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I wouldn't mind seeing this. Both are good players - maybe Bradley will be more comfortable in a clubhouse led by a minority manager as opposed to a white guy.

Here's hoping that the Rockies give Neifi an offer that he can't refuse. Rotoworld speculates that the Yankees might have interest in him as well. Wow, FINALLY some good offseason news! Thanks for passing it on.. Now, let's just hope it's an offer he can't refuse. oh man..this would be great

vomit this would be terrible

Via an arbitration hearing, a player cannot be paid less than 80% of his previous year's salary.

no

gooooooooooo yankees

i can't see any reason the brewers wouldn't attempt to keep him. he's done a great job up there. if rothschild leaves and dick pole becomes the pitching coach just like dusty intended in '03, we will be hurting.

ryan howard and huston street.

that really is fitting that macias was the last batter of the season...

gonna have to agree. i do not want to see him in a cub uniform.

I think it's 8.25 million. correct. hendry upped the base salary $250k in spring training based on a verbal agreement he and nomar made (probably something to do with how much the club had left over at the end of the spring), so his base salary was $8.25m. $2.775M incentives: $0.5M each for 535 & 550 PAs $0.15M for 130 starts $0.4M each for 135, 140, 145 & 150 starts $25,000 for All Star selection he didn't get any of those.

as if anybody didn't see this coming. the marlins can't afford delgado's contract - when I saw what deal they gave him, I knew they'd at least try to ship him out after '05.

I've been saying this for a while... every post reminds me of Jabroni

why do you even bother with this? seriously, mods, this is getting ridiculous.

better than grady little? hahahahahahahaha, good one.

Baker also said he started Dubois against Tim Wakefield because he thought Wakefield's knuckleball might mess up Hollandsworth's stroke. How does that jibe with Baker's stated approach of putting rookies in situations to succeed and gain confidence? I hate to re-hash this debacle of a season but all one has to do is look at Hendry's comments from the convention and compare them to Dusty's comments in ST related to Dubios and Mr. Craptacular. They don't jive whatsoever. I can just see it. Five years from now someone on Dodger Blues will look up all the rookies that never got a chance under Dusty and mention how terrible Dubios turned out to be. The person will never mention he was competing for playing time against the likes of Todd hollandsworth and Jose Macis. Once again, I'll try an analogy. Pat Robertson and I are being chased by a lion. I don't have to be faster than the lion to not get eaten I only have to be faster than Rev. Robertson. The rookie doesn't have to be great he only has to be better than the veteran who he is competing for playing time. Holla was good when he was healthy last year. He got the benefit of the doubt for too long this year, but DuBois wasn't any better considering he can't field a lick. sorry bro, that fielding comment is way off. Hollandsworth, LF Defensive Rate (2005 Cubs): 94 Dubois, LF Defensive Rate (2005 Cubs): 94 equal. dubois was the better hitter, and thus the better choice to get playing time.

He won't be a rookie next year. Regardless of whether he gets the at-bats, he's got more than 45 days of service time already. isn't it 45 days BEFORE september? in that case, i believe he'd qualify by something like 1 or 2 days.

nah, he was just put in a position to succeed. davis didn't have the book on him.

sounds good to me worst band ever these guys are awful. bass player spits water all over fans like he's a rock star.

incorrect, insurance is covering the majority of his 2006 contract.

You're kidding. A's fans who hate Giants fans? I didn't know they existed! :o (Ever A's fan I know has at least a bit of Giants fan in them [and vice versa]). every a's fan i know hates the giants.

Heard? Did you even see the play? If you didn't have a history here, I'd call you a troll. You certainly appear to be trolling in this thread at least. well, he does have quite a of history of trolling.... this is probably one of the worst threads i've ever seen.

Ouch for Atlanta: right as Hampton's contract bumps up, he might be slated for Tommy John surgery. insurance covers most of it

umpire putting himself above the game ejected perez because of the fight the pirates and cards had recently (that ollie wasn't even involved in)