Phils to sign Polanco to 3/18 deal?

[jersey cubs fan]

Some fans are okay with having a .500 record with a ridiculously large payroll. Others expect more than that. As far as the sign Padilla (Marquis) and Ankiel (Jacque Jones) threads, until Hendry stops signing mediocre to bad players to stupid contracts, we will continue to bitch about it. The ink isn't even dry yet on the Grabow contract, so don't say that Marquis and Jones are a thing of the past.

Yet when the Phils do it, the same folks are full of praise.

 

Actually no, many of the folks have pointed out it was too much. But you don't care about facts you just want to cry about unfair treatment of the great Jim Hendry.

There absolutely is a double standard at work here (both in this thread and on the board in general), and I don't mind pointing out the hypocrisy of it.

 

By accusing people who have questioned this contract of praising it?

[inari]

Some fans are okay with having a .500 record with a ridiculously large payroll. Others expect more than that. As far as the sign Padilla (Marquis) and Ankiel (Jacque Jones) threads, until Hendry stops signing mediocre to bad players to stupid contracts, we will continue to bitch about it. The ink isn't even dry yet on the Grabow contract, so don't say that Marquis and Jones are a thing of the past.

Yet when the Phils do it, the same folks are full of praise.

 

Actually no, many of the folks have pointed out it was too much. But you don't care about facts you just want to cry about unfair treatment of the great Jim Hendry.

There absolutely is a double standard at work here (both in this thread and on the board in general), and I don't mind pointing out the hypocrisy of it.

http://icecreamjournal.turkeyhill.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/phils-win.jpg

 

The Phillies don't consistently do these kinds of things, which is why that picture exists.

[TruffleShuffle]

probably every team that has won a world series had a bad contract on it. the cubs get ripped for it because they sign guys to bad contracts with alarming regularity. even if you really think that polanco's contract is a bad one, the phillies have been pretty smart about keeping contracts relatively short and cost-effective, which the cubs do not do, at all.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Someone find me an average offensive 3B with plus to plus-plus defense(or some equivalent combination) for 6 million on the open market.