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QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 01:57 PM) Ghost from space, not Space Ghost. Hmm, I would have sworn Space Ghost was a special guest once, but it appears I imagined it...

Freaking Tex, not paying attention again...

Deliciously titled "Spooky Space Kook", Knight...

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 01:49 PM) Bird in hand. In this market, an early offer a little below what you wanted would have to be very tempting. He's going to sign a contract worth several million dollars in incentives, in my opinion. I don't think we are interested in spending $4-6 million on another injury-risk starter at this juncture.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 01:45 PM) I've seen stories lately of a formerly very good pitcher rehabbing from injury and surgery, who could be had for cheap. That's more what I was thinking here. I don't think he would sign so early...he has nothing to gain by signing early for a low salary. He's got plenty of potential suitors...especially with a weak pitching crop.

Always loved Space Ghost...especially the Space Ghost guest appearance on Scooby Doo...

QUOTE (lostfan @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 01:13 PM) I saw 2012 last night. Um... yeah. Now, lost, what were you expecting, honestly?

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 11:35 AM) I assume you're serious? I live in Europe, where people are more relaxed and not paranoid about the little things in life, so I guess the culture here is rubbing off on me. JC, I did not find it personally offensive, but to respect others, we need to be safe, rather than sorry.

My guess is going to be another of Kenny's favorites, Mr. Andruw Jones.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 10:26 AM) It's true. There will be another signing announced as well, probably on Monday but I am not allowed to say who it is. Its another reclamation project. Most people will probably not be as excited about it as Vizquel but you could argue this guy has a lot more upside. And hes cheap. Hmm....very interesting... Who could we possibly be signing as another reclamation project that has a lot more upside, but who is not as exciting as Vizquel? That seems somewhat oxymoronic...

I really think you guys are going to be pleasantly surprised with Teahan's defense at 3rd...once he gets settled in there, anyways.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 21, 2009 -> 05:44 PM) Except for Women, Jews, African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Homosexuals, and a fair number of white males. Oh come on...there are people that actually take the guy seriously? He's reached Harry Caray type status for me...you just watch to be entertained more so than to actually take anything he says seriously...

You learn something new every day...

Vegas is hard on the weekends, when one has to be at work at 5:30 am....

QUOTE (The Critic @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 08:12 AM) If anyone's interested, Urge Overkill is playing House of Blues on New Year's Eve. Tickets are on sale now - 40 bucks each, 30 bucks each if purchased in a 4-pack. TicketBastard is selling them. Oh wow, what a show! I just pulled out their album a few months ago to expose my 26 year old ex roommates to some good music and realized myself how much I have missed their work.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 06:44 AM) I can't see us paying much more than $5M for this position this year unless we make some trades and free up some room under our "cap", which leads me to believe we're going to try to force the hand of the available DH's out there who don't get offers and low ball em as they won't have other options at that point. I think this is why KW said we won't address this position most likely until the end of the offseason. If no one offers Chop Sui anything, perhaps we can come at him with a 1 or 2 yr deal that is acceptable to us and we can snag him up. Thoughts? This is unacceptable.

Nah, just a dumb joke...forget it.

Looks like my attempt at humor was a bit too much of a stretch for you to pick up on...

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 21, 2009 -> 01:52 PM) Does anyone have a friend they would change jobs to work with? Anyone they would take their second, third, or fourth place job pick for? Any friend so great they would take a pay cut to work with? How about working with someone because they are also white, Asian, black, etc.? I just never get the "lets get an albino so more albinos will work for us" thinking. When has that ever really happened? If I was friends with Jenna Jameson, I would definitely change jobs to "work" with her... Honestly, I think this happens a lot with sports/actors/musicians more so than anything else...

QUOTE (scenario @ Nov 21, 2009 -> 05:34 PM) Depends what you mean by 'legitimate prospects'. If you mean 'do they have a shot at getting called up to the major leagues someday'... then I think the answer is yes. If you mean 'do they have a shot at sticking around for awhile in the majors in some role'... possibly. If you mean 'will they become star players'... probably not. Why could Morel not be a star player? I thought I just read that we drafted him because he has a "high ceiling" and were ecstatic to get him where we did? As for the strikeouts thingie you guys were talking about, strikeouts in the mlb are far more relevant than in the minor leagues.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 21, 2009 -> 06:43 PM) I think he could wind up in either of those spots...I just don't think that with this many DH's on the market, there's going to be people willing to give 2/$15+ to a guy like Matsui. There's just more DH's available than there are people who need them. Well, the Yankees have estimated his presence brings about $15-20 million because of the benefits of having a Japanese demographic involved. If that sort of influx would translate to other markets besides NY, then he could very well pay for himself, basically.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 21, 2009 -> 06:31 PM) After already signing Jr. to do the exact same thing except while not being Japanese? Good point. I wonder if the influx of money from the Japanese market would still apply to Seattle anyways, since they actually have a huge chunk of that market. Seems like one of those "law of diminishing returns" kind of things...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 21, 2009 -> 06:20 PM) What team is going to offer him that kind of money? Seattle.

I hope it's not because he needs the money...

Just a form of camoflouge, this new version of you?