Electron Blue

Co-sign. Too many people expect Hendry to sign people like Soriano to 4 year deals, and trade crap like Roberto Novoa for something worthwhile. Would you be happy with signing Michael Barrett to a 7/100 extension? Of course not, because that would be a heinous overpayment to someone who is a good, but not spectacular offensive player and a below average defender. Soriano is the exact same thing, except we gave him the contract. The Barrett analogy is missing something, though. On the market, Barrett doesn't have that kind of value; Soriano, we can only believe at this point, does. While the production is similar, the Value is not, for better or worse. It's fun to talk about what we are paying for production, but it's not that simple. We did what we had to do to get "another Barrett," not what made "sense" by regular logic.

That is horrendous. Hendry is ensuring that if he gets fired his fingerprints will be on the team for a long time. no doubt. he's going to be 38/39 years old when this deal is over. hopefully 8 years includes some options/out clauses. I would assume the last 2 are option years. That would make this alot more reasonable. Not saying it's a good idea though . . .

not funny, Ken (or JH if it's true!!!)

Wow, I totally dig your new avatar.

Maybe it's the optimist-fan in me, but I believe JH when he says he won't be outbid for Soriano and that he matched BOS's offer to Drew (reportedly; not his words). They may get neither, but he's serious and he seems to have plenty to offer ($).

I have read that the Sox may only want prospects for Manny. They want to dump his salary, not get equal value. I suspect Izturis and a combo of our top young pitchers could get it done. Perhaps if one of those pitchers is Hill. I would say no to that deal. Not because Hill is necessarily great, but since he seems to have turned the corner, it'd be a shame for his true breakout to be in boston.

well, the bidding fee will be in addition to whatever contract is agreed upon, so this guy'll probably cost more, but your point is still valid, since the Cubs didn't seem to have been bidding.

lol, what did Dusty say? :D

O'Malley shouldn't even be included in this group, in my opinion. Rapada probably should be. I believe either Marmol or Mateo will be dealt, and with Rapada ready, either Ohman or Eyre will probably be dealt, as well. why would marmol be dealt? he actually seemed to show some pretty nice potential. Are you assuming he would be a valuable part of a big deal, or are you thinking about giving guys away (ala Juan Cruz)?

I don't love it, I don't hate it. How is he with the glove, anyone know?

at this point, it would be a media coup if any team but Boston has won the bidding

The expansion Flrodia Marlins, thats where. He was a stud for 3-4 years in Japan, playing for . . . drumroll please . . . the Seibu Lions. :) check him out edit: he also - according to espn's bottom line - broke the Manny Acta story (nationals manager-to-be)

:)

gotta say, this post is about the only thing that could have cured the mood the rest of this thread had put me in. :)

I'm with you guys.

cosigned sined (Think about it....) lets keep from going off on tangents . . . I love math jokes. Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 8 9 (Yes, I have a 3rd-grade sense of math humor :))

Actually the rumor is Cubs 28M Yanks 27M Rangers 25M BoSox 18M The rumor would not come out of Japan, it would have to come out of the MLB offices in NYC. The Lions initially would only know what the highest bid is, then upon accepting the bid, they would be told who the team was. Only MLB knows all the teams that bid and how much. Dammit. I have just enough hope in the Cubs chances to have pulled this off that I'll actually stay up tonight to find out! On the plus side, it's nice caring about this team again :)

this isn't really the time or place for this anymore, I understand, but . . . how good is this guy realistically expected to be in the MLB? I've seen his numbers from Japan and the WBC, but what kind of stat translation are we expecting? I mean we're paying as much as $30M just to negotiate with him?

oh my god, that's good :D

no way. It is somewhat obvious that it is a "db" There are still people who are just first realizing that the ball and glove logo has an mb in it. You guys just blew my mind :shock: . I had NEVER noticed that. I'm with you you, Davhern. I read that and immediately googled the old brewers logo - what a great, great logo! in my defense, I never watched baseball while the MB was is use. (when did they use it? i wonder if I was even alive)

strange looking (at least right now) I agree about the DB/snakehead on the shoulder - that's cool looking

cool, thanks, len! hang around, why doncha :)

good for you Roast, dont listen to anyone who tells you that there isnt a good reason to vote, or that anyone who doesnt vote has a right to complain...it is your responsibility as a citizen to inform yourself and vote your conscience, anything else is a cop out! a "cop out" how? :) Voting's great, really, don't get me wrong. But it has NO value to someone who's not concerned (though informed) about the issues at stake; that's all I'm saying. michael stipe would be ashamed lol, well-played :)

good for you Roast, dont listen to anyone who tells you that there isnt a good reason to vote, or that anyone who doesnt vote has a right to complain...it is your responsibility as a citizen to inform yourself and vote your conscience, anything else is a cop out! a "cop out" how? :) Voting's great, really, don't get me wrong. But it has NO value to someone who's not concerned (though informed) about the issues at stake; that's all I'm saying.

I know what you mean, but I hate people who don't vote because they have ignored the issues and have made no attempt to become educated. I'd rather they not vote if they didn't care to educate themselves. It's the people that don't educate themselves, but still vote, that drive me nuts. I personally have no political opinion. I don't vote. I've never been a fan of politics. I probably won't vote until there is something I feel extraordinarily strong about. But, I also understand that by not voting, I have zero right to complain about ANYTHING. So you'll never hear me say one peep about anything. The day I find something to complain about, is the day I start voting. I completely support that you don't vote due to not caring about the issues. But I actually disagree with the complaining part. Granted, it wouldn't make since to be saying in a couple months, "I can't believe so-and-so is in office; what a schmuck. Candidate whats-his-face was much better!" That boat, of course has sailed. But all citizens (non-voting registereds, non-voting minors, and voters, alike) have the right to "complain" and, more productively, voice their own ideas. I'm not voting this year, but my opinions won't take two years off. (sorry to seem like I'm attacking you - not my intention at all. The no-vote=no-complaint argument is a pet peeve of mine :))