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kuro808 · « **Reply #1560 on:** December 05, 2010, 02:42:51 AM »

Adrian Gonzales going to the BoSox

I guess he'll be the victor martinez before papi, which seems to be awesome

In other news, Jeter is still a Yankee, no surprise, and he needs to stay a Yankee because he has defined in his career what a SS should be

Yoshino · « **Reply #1561 on:** December 05, 2010, 03:04:25 AM »

^^ And he's a better hitter than Martinez too, just need to fill that gap now at catcher and they're on their way to pass the Evil Empire.

kuro808 · « **Reply #1562 on:** December 05, 2010, 03:06:18 AM »

^ incredibly true but I give the Yanks and Jeter credit for resolving the contract

kuro808 · « **Reply #1563 on:** December 06, 2010, 02:38:04 AM »

Jayson Werth goes to the Nationals

Saburo · « **Reply #1564 on:** December 06, 2010, 03:22:06 AM »

That Werth deal is NUTS! So much for the recession in D.C., no? Carl Crawfod can now set his price at eight years, $130 million to start? Cha-ching!

daigong · « **Reply #1565 on:** December 07, 2010, 07:50:00 AM »

FUCK! I gotta have Scott Borus as my agent.

Late on this, but man BIG UPS to Joey Votto

for MVP

His story played on the local national sports channel, The Score, and shit, my respect level increased for him. We all overcome adverse situations, depression, grief, especially. But we do overcome, there is always hope.

Saburo · « **Reply #1566 on:** December 09, 2010, 07:06:44 AM »

Holy shit, the Red Sox (The Evil Empire 2.0, per Jeff Passan) just inked Carl Crawford!

Yanks must be scrambling to finalize that Cliff Lee deal...

kuro808 · « **Reply #1567 on:** December 09, 2010, 08:33:25 AM »

I wonder if the Yanks will think about his recent runs in the WS and probably will realize the value is too high. Well congrads to Crawford for his new deal, hopes he enjoys it

stax · « **Reply #1568 on:** December 09, 2010, 11:41:43 PM »

Quote from: kurosawa87 on December 05, 2010, 02:42:51 AM

In other news, Jeter is still a Yankee, no surprise, and he needs to stay a Yankee because he has defined in his career what a SS should be

Awful defensively, overpaid, and treated with kiddy gloves by the media?

Saburo · « **Reply #1569 on:** December 09, 2010, 11:55:32 PM »

The times are changin' though. Capt. Dreamy was ANGRY at the press during this process -- finally, some personality! King Felix overpowered the mystique of the W-L record and The Giants Win The Series, The Giants Win The Series!

Jeter also gets bonu$ buck$ for winning Gold Gloves in the future. Hmm....

stax · « **Reply #1570 on:** December 09, 2010, 11:59:12 PM »

Jeter is a 37 year old playing a position he couldn't handle when he was 27, coming off the worst season of his career where his swing fell apart. And 2 years ago was then the worst season of his career. And he asked for FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AT $23 MILLION PER.

A. He should be ashamed.
B. If anyone else on Earth in any other sport anywhere had asked for that money he would be called the biggest money-grubbing asshole on Earth. For Jeter, though, the rules are different.

If his name wasn't Jeter he'd be lucky to be making $5-7 mill on 1-2 year rolling deals at this point in his career.

Saburo · « **Reply #1571 on:** December 10, 2010, 02:21:33 AM »

Yeah the Jeter extension was a political deal as much as anything: only possible in the realm/"brand" of the Yankees.

Joe Posnanski asked a good, serious question of Yankee fans a while ago before this all went nova: would you trade Jeter for Hanley Ramirez straight up right now. He said the responses were 50-50.

Amazing. Also not all that surprising. I can only imagine seeing the POST headlines, day after day, for the past several weeks.

haha and no way is Jeter embarassed by anything: he's DEREK FUCKING JETER!

p.s. I think it was funny that the BoSox put in a bid for Mo Rivera, too.

Yoshino · « **Reply #1572 on:** December 10, 2010, 02:40:02 AM »

You're right Saburo about Jeter finally showing some personanlity, the NY papers refer to him often as Mr. Vanilla,

no one says as much without saying so little. Way to go Sox, that order could be better than the Evil Empire's,

they have an offer to Lee for $144M for 6 years, guess where he's going?

Saburo · « **Reply #1573 on:** December 10, 2010, 02:49:02 AM »

What did Jeter say at yesterday's presser? "I NEVER said I wanted to test the market!" Of course, dummy -- that's why Cashman always had the leverage. He's fortunate they went up to $51mil to save face.

Plenty people say that if Boss Von Steinbrenner was alive and kicking, this would never have happened and Jeter would receive his looney A-Rod package. And Yankee fans would love it.

If ESPN blew a nut when Jeter passed Lou Gehrig for most career hits as a Damn Yankee, then you can imagine the nuclear orgasm when he gets hit 3,000. Ow!

BTW why is Manny Ramirez still unsigned?!!

kuro808 · « **Reply #1574 on:** December 10, 2010, 03:07:15 AM »

^ Defense?

Saburo · « **Reply #1575 on:** December 10, 2010, 03:11:29 AM »

Never mind the glove: he's old and fat and unmotivated and possibly still a mental freak. He also played the season with an injured groin. And STILL had an OBP over .400 in 2010. There's value in that, especially if you sign him to a incentive-laden deal for a few mill.

The ChiSox won't keep him now that Adam Dunn is coming to town. The Rays should go after him.

Yoshino · « **Reply #1576 on:** December 10, 2010, 03:13:54 AM »

^^ That's why there's a DH in the AL.

Wouldn't doubt if the Angels will go after him, lost Matsui and had their sights set on Crawford, he's lost too much pop in his bat since the, what, female enhancing drugs(?) wore off.

Saburo · « **Reply #1577 on:** December 10, 2010, 03:35:14 AM »

I kinda feel sorry for Gojira. Yeah, he's made millions, was part of glory teams in the greatest teams in MLB AND NPB. And now he's kinda like Hideo Nomo a decade ago: a journeyman, trying to log in service time, as if aiming for a pension. Have bat, will travel.

Cautionary tale, me thinks, of the consequences of consecutive game streaks. I know NPB was "only" 130 games but still, he was playing CF on mostly turf surfaces. Take a break every now and then.

Saburo · « **Reply #1578 on:** December 10, 2010, 11:30:13 PM »

Joe Sheehan on the Jeter contract.

Saburo · « **Reply #1579 on:** December 11, 2010, 12:58:04 AM »

Rest in peace, Ron Santo.