Will Ichiro's New Contract Ruin Baseball?

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Fanhouse: Will Ichiro’s New Contract Ruin Baseball?
Published 7/13/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Fanhouse: Will Ichiro ...

Five Years, $90 Million, and Samson’s Indigestion
Published 7/14/2007 by Jeff Kallman at The MLB Source
... beyond his current contract. Whether the face of the Florida Marlins’ owner—who thinks extending Ichiro will “ruin” baseball, something he should know since he seems expert on ruining the Fish—will recover from the omelet across it is another question entirely. ...

At The FanHouse
Published 7/14/2007 by Panger at Foul Balls
... wasn't too shy about his feelings towards it ... Well obviously the ...

The Bible, David, Samson vs. natural selection
Published 7/20/2007 by John Brattain at The Hardball Times
... is at it again. Yes, Marlins president David Samson has opened his mouth and stuck both Keds in. For those of you who accuse me of having a personal vendetta against Samson, all I have to say is this: What was your first clue? Anyway, just because I have it in for Nosmas Divad (maybe he’s a distant cousin to Mr. Mxyzptlk." can’t hurt to try) doesn’t mean that he shouldn’t be called to account when he opens his mouth to inform Mr. Natural Selection that it's dinner time with baked shrimp as the appetizer, fried squab as the main course washed down with a Red Cap ale in a stubby and shortcake for dessert. Of course there will be after-dinner cocktails: 2 oz. gin, 3 oz. Midori® melon liqueur, 1 splash iced tea, 1 splash sweet and sour mix makes a lovely Midgetini. All right, all right, I'll knock off the small talk and get to it. Geez ... try a little humor and slip in a tiny joke and folks get all PC. After all, Mr. Samson appears to be an authority on jokes. For example: ...

Playing Hardball With The Fish’s Diminutive Dimwit
Published 7/20/2007 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... to blasting the Mariners for signing Ichiro to ...