I believe he swore up and down we weren't getting Nomar without giving up Clement in '04. Here's the only thing I can find close to that, but of course, he could've whined about it on tv...
Boston gets Grienke and Castillo w/$6.5 mil Cubs get Theo and Prince Mil gets Lackey and Crawford Is that close to a B2B type deal? Pretty sure even B2B knows you can't trade a free agent.
I saw what he had to say and didn't have much of a problem with it. My sense is that Briggs is more or less falling on his sword for the sake of some underpaid teammates. I think his request for an extension is more about presssuring management to get Forte done along with a couple others. He's comfortable so he really has nothing to lose. And other than his request for his own extension, he's not saying anything crazy. I just think it's crazy that he's saying that the contract situations are affecting play on the field. Forte is having as good a season as he's ever had. Briggs's play hasn't been a problem (though maybe not spectacular)...I guess maybe you could somehow argue that Chris Harris maybe is distracted, but I'm not sure I buy that. Seems like something made up so Briggs can talk about contracts to the media.
Selig can pretty much do anything. Best Interests of Baseball, and all that. No he cannot. There is no best interests of baseball going on here. If he sides with one of the counterparties that would be a big no, no. If he says. "guys you have until X to get this done", that's another matter. But I don't even think he'd do that. Well yeah, he'd set deadlines if he did anything. I don't think anyone was suggesting that he'd take a side.
No. When you sell your car, does your price depend upon how the person buying it is going to use it? No. Then you're contradicting yourself. You're arguing the Sox' price (compensation) for Epstein depends on how the Cubs are going to use him. Why should it? Because cars aren't jobs and it was a terrible analogy? I'm promoting my car to a truck.
So the Cubs are considering hiring Hoyer, who may stay in SD, but if he goes, Byrnes will be the SD GM, unless the Cubs hire Byrnes, who is also being considered, in which case presumably Hoyer will remain SD GM. Confirmed.
Yeah, when the QB is still good, and not 32. Right. Nobody's getting on them for spending the picks on a QB. They're getting on them for spending picks on a mediocre, oldish QB.