares more about the laid back attitude of the city than money, then sure maybe he stays. But I have a feeling he could have signed a big extension already if he wanted that. The fact that he’s going year to year with arbitration signals to me that he’s waiting out his cost controlled years so he can hit the FA market and get an historic contract.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 11:18 PM EST up reply actions
did you watch the franchise at all on showtime?
the hard knocksish show on the giants? he definitely shied away from the spotlight…and yeah…he’s gonna get paid for sure…but i think SF will step up and offer him something competitive
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 11:19 PM EST up reply actions
Didn't see it
I guess we’ll find out what he values most.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 11:20 PM EST up reply actions
it was pretty good...
a good look behind the scenes in the front office
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 11:23 PM EST up reply actions
Lincecum stinks up the joint
Lincecum piping hot lately
Lincecum goes up in smoke in rough outing
i want this now!
I find it really easy to avoid the NY Post and the Daily News
Lincecum could too if he wanted to. And, quite frankly, jokes about him smoking pot are about as biting about jokes about his height.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 11:21 PM EST up reply actions
they aren't funny and i could care less about someone smoking pot
but they’d run with it probably. i enjoy looking at the sports headlines from the Post. my favorite from this summer was “Gang Gree gunning for Plaxico”
I'm sure they'd run with it as long as they had a live marijuana rumor out there
I just don’t see that kind of very light jibe being something that would scare a guy off.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 11:25 PM EST up reply actions
there's no need for a rumor...
timmy got busted…and hasnt ever denied that he smokes on a regular basis
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 11:26 PM EST up reply actions
It's just not common knowledge nationwide
Especially not casual fans reading the Post or Daily News.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
I just don't think it is particularly of the moment
The Post and Daily News are only going to use puns which are easily understandable to the average lunkhead that buys the Post or Daily News. And the average American does not associate Lincecum with pot smoking.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 7, 2011 12:05 AM EST up reply actions
They want to sign him to a very significant extension
but he says he wants to go year-to-year. Interesting situation.
Where did you hear about the 8-year thing?
I’ve read only that he doesn’t want to entertain long term offers at this stage of his career.
OK, thanks
Latest reports locally (I live in Northern California) pretty much run like this one yesterday from Andrew Baggarly:
–Giants VP Bobby Evans had a quick conversation with Tim Lincecum’s camp, but it was more of a "touching base" courtesy by both parties. No substantive talks on an extension will come here in Dallas.
people have been saying that since he was drafted....
and he’s already set for life…and science says that his mechanics are actually much better for his body than a typical motion
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 11:17 PM EST up reply actions
Look
when guys like Zito, Rowand, and Huff come your way, you just have to go all in. Those opportunities don’t come around every year.
Zito's deal was awfullyhorrendous
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by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 11:12 PM EST up reply actions
he'll take zitos money and then some
no wa y they let him go
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 6, 2011 11:13 PM EST up reply actions
I heard he bought a house in KC
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by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 11:13 PM EST up reply actions
Including Idaho
Breaking news, Marlins move to Moscow, Idaho
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by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 11:16 PM EST up reply actions
Pagan is going to be a great roto pick next year
SF runs like the dickens
by BlueEyes_Austin on Dec 6, 2011 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
Melky had no business in that huge CF
He makes more sense on the corner.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 6, 2011 11:13 PM EST up reply actions
This type of leadership demands CF
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by tiquanunderwear on Dec 6, 2011 11:15 PM EST up reply actions
He does
but not primarily in right in that ballpark. They don’t always prefer to put an outstanding outfielder here, but when they don’t, they prefer to move him to left in the late innings and late Nate clean up after him.
was that an attempt at the most interesting man in the world meme??
got my head all confused
Do these effectively hide my thunder?
I think it's probably a cross between the most interesting man in the world meme
and Finnegan’s Wake.
make a decision already pujols!
i want you to sign with miami and have sweet dreams of cardinals fans losing their minds
Having to hear nonstop "taking my talent to South Beach" jokes will suck.
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by KeepItCopacetic on Dec 6, 2011 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
And yet the similarities
between the Heat and the Marlins are growing. Reyes and then Pujols…they’re pulling a free agent coup. Watch them somehow sign Prince Fielder and make him a legit 3B.
Yes, it seems that way
but much remains in doubt. They’ve landed only Reyes so far, and Hanley Ramirez is apparently not going to be as accommodating as A-Rod was for the Yankees when they were oversubscribed at shortstop. So while they’re definitely making enough noise to generate some interest — and maybe even a few ticket sales, as a change of pace, for the new ballpark — they’re not quite at coup warning level teal as yet.
It's getting to that point in the Winter meetings where the rumors start to reach Junior High School levels...
•Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times spoke to an AL GM who said “no way” to the Angels’ rumored interest, while Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe says the Cubs are “definitely not” in on Pujols (Twitter links). Whether or not those two clubs are involved, the Cardinals and Marlins still appear to be the favorites.
•Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com (Twitter link) spoke to two Angels people who were “shocked” to hear they were considered the mystery team for Pujols. However, Danny Knobler of CBS Sports and Jon Heyman of MLB Network are both hearing that it is, in fact, the Angels (Twitter links).
And then Sally said that John actually likes Becky, but Becky doesn’t know it yet. His best friend Jimmy says he might ask Becky out on a date later, but can’t say when that will happen. John denies all these rumors when asked….etc…
MAJOR LEAGUE (The Royals)
Rachel Phelps (Royals Management): I think he'll fit right in with our team concept.
Charlie Donovan (Royals Fans): That reminds me, I was going to ask you. What exactly *is* our team concept?
by Royals Medic on Dec 7, 2011 12:22 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Now they are saing it's only Marlins and Cardinals
If there was a mystery team, they’re not currently under consideration.
And the Cardinals believed offer is for more than 22 million a year over 10 years according to this article:
“Mozeliak declined to describe the Cardinals’ bid, but it is longer and carries a greater average annual value than the nine-year, $198 million tender made in January.”
I would guess its not much more. Probably 10 years and 225-230 million. My hope through all of this is that Pujols would re-sign, but he immediately tapers off and at a contract cost that sandbags the Cardinals long-term.
that was my thought forever....now i want to see the initial heartbreak
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by billybeingbilly on Dec 7, 2011 2:59 AM EST up reply actions
and i really dont think they'll be able to replace his 8 WAR all that easily...
nor do i think that ownership will be all that willing to spend
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