tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com - 11/23/2007
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Evidently, Rodriguez wished very much to stay with the Yankees. So much so that Boras announced the opt out before they even had a chance to make an offer. Boras was concerned that a face-to-face meeting with the front office and the Steinbrenners would end up with A-Rod saying ‘Where do I sign?’ before other clubs had a chance to weigh in with their offers. He instructed Rodriguez to not ...
Yada yada yada …
tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com 11/23/2007 — As Phil Garner once mulled during the strike of 1981, free agency wasn’t strictly business to many players. It was a cause, it was about freedom and rights respecting their careers. The MLBPA has turned free agency as more of an economic ideal than an ideological one. Ideals unite, economics divide and that is why the MLBPA is reeling. I hope that they can right their ship before they become ...
An actual Blue Jays post!…
tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com 11/23/2007 — We see that not only was Ordonez on base more often but he reached there via contact rather than the walk. With men on, a walk isn’t as good as a hit since a base on balls only moves up any base runners 90’. A hit can move runners a lot further and unless the bases are loaded a walk will not plate a run. Also noteworthy is Maggs struck out over 40 fewer times than A-Rod. Factor in that Ordonez ...
How the mighty have fallen...
tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com 11/23/2007 — The players need another Marvin Miller. The MLBPA and certain player agents have become the new team owners and GM’s of the post Messersmith/McNally era--they have too much control over where free agents decide to play and that is so very wrong. Soon a salary cap will come to baseball and quite possibly NFL-type non-guaranteed contracts unless the union pulls itself together. It is time for ...
Holy flurping snit!...
tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com 11/23/2007 — At the same time, I feel a little guilty since I’m forced to depersonalize human beings into bits of news. Whether folks deserve what happens or not, it doesn’t change that lives are going to be affected. Some may enjoy seeing players get their comeuppance whether it’s Barry Bonds or Alex Rodriguez, but in the case of Bonds both friends and family will feel the fallout as well--and not just ...
Apropos of absolutely nothing...
tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com 11/23/2007 — I remember a movie starring Paul Newman called ‘The Hunsucker Proxy’ that I lost a couple of hours of my life viewing. Bottom line, it doesn’t matter how good a thespian (not that there’s anything wrong with that ) Mr. Newman is, the movie sucked chunky bilge water. This is what Boras is selling: Pay big dollars and he’ll put up big numbers. It doesn’t matter that your team will Fujita-scale ...
BRADSHAW RELISHES HIS SECOND CHANCE —
NY Post: Sports 11/23/2007
THE Giants have never been a Home For Wayward Boys, the way the George Steinbrenner's Yankees were when they gave second [and beyond] chances to players like Steve Howe, Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. But from Wellington Mara to now, they have...
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