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Look at my PM offer. Another alternative I am willing to offer is for you to switch teams. There are 4 other AL teams that are open if you don't want to have to deal with the Yankees insane payroll numbers.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Dec 18, 2012 -> 03:54 AM) The equalize cities button should not be used IMO. Yankees right now with guys signed for 4 plus year contracts will be over 90 million with about 7 players. There is no way I can make a team work for years with these massive contracts. I took a big market team and my revenue will be way more than say Detroit. This is how MLB works and this league should be the same way. The only problem there is that teams like KC, BAL, TB, MIN will never be able to compete with you. Right now you are projected to make $272M. The Rays and Royals are projected to make less than $90. You are making 3x as much money as them, and will be able to sign pretty much any FA you want. With what I am doing now, by allowing UNequal cities for 1 or MAYBE 2 season, you will save up enough money to be able to pay your players. There is no doubt you will need to make some trades to shed some payroll, but that's a lot better situation than having the rest of the league not be able to compete with you on a free agent. Free Agents in this game don't value anything but money in the offseason. There is no "not wanting to play in NY" or not wanting media hype. This is straight business, and you will win every time. Looking at your contracts, you have almost $28M coming off the books this offseason, and you are in line to make over $50M in profits to go along with your $30M in current cash. So that's over $100M swing right there. Make some trades, especially of A-Rod, if you can, and you will be fine as long as you save your money.

So far it seems this method should work out to get everyone out of debt or close to it....except for Juddling's LA Angels. I can't really help you there, considering you've recently added $73M in new money with Ryan Howard, Vlad, Dempster, Magglio, and Chipper. I'd suggest trading some or most of those guys off if you plan on having any money to spend in FA or being able to spend money on your farm system, scouting, or medical staff. Right now you are on pace to LOSE $50M this season, even after I unequalized the cities AND gave you $15M in cash.

Oh, and I have been advised by past leagues to routinely ELIMINATE CPU team money. It's been noted that CPU teams will take their cash and just completely empty out the FA pool by signing everyone until their rosters are completely full. And they also can't be held to the $15M MAX rule on expenses, so we won't have to compete with teams like Arizona spending $8M on farm, scouting, and medical.

Ok, so I have noticed because I checked the "Equalize cities" button, which makes everyone's economy and city the exact same in terms of population and financial backing, teams like the Yankees and Red Sox and Angels are $50-100M over payroll. These teams have huge contracts and can't possibly make money. So for this season, and MAYBE next season, depending on how the finances look, I am going to UNCHECK that "equalize cities" button. This means the Yankees, for instance, will be able to pull in $230+M in revenue instead of like $90M. So they will actually be able to cover their payroll. So this means that those teams like the Yankees and Angels who have massive payrolls need to SAVE money, not spend that extra cash, because once I turn EQUALIZE CITIES back on, then you will be in the same terrible situation of losing $100M a year. What I am also going to do is give everyone 10% of their payroll back to them in CASH. This is for the benefit of those teams with massive payrolls, but also it's some cash to everyone. ENJOY!

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Dec 18, 2012 -> 02:06 AM) Don't self-destruct, man...Ron Swanson dancing in a tiny hat is good s**t! Love that Ron Swanson. Although sometimes the .gif loading slows down my computer for about 10-15 seconds every time the page loads. FirstWorldProblems.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 10:45 PM) Worlds smallest violin plays the worlds saddest song for this guy. Just like always, your definition of a word is vastly different than everyone else's I always read your s***ty replies and think, "Wow, I can't believe this guy is an admin". Oh crap, I made a personal attack on your replies. Sound the troll alarms. *Ban forthcoming*

K. Posada is gone. Anyone need to dump a high priced reliever? I have cleared $35M in payroll, and am looking to upgrade my bullpen. Obviously don't want a $10M+ reliever, but if you got someone less than $10M, I'll consider. Could also use a veteran 3B, too.

White Sox use their amnesty on DH Jim Thome.

Alright, well everyone let me know who they want amnesty from, and I will remove that player from their roster for free.

