Nationals release Dukes

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Take a chance

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/03/nationals-release-elijah-dukes.html

[CUBZ99]

Take a chance

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/03/nationals-release-elijah-dukes.html

 

After getting rid of Bradley, I'm guessing there is zero chance that Hendry would be interested in Dukes.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Loads of talent, bat [expletive] crazy. He makes Milton look like .

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how crazy can he really be? live on the edge a little.

[Jake]

Sorry, we're taking him.

 

I hope.

[Tracer Bullet]

Sorry, we're taking him.

 

I hope.

 

that works. give him a year or two to mature and improve and then trade him to us for a couple pieces of junk. thanks.

[shnsajax]

I'm hoping Seattle, him and Milton together could be magical.

[Jake]

Sorry, we're taking him.

 

I hope.

 

that works. give him a year or two to mature and improve and then trade him to us for a couple pieces of junk. thanks.

 

Good, as in John Grabow?

[Guancous]

From his Wikipedia pag:

 

In 1996, Dukes’ father was convicted of second-degree murder. One year later, Dukes was arrested for the first time. Dukes has been arrested at least three times for battery, and once for assault.[7] According to court records, he fathered at least five children with four women between 2003 and 2006.[7]

 

On May 23, 2007, it was reported that his wife filed a restraining order after he threatened to kill her.[8] On June 12, a 17-year-old foster child who was living in the care of a relative of Dukes accused him of impregnating her.[9] Police said the sex was apparently consensual.[9] When the girl confronted Dukes, he allegedly got angry and threw a bottle of Gatorade at her.[9]

 

Dukes has received anger-management training.[7] When Dukes was traded to the Nationals, the team also hired an ex-police officer in the role of “Special Assistant: Player Concerns”. This person accompanies Dukes everywhere to ensure that he keeps himself free of trouble.[7]

[Guancous]

Another favorite: "When asked about the domestic violence charge and murder threats, Dukes replied, 'I have to go. I have a video game to finish.'"

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2880144

[Jake]

Yeah, but who'd give a [expletive] if he could hit 40 HRs. (Which, I realize he can't.)

[Schwarber Fan]

The Pirates and Nats are basically, the same team... it would make sense

 

Nyjer Morgan

Lastings Millege

Matt Capps

 

Dukes just seems like he'd belong on the last for some reason

[SouthSideRyan]

Elijah Duke is everything people wished Milton Bradley was to the Cubs.

[Jake]

The Pirates and Nats are basically, the same team... it would make sense

 

Nyjer Morgan

Lastings Millege

Matt Capps

 

Dukes just seems like he'd belong on the last for some reason

 

Besides having played for both teams, I don't see what these guys have to do with each other?

[jersey cubs fan]

The Pirates and Nats are basically, the same team... it would make sense

 

Nyjer Morgan

Lastings Millege

Matt Capps

 

Dukes just seems like he'd belong on the last for some reason

 

Besides having played for both teams, I don't see what these guys have to do with each other?

 

Two small market teams with new ballparks that haven't delivered on promises that have been exchanging youngish upside players to take new gambles on. I think his point was more about the teams being similar than the players themselves.

[Jake]

The Pirates and Nats are basically, the same team... it would make sense

 

Nyjer Morgan

Lastings Millege

Matt Capps

 

Dukes just seems like he'd belong on the last for some reason

 

Besides having played for both teams, I don't see what these guys have to do with each other?

 

Two small market teams with new ballparks that haven't delivered on promises that have been exchanging youngish upside players to take new gambles on. I think his point was more about the teams being similar than the players themselves.

 

DC is a small market?

[jersey cubs fan]

The Pirates and Nats are basically, the same team... it would make sense

 

Nyjer Morgan

Lastings Millege

Matt Capps

 

Dukes just seems like he'd belong on the last for some reason

 

Besides having played for both teams, I don't see what these guys have to do with each other?

 

Two small market teams with new ballparks that haven't delivered on promises that have been exchanging youngish upside players to take new gambles on. I think his point was more about the teams being similar than the players themselves.

 

DC is a small market?

 

As it pertains to the baseball team, sure. Nobody gives a crap about them and they don't show up to the stadium. Granted the actual population of the metro area is probably twice that of Pittsburgh, but there's a huge amount of divided loyalties as nobody is actually from DC, and nobody actually moves to Pittsburgh. ;)

 

The teams are in quite similar situations. If either actually built a winner, it's quite likely that they would succeed, given the rabid fan bases of the other teams in town, but as things stand right now, they are pretty darn similar.

