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And that's all that matters.

Yes.. anyone with the hint of negativity needs to just sit down and STHU. This is no place for those posts questioning the desire to win from this management nor is there any need to question the unproven player(s) that have been assembled... :headshake Bla... Whatever. I'm all for being optimistic, but I'm also going to voice my frustration when I feel like it. It's a message board... don't like the negativity, those threads are easy enough to spot, and just pass them over.

How does ARod not replace Boone's bat..? And you are 100% correct on Hicks.

I hope you sent one my way... I'm going to order all at once when the Golf shirt is up.

Are you serious...? My great grama used to say that!! Excellent whole wheat pun..

Well gee Tony... why don't you just ruin all our fun.. Seriously though.. I do agree to a point. But 1 thing that keeps bothering me is the constant bla, bla, bla about his minor league stats. I don't care how good he was.. that was then. And if he showed such promise he would have been called up with Baltimore. Why I'm tough on him is because he hasn't done anything, yet Sox brass are calling him the greatest thing since sliced bread. Stop hyping the guy... let him be. The more they talk him the more nervous he's going to be.

Yet you add fuel.. Life starts at different times for different folks.

Damn you bigred...!! Don't talk about players that aren't here anymore...

If it's not hypocritical.. it's at the very least a crime. Murder. As it was not legal back then. For the record.. I'm not for this discussion here. Too many differing opinions and I think this is a very personal matter which when opinions are questioned, has the potnetial to turn very nasty. JMO.. carry on.

If true.. him and a campaign friend set it up. Doesn't sound like he was against it...

What do you mean..? We have Willie friggin Harris!!! :headshake

Awww... that was sweet..

We're screwed..

Cause she's a blow fan

I know a lot of folks like that Cheat. My brother in law is a good example. Yankee fan, or so he says.. yet he has no idea why it's necessary to have a lefty in the rotation, and he had to ask what GIDP stood for.. :headshake

And it's just coincidence when 11 players IMPLODE ALL at the SAME TIME...

There would have to be simply based on yesterday's signing.. Otherwise the cap doesn't go into effect until after all existing contracts are complete. Which will do no good.. baseball will be ruined by then.

Fan.. I have no idea.

Fan.. in theory it's a great idea. But it's too late. If you set the max at $150 million.. do the Yankees take pay cuts..? If you set the min at $80 million does that mean that the Marlins would have had to give their team raises last year? The standard has been set. This sport is ruined as far as installing/enforcing a cap.

Not sure 420... let me see if I can find that out.

Yes.. the best offense in baseball in 2000 ended the year on this fine note.. Statistics: 2000 Postseason - Total Batting Statistics NAME G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS M. Ordonez 3 11 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 2 2 1 0 .182 .308 .364 .671 Carlos Lee 3 11 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 .091 .083 .182 .265 Jose Valentin 3 10 2 3 2 0 0 5 1 2 2 3 0 .300 .417 .500 .917 Ray Durham 3 10 2 2 1 0 1 6 1 3 3 0 0 .200 .385 .600 .985 Frank Thomas 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .308 .000 .308 Herbert Perry 3 9 0 4 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 .444 .500 .556 1.056 C. Johnson 3 9 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .455 .333 .788 Paul Konerko 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .100 .000 .100 C. Singleton 3 9 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 .111 .111 .333 .444 Harold Baines 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 Jeff Abbott 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 T. Graffanino 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 M. Christensen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Josh Paul 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 NAME G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS White Sox 3 92 7 17 6 2 1 30 6 15 16 4 0 .185 .300 .326 .626 Being lucky rather than good only gets you so far...

Yep. It's not logical at this point. Too many contracts worth too much $$ out there already. A cap wont work.

I don't think that will help either. All the "good" players will play for the ones who spend at the top. Teams at the low end will still be talent starved cause they won't be able to pay competetively.

Yep. I believe I read that the Yankees paid just under $60 million in that and luxury tax.