Baltimore deals. Infallable is still waiting on Admin approval for his account to go through, even though I already messaged Balta about it yesterday. Hmm. Offer was accepted! Done deal! The Baltimore Pickled Horse Dicks offer Chris Snelling OF-27 (71) Jamie Walker RP-37 (83) Oliver Drake RP-22 (81) Ryan Bukvich RP-30 (72) Jake Arrieta SP-22 (69+) to the Cincinnati Reds for Johnny Cueto SP-23 (77+) July 11 Offer was accepted! That's a fair trade. It was good working with you. The Baltimore Pickled Horse Dicks offer Matthew Angle CF-23 (69++) Johnny Cueto SP-23 (77+) Matt Albers RP-26 (77) David Hernandez SP-23 (70+) $1,000,000 to the Florida Marlins for Josh Johnson SP-25 (81) July 21 Offer was accepted! You drive a hard bargain but I'll take it! The Baltimore Pickled Horse Dicks offer Jerome Hoes 2B-19 (68+) Jae Kuk Ryu SP-25 (60) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Chase D'Arnaud SS-22 (53+++) July 21 Offer was accepted! I love this job! The Baltimore Pickled Horse Dicks offer Luke Scott RF-30 (83) to the Seattle Mariners for Ken Griffey OF-39 (86) July 11 Offer was accepted! That looks good. The Baltimore Pickled Horse Dicks offer Tike Redman OF-32 (74) Kieron Pope LF-22 (65+) Esteban Yan RP-33 (77) Sendy Rleal RP-28 (77) Brad Hennessey RP-29 (71) Chorye Spoone SP-23 (70) to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Gerardo Parra OF-21 (70+++) July 11 Offer was accepted! It's great working with someone who thinks the way I do. The Baltimore Pickled Horse Dicks offer Jolbert Cabrera OF-36 (79) Chris Vinyard 1B-23 (64+) John Parrish RP-31 (75) to the Oakland Athletics for Gio Gonzalez SP-23 (71+++) July 11 Offer was accepted! Excellent. Call me if you have any other deals in mind. The Baltimore Pickled Horse Dicks offer Donnie Murphy IF-26 (77+) Brandon Waring 3B-23 (69++) Alfredo Simon SP-27 (68+) to the Atlanta Braves for Brandon Wood IF-24 (71+++) July 21 Offer was accepted! That seem's mutually beneficial. Let's do it! The Baltimore Pickled Horse Dicks offer Cesar Izturis IF-29 (83) Bob McCrory RP-26 (72+) to the Chicago Cubs for Jay Jackson SP-21 (72+++) July 11 Offer was accepted! Finally... a deal I can sign with a clear conscience. The Baltimore Pickled Horse Dicks offer Craig Brazell 1B-28 (75+) Melvin Dorta IF-27 (66+) Guillermo Rodriguez C-30 (71+) Ross Wolf RP-26 (72) to the San Diego Padres for Sean Kazmar SS-24 (68++++) Jae Kuk Ryu SP-25 (60) July 21 Offer was accepted! Done deal! The Baltimore Pickled Horse Dicks offer Felix Pie OF-24 (75+) Charles Thomas LF-30 (75) Joe Blanton SP-28 (83) Rich Hill SP-29 (81) Darrell Rasner SP-28 (74+) Roberto Novoa RP-29 (78) Alberto Castillo RP-33 (72) Felix Romero RP-28 (70) David Pauley SP-25 (69) $2,000,000 to the Washington Nationals for John Lannan SP-24 (84+) July 11 Offer was accepted! The board should be impressed with this deal. The Baltimore Pickled Horse Dicks offer Aubrey Huff 1B-32 (84) Brandon Snyder 1B-22 (67+) Bobby Henson 3B-21 (65+++) Troy Patton SP-23 (68+) to the Philadelphia Phillies for Joe Blanton SP-28 (83) July 11

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 06:36 PM) Oh, and speaking of bad contracts. I am thinking about doing what my old league did, and offer amnesty of 1 player from every team. So everyone would get to chose 1 player on their team that they would get to release FOR FREE. If others are interested in this, I will allow for people to give me the name of 1 player, and I'll remove them and place them in Free Agency. This shall be called, The Jason Bay Clause. Come on people, give me some more feedback.....only 1 response so far.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 11:59 AM) Did you not accuse me of trolling before that? Hey, consider yourself lucky. I got banned in the aftermath of being wrongly accused of trolling.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 06:36 PM) Oh, and speaking of bad contracts. I am thinking about doing what my old league did, and offer amnesty of 1 player from every team. So everyone would get to chose 1 player on their team that they would get to release FOR FREE. If others are interested in this, I will allow for people to give me the name of 1 player, and I'll remove them and place them in Free Agency. This shall be called, The Jason Bay Clause.

Looking to trade Tyler Flowers 78++(96) for a starting pitcher.

The Chicago White Sox offer Francisco Hernandez C-23 (71+) Jayson Nix 2B-26 (72+) Jordan Danks CF-22 (65+) Ryan Braun RP-28 (72) Brad Salmon RP-29 (70) to the Cincinnati Reds for Craig Tatum C-26 (72+++)

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 05:39 PM) I like that idea..........Posada would be the Yankees guy Heh, kind of figured you would want to let A-Rod go, and then try to sign him for cheaper or something.

Oh, and speaking of bad contracts. I am thinking about doing what my old league did, and offer amnesty of 1 player from every team. So everyone would get to chose 1 player on their team that they would get to release FOR FREE. If others are interested in this, I will allow for people to give me the name of 1 player, and I'll remove them and place them in Free Agency. This shall be called, The Jason Bay Clause.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 05:32 PM) sigh...i wish there was a trade finder...Ive been trying to unload Cuddyer all day it seems You could always bite the bullet and buy out his contract. You'd save some money.

Well s***, thanks for trading Eric Duncan, Soxfest. lol. I was about to make an offer to you for him. The Chicago White Sox offer Jerry Owens OF-28 (72) Danny Valencia 3B-24 (70++) Brandon Allen 1B-23 (65) Eduardo Escobar IF-20 (53++) Aaron Poreda SP-22 (65+) to the Florida Marlins for Eric Duncan 3B-24 (65++++)

QUOTE (juddling @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 04:34 PM) All trades considered by the Angels.........could use another starter. I made you an offer, assuming you are looking for salary relief and rebuilding.

The Chicago White Sox offer Drew Meyer IF-27 (72+) Jack Egbert SP-25 (72+) Jeff Marquez SP-23 (65+) to the Washington Nationals for Roger Bernadina CF-24 (75+++)

QUOTE (GoGoSox2k2 @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 03:59 PM) I also know of someone else who would want to join if we need someone We don't really "need" anyone else, now that we have the minimum of 10, but you go ahead and offer them a team, as long as they can be active and at the very least read through the first 3-4 pages of this thread to learn the groundrules.

QUOTE (GoGoSox2k2 @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 03:36 PM) Also ill take the Rockies for my NL affiliate Alright, got it. And I'll take a look at your roster and see what vets I'd like.

Holy s***, Mike Stanton hit 8 HR in 16 minor league games so far.