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By: It’s The Weekend! « Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness

It’s The Weekend! « Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:42:11 +0000

[...] news on the horizon. In the meantime, how much have things changed since this time last year? On October 17th, we said that we didn’t want to see Alex Rodriguez coming to LA, and on October 19th we [...]

By: It’s The Weekend! « Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness

It’s The Weekend! « Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:42:11 +0000

By: grabarkewitz

grabarkewitz — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:20:10 +0000

Say MSTI, can I continue my Ian Snell and Jason Bay mancrush over here? If ARod ain’t having any, I would be happy with Snell and Bay on our roster….if only we could lose Pierre.

By: James

James — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:49:34 +0000

haha. the guy that will take Furcal’s job.

By: SamAdams

SamAdams — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:56:57 +0000

Here’s the broken record again saying that with a $21.3M built in advantage compliments of Texas, the Yankees will sign A-Rod to an extension that will blow $30M per annum out of the water.

On the other hand, if that does not happen (10% chance) AND McCourt is willing to raise payroll over $125M, then I would definitely see what ScOttBOraS wants for the best player on the planet.

By: Vin Scully

Vin Scully — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:03:40 +0000

Hu’s that, James?

By: James

James — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:07:49 +0000

Speaking of rookies, I’d love to see Chin Lung Hu take the job of Furcal.

By: Rob McMillin

Rob McMillin — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:52:50 +0000

A-Rod kisses babies and rainbows and … what?

Oh, sorry, wrong player.

Let him stay in New York.

By: Throwdeuce

Throwdeuce — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:06:52 +0000

So A-Rod will cost at least 30 million, and most will say you rather spread that money to other players. Well to that I say 30 million also gets you a Pierre, a Nomar, and a Wolf. And considering that’s about what available in this off-season, I’ll take one A-Rod over that.

By: Mike Scioscia's tragic illness

Mike Scioscia's tragic illness — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:31:27 +0000

Unfortunately, I do agree with you both about Griddle’s love for Nomar. That could be a big problem.

Just to restate, I’d LOVE ARod on the team in a baseball sense, he’d completely change the lineup. Could you imagine a 2-5 of Turtle, Loney, ARod, Kemp? Drool-central.

It’s just that I’m not willing to give him $30m/year for the next decade. It’s unreasonable to think he’ll never get hurt or decline, and when he’s 37 and we still owe him $150 million more, that’s a big problem.

Make him the highest paid player in history? Sure. But not by THAT much.

And what I should have added to the article was the impact that’d have on everyone else. What if Loney continues to be a star, what happens when he’s a free agent in a few years? Even if we offered him $10 million a year, what if he says “i’m more than 1/3 the player Arod is”.