tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com - 11/23/2007
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Don Fehr should take a page from Miller’s ideology. The former executive director of the MLBPA fought for a player’s right to determine the direction his career could go. Miller focused on the right of self-determination and personal choice. When a contract expired, the player was free to go wherever he wished under the best terms he could negotiate.
ESPN - Major league pitcher Kennedy dies in Florida - MLB
sports.espn.go.com 11/23/2007 — Major league pitcher Joe Kennedy died early Friday morning while at home with his family in Florida, agent Damon Lapa confirmed to ESPN.com.
The cause of Kennedy's death could not immediately be determined, Lapa said.
Kennedy, 28, compiled a 43-61 record in seven major league seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays, Colorado Rockies, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks and Toronto ...
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 ...
Dear Yankees fans…
tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com 11/23/2007 — 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 ...
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 ...
The Triple-Triple (From 1945-1968)
tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com 11/23/2007 — For the life of me I cannot fathom the angst about the possibility that A.J. Burnett may opt out of his five-year $55 million deal with the Toronto Blue Jays. He will have pitched three of the five seasons in Toronto and has all the motivation in the world to throw 200 quality innings. If he opts out it’s because his market value will be higher making him a Type A free agent. What’s the ...
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