Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Phil ripping on the Sox earlier this year when the Buehrle negotations were going on? I remember him saying the Sox should cave in and guarantee him 5 years because he's a great player, the face of the organization, etc.

 

 

Well today, he's ripping the Cubs for signing Zambrano to 5 guaranteed years going as far as pulling up stats showing most players get hurt.

 

 

Which is it Phil? Are the Sox bastards for not givinga a 5 year contract for a great pitcher or are the Cubs idiots for signing Zambrano for 5.

 

The best part of this is that since he took both sides of the same issue, he can tell everyone how right he is.

 

 

 

Bob

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Phil ripping on the Sox earlier this year when the Buehrle negotations were going on? I remember him saying the Sox should cave in and guarantee him 5 years because he's a great player, the face of the organization, etc.

Well today, he's ripping the Cubs for signing Zambrano to 5 guaranteed years going as far as pulling up stats showing most players get hurt.

Which is it Phil? Are the Sox bastards for not givinga a 5 year contract for a great pitcher or are the Cubs idiots for signing Zambrano for 5.

 

The best part of this is that since he took both sides of the same issue, he can tell everyone how right he is.

Bob

 

They're two pitchers with radically different styles, I don't see what the problem is. His point was Zambrano is a high mileage armed power pitcher who might not hold up for 5 yrs.

They're two pitchers with radically different styles, I don't see what the problem is. His point was Zambrano is a high mileage armed power pitcher who might not hold up for 5 yrs.

 

 

I would say Buehrle has a lot of mileage. I skimmed the article so I didnt' get the point of being the power pitcher hurting him. To take this a step further, didn't Rogers think Colon was a good risk to sign after the Sox had him in 2003?

 

 

 

Bob