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Based on Rich Rod's time at WVU, who could have ever seen this coming?

only on the days when we're trying to figure out who pissed in your cheerios

staff? who you calling staff, boy?

If you're actually bringing in big bucks to a company you can get paid quickly. And 3 years is a long time to wait in an industry where a 12-year career is a long one. There's really no point in noting that he got a big raise. That's how the system is set up. Depends on the industry, goony. Besides, 3 years isn't that long when you're making $500k. While that's low compared to MLB, it's incredible compared even to the minors. Plus, players can be so streaky that having FA start right away or after 1 year would create a great deal of risk. All things considered, it just doesn't seem unreasonable or "unfair." None of which really addresses the point of Derwood's post.

That guy sucks

if you are extremely average at absolutely the highest level of your profession, you're going to be making very good money no matter what you do, unless you are a lunch lady or something. that's not really the point though, is it? His '09 salary was "very good money." It's not about whether he makes a lot of money. If you're average for your job (even if that job is the highest level of your profession), it's not common to get a raise to 5-times your prior year's salary. It's the nature of baseball contracts, but I think Derwood's point is still fair. As you said though, it's the way baseball contracts work. Most employers don't get to pay someone who's average for the top level of the profession near minmum wage for that profession for 3 years. The only reason Theriot's contract escalated that much is because the rules allow him to be very underpaid to begin with. The arbitration process is designed to slowly let players get closer and closer to their true market value. So in some ways the fact that Theriot got that much of a raise this year shows how much baseball rules are unfair to players and not the other way around. the fact that he's now getting a "fair" contract (assuming that's what it is) shows that baseball rules are unfair? In many professions, you don't get paid your true value right away if you're really, really good. You have to establish that reputation and put some time in first. You may come out of school with great grades, but until employers see that put to work for a period of years, you're probably not getting paid what you're bringing in for the company. 3 years isn't a terribly long time to have to establish that performance, even in baseball.

no one's arguing that. and no one doesn't understand that "average" is a relative term.

if you are extremely average at absolutely the highest level of your profession, you're going to be making very good money no matter what you do, unless you are a lunch lady or something. that's not really the point though, is it? His '09 salary was "very good money." It's not about whether he makes a lot of money. If you're average for your job (even if that job is the highest level of your profession), it's not common to get a raise to 5-times your prior year's salary. It's the nature of baseball contracts, but I think Derwood's point is still fair.

Johnny Damon could probably make that throw in HS too. if you're suggesting that I can't throw as hard now as I could in HS, that's a good point. If Johnny Damon at 30-32 can't throw harder than I could when I was 16, then he's got some arm troubles.

do you have $8m to entice him? have you seen Damon throw (not on TV, but at the game)? I saw Damon throw from CF to 2B in Boston about 4-5 years ago. I've made that throw hundreds of times in HS games and practices. I'm positive the throws I made in HS got to 2B faster.

I'd be shopping JV for a first round pick and probably Nathan too. Someone in your league has to be willing to pay for saves.

jeez raw, an IF of Longoria, Ramirez, and Votto with Kemp in the OF? Don't screw it up. It'd be hard to throw Verlander back into the pool after the season he had last year, but he's got a lot of miles on that arm already. I think A-Cal's got it right. In this league, can you trade any of your players for draft picks? I bet you'd find a few people willing to give up their first pick for Verlander or even Nathan.

LOL! :rotfl: Highway robbery. My 8 year old sister can throw a baseball farther than him. i'd bet a good amount of money that she couldn't I'll bet that I can throw a ball from CF to second faster than Damon can.

Well, it is pretty ridiculous how high prices for field and club box seats have gotten. $90 for an infield field-level box seat to a platinum game. Roughly $100 after fees. But yeah, I'd just stick with UD box. Wrigley's small enough where any seat is fine, as long as it isn't right behind a pole. nah. back rows of the terrace under the UD or too high up in the bleachers are both pretty terrible places. And there are a number of seats that aren't right behind the pole that are still obstructed enough by the pole to be really annoying. Jon's right in that the UD used to be an outstanding deal in terms of quality of view for the money. The increase in price in UD seats the last couple years was really annoying.

In terms of endowment they are No. 1 in the country. That is according to wikipedia which lists the official PDF as the source and has a link to the official document. michigan is nowhere close to having the largest endowment of any american university. I am basing it on this not sure what the guidelines are for the National Association of College and University Business Affairs. In looking at more than just a quick glance at 2009 MIT in every year that their number was listed had a bigger endowment. HCCF is puzzled by your sentence structure

deucebaseman

Dick Rod is merely 2 years into his plan of turning Michigan into Further West Virginia, only with fewer wins. He's already got a football recruit who robbed 3 houses signed up. I'd say things are going swimmingly.

Please explain Michigan. They bring in more revenue than anyone. Athletics they are probably second to OSU and academic endowment they are No. 1. My deep, undying, and completely just hatred for their [expletive] fans.* The parameters gave everyone 2 votes for that reason. But if you want to major in General Studies, by golly, UM is the place for you.** *Not all fans of UM are assholes, but a lot are. And where I live, the majority. The vast, vast majority. **Assuming you're a football player that enjoys having a 50/50 shot at graduating.

by god, if you have baseball practice the night of the draft, feel free to bitch about it endlessly though.

Jeez. I'm looking at going to a weekday game in August with some buddies and we're looking at $80 to buy UD box seats today (or $70+ on Friday). cripes.

michigan and purdue, though I almost voted for Illinois instead.

this is the same premium offer posted on the first page, right?

Any idea what the amusement tax rate was last year? Did they jack that up 3-4 percentage points to further dick over their fans?

auctions are the only way to go.

Doesn't it seem like a guy like Felipe Lopez at $5m or so would be a solid option for some team needing an upgrade at 2B?