southsider2k5

Great work here! They are going to be paying the Ex-CEO 60k a month for 20 hours worth of work AND he can work other places, as long as they aren't competition. I am waiting for Obama's speech on the wages and bonuses being paid to the new GM chairman. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405...7s_Most_Popular

This must be that diplomacy we heard so much about... http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilm...past-trash-bags

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 03:33 PM) Per Merkin Twitter: "Of course, A.J. made that comment with a smile, and I'm guessing he probably doesn't know the latter point to be true for certain." Why do I get the feeling the guys read the reactions to this stuff and laugh their asses off.

QUOTE (flavum @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 02:12 PM) Pierzynski thinks Damon is a no-go. http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/...g-with-sox.html All in Kenny's dirty plan...

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 01:05 PM) JR has already come out and stated that the money is there, as did Brooks Boyer. He said money was there, he never said exactly how much.

Nice work old man

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 07:56 AM) Yeah the only guy who screwed Tyrus over is Tyrus. His playing time has been dictated by his play, which has been wildly inconsistent FTW

QUOTE (Real @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 09:58 AM) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4929220 Rumors on ESPN DET board are it's a 1yr/6m deal. Haha Nice. For equal money, we should hear about a signing.

QUOTE (since56 @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 06:31 PM) Yep, still don't understand why we let Carrasco go so easily What RHP RP would Carrasco beat out in 2010?

QUOTE (sircaffey @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 10:05 PM) Right. I love these cries for versatility. I'm glad we can make 12 different lineups that can maybe score 4 runs. Wait a couple months and they'll be screams for offense. Last year all of the screams were for versatility...

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 06:19 PM) Reminiscent of how things stayed cordial with Peavy and eventually it all worked out in the end. KW perhaps has learned after his series of blowups (pre-2007 for the most part) I was thinking of Tadahitos courtship.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 08:58 PM) They do blood based drug testing for the Olympics. MLB players will run as fast as they can away from it. End of thread. It is reason #1 why Bud totally avoided this to save baseball in the Olympics.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 05:03 PM) Here's some tweets. Pretty much what we've been hearing and speculating about. cst_sox KW did leave the door open and say if Johnny Damon changes his mind in the next 24 hours, "we would love to have him.’’ cst_sox According to Williams, the Sox waited long enough for Damon and asked for a bottom line. Bottom line was "unrealistic.’’ MDGonzales KW says that Damon and Boras showed a willingness to be creative but ‘’the total dollars and cents didn’t make sense to us.’’ MDGonzales KW: "the delicate part is what is a player’s value to team x vs. team y and in city x vs. city y. Some of it is real, some is manufactured. Good for Kenny. Why let them control negotiations?

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 04:02 PM) The sox increased their offer believing it would seal the deal. Instead of dealing in good faith, Boras saw it as an opportunity and came back to try and get even more. Kenny said F you. What new. This is why we avoid dealing with Borass.

I had a feeling that Kenny wasn't going to play this game for too long. I think that is why for once all of our "offers" were making it out into the public eye. I did have a feeling a deadline would be involved.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 02:52 PM) I highly doubt it, Scott Boras almost never agrees to include team options in his client's contracts. He hates giving someone else control over his client's future. His whole philosophy is centered around getting guys to the market to get big contracts. Team options totally fly in the face of that.

QUOTE (PlunketChris @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 02:19 PM) why didn't we start a pool on when/where he'll sign. It was spoken of and then it never happened. I'm a little disappointed. I'm waiting for a third team to swoop in. It seems like it would be easier if it was just us two. Something doesn't seem quite right.

Fort Wayne Komet sighting at the Olympics

QUOTE (scenario @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 02:00 PM) Hafner's only at $11.5M per year. Pffffft... that's nothing. That's Carlos Silva money. Yep. I'm sure the small market Indians are glad they made that investment. Hafner is a great example of the dangers of giving players big contracts.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 01:50 PM) This is like Money Ball, except it's a TV show and our front office is nowhere as near as interesting as the A's front office... On a second thought, it really depends on what you mean by interesting. b****ES!!!! [flips table over and leaves]

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 12:43 PM) This could end up being legendary. The number of reality TV shows i will be watching just doubled (I watch Amazing Race) Wait for it...

Wow a blast from the past indeed.

QUOTE (scenario @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 12:22 PM) Is it my imagination... or have the Nationals gone way out of their way to sign every piece of garbage nobody else seems to want? To be fair, they did let Mike MacDougal go to FLA.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 12:07 PM) If this gets done, Hawk will be happier than a pig in slop. His stories are just going to go on and on about AJ, Damon and Casey It'll be like the stooges got back together again.