December 17, 200322 yr Dan Patrick just stated its the 5 million dollar insurance policy on AROD. BOSOX dosn't want to pay and TExas don't want to pay it. I think they should just split the difference so we can get Nomar
December 17, 200322 yr When you've worked this hard and this much money involved, 5 mill isn't going to stop the deal. The question is will one play really hard to get and force the other one into the corner. You know Texas wants Arod and his contract out of there big time (They will save like 80 mill..if not more) and Boston wants to show up the Yanks big time..both are incredibly motivated. One of them will bite or they will just split the difference.
December 17, 200322 yr The report I read said Texas wanted $5 mil a year for the length of the Ramirez contract... that is a big difference
December 17, 200322 yr Exactly Jason. Everyone has worked way to hard for this deal to not get done. Rodriguez to Boston also makes lots of money for Major League Baseball.
December 17, 200322 yr Exactly Jason. Everyone has worked way to hard for this deal to not get done. Rodriguez to Boston also makes lots of money for Major League Baseball. Oh for sure...having the best player in the game playing in a city like Boston will make a lot more money then in a place like Texas...plus there is the whole east coast bias.
December 17, 200322 yr The report I read said Texas wanted $5 mil a year for the length of the Ramirez contract... that is a big difference If thats the case and its a 5 mill difference a season...then I'd say it would be a MAJOR stumbling block and I wouldn't do the deal if I were Boston. Thats a ton of money when you think about it. Hopefully its not the case.
December 17, 200322 yr Oh for sure...having the best player in the game playing in a city like Boston will make a lot more money then in a place like Texas...plus there is the whole east coast bias. Selig and the union are bending rules for this thing to happen. I think this deal happens for sure.
December 17, 200322 yr Oh for sure...having the best player in the game playing in a city like Boston will make a lot more money then in a place like Texas...plus there is the whole east coast bias. well of course there's gonna be a bias when it's the only part of the country that matters.
December 17, 200322 yr If thats the case and its a 5 mill difference a season...then I'd say it would be a MAJOR stumbling block and I wouldn't do the deal if I were Boston. Thats a ton of money when you think about it. Hopefully its not the case. Unfortunately, that is the case. Texas wants $5mil a year...
December 17, 200322 yr well of course there's gonna be a bias when it's the only part of the country that matters. LMAO...just remember why Monday Night Football games start so late on the east coast...WEST COAST POWER
December 17, 200322 yr Unfortunately, that is the case. Texas wants $5mil a year... Over what was already offered...or is that simply their demands. I mean I am guessing that Boston was already offering to pay a few mill a year, so it could still be a minimal difference.
December 17, 200322 yr Unfortunately, that is the case. Texas wants $5mil a year... http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1687444 The Red Sox and Rangers have been discussing a trade of the sport's only $20 million men for more than a week. Talks bogged down over the sheer magnitude of the money involved -- more than $300 million remaining on the two contracts -- and the Rangers' demand that Boston pay up to $5 million a year for the next six years, in addition to more than $179 million due Rodriguez. Boston has said it will not chip in a substantial amount toward Ramirez's salary. Even without it, the Rangers would already save about $81 million in the deal. Talk has reportedly focused on whether the Red Sox would include another player in lieu of cash.
December 17, 200322 yr I believe they just want $5 of Manny's pay each year for the life of Manny's current contract. I'm not sure what they had offered to pay before....
December 17, 200322 yr LMAO...just remember why Monday Night Football games start so late on the east coast...WEST COAST POWER Because you sallies can't stay up past your bedtime. Anyway Sunday games are geared toward us.
December 17, 200322 yr Because you sallies can't stay up past your bedtime. Anyway Sunday games are geared toward us. I give a BIG :fyou to all of the East Coast for making me have to get up at 9:30 Am so I can get to the bar to catch my Bears games
December 17, 200322 yr I give a BIG :fyou to all of the East Coast for making me have to get up at 9:30 Am so I can get to the bar to catch my Bears games Now boys quit aruging and realize that both coasts suck equally. The Midwest is where its at!
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