[Sammy Sofa]

DC is a "small market" I guess in the sense that they're not drawing the numbers they could or want to be pulling, but the area itself is a pretty decent sized market. I don't know how it translates over to baseball, but I believe with radio and TV it's usually ranked somewhere around 6th or 7th in the country, or at least it was.

[jersey cubs fan]

DC is a "small market" I guess in the sense that they're not drawing the numbers they could or want to be pulling, but the area itself is a pretty decent sized market. I don't know how it translates over to baseball, but I believe with radio and TV it's usually ranked somewhere around 6th or 7th in the country, or at least it was.

 

NY, LA, Chicago, Philly, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas and maybe Miami probably rank higher.

[Sammy Sofa]

DC is a "small market" I guess in the sense that they're not drawing the numbers they could or want to be pulling, but the area itself is a pretty decent sized market. I don't know how it translates over to baseball, but I believe with radio and TV it's usually ranked somewhere around 6th or 7th in the country, or at least it was.

 

NY, LA, Chicago, Philly, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas and maybe Miami probably rank higher.

 

That would still make it a pretty big market.

[jersey cubs fan]

DC is a "small market" I guess in the sense that they're not drawing the numbers they could or want to be pulling, but the area itself is a pretty decent sized market. I don't know how it translates over to baseball, but I believe with radio and TV it's usually ranked somewhere around 6th or 7th in the country, or at least it was.

 

NY, LA, Chicago, Philly, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas and maybe Miami probably rank higher.

 

That would still make it a pretty big market.

 

Sure, as far as actual human beings are concerned. They probably have more potential than Pittsburgh, but as far as how both teams are run right now, they are both small market consistently crappy teams. Everybody in Pittsburgh is going to support the Pirates if they get good. That's not the case in DC.

[Jake]

As it pertains to the baseball team, sure. Nobody gives a crap about them and they don't show up to the stadium.

 

One could say the same thing about the Mets, but no one would call them a small market team.

 

Granted the actual population of the metro area is probably twice that of Pittsburgh, but there's a huge amount of divided loyalties as nobody is actually from DC, and nobody actually moves to Pittsburgh. ;)

 

The teams are in quite similar situations. If either actually built a winner, it's quite likely that they would succeed, given the rabid fan bases of the other teams in town, but as things stand right now, they are pretty darn similar.

 

That's just it, they're not in similar situations. If both teams would start doing well, the Nats would make a hell of a lot more money. More ticket revenue. More revenue from things like t-shirt sales. More cable TV subscribers. More revenue from radio. And so on.

[SouthSideRyan]

Washington has a horrendous TV deal due to Peter Angelos. They make nothing off of it. I believe there's some other revenue they miss out on due to Baltimore's location "rights" but I'm not certain. Parking maybe?

[Sammy Sofa]

Sure, as far as actual human beings are concerned. They probably have more potential than Pittsburgh, but as far as how both teams are run right now, they are both small market consistently crappy teams. Everybody in Pittsburgh is going to support the Pirates if they get good. That's not the case in DC.

 

Right. I'm just nitpicking saying that they have a small market when it's actually a case of them so far not being able to capitalize on their team's decent-sized market, which is definitely different than Pittsburgh's situation (in terms of market size).

[jersey cubs fan]

As it pertains to the baseball team, sure. Nobody gives a crap about them and they don't show up to the stadium.

 

One could say the same thing about the Mets, but no one would call them a small market team.

 

Granted the actual population of the metro area is probably twice that of Pittsburgh, but there's a huge amount of divided loyalties as nobody is actually from DC, and nobody actually moves to Pittsburgh. ;)

 

The teams are in quite similar situations. If either actually built a winner, it's quite likely that they would succeed, given the rabid fan bases of the other teams in town, but as things stand right now, they are pretty darn similar.

 

That's just it, they're not in similar situations. If both teams would start doing well, the Nats would make a hell of a lot more money. More ticket revenue. More revenue from things like t-shirt sales. More cable TV subscribers. More revenue from radio. And so on.

 

They are in similar situations, what they don't share is similar prospects for the future. But right now they have crappy teams that nobody cares about and have to take fliers on similar players.

 

And you're wrong about the Mets. They are the red headed stepchild of NY baseball, but they have a huge passionate fan base and plenty of people attend their games.