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John Brattain John Brattain posted 11/23/2007 from tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com [flag]
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 ... [link]

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Yada yada yada …

John Brattain posted 11/23/2007 from tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com

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 ...
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Dear Yankees fans…

John Brattain posted 11/23/2007 from tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com

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 ...
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Holy flurping snit!...

John Brattain posted 11/23/2007 from tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com

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 ...
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Apropos of absolutely nothing...

John Brattain posted 11/23/2007 from tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com

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 ...
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Trade For Johan?

EvanAtMVN posted 11/24/2007 from mvn.com

With Alex Rodriguez remaining in the Bronx, Mike Lowell re-upping in Boston and Torii Hunter hitting the lottery with the Angels (30+ years old, career 104 OPS+ and $18 million per?) the two withstanding names of curiosity are trade chips: Miguel Cabrera and Johan Santana. I would keep our prospects and save our money. The Red Sox are in a position where they don’t feel as much lingering ...
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