04-30-2009, 03:39 PM
<!--quoteo(post=34269:date=Apr 30 2009, 02:03 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 30 2009, 02:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=34266:date=Apr 30 2009, 02:00 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Apr 30 2009, 02:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=34259:date=Apr 30 2009, 01:48 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Apr 30 2009, 01:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->If Pujols doesn't come up for FA until 2012, he won't get a $252 M contract. He'll be 32 or 33 years old by then, and <b>Hendry is the only GM who thinks guys get better in their 30's.</b>
A-Rod's deal was a perfect storm: he was 24, going on 25 when he hit free agency, so even the low IQ folks knew that his best years were ahead of him. He was a shortstop (a premier defensive position) yet he hit like Pujols. He had a hard-working, "Mr. Clean" rep.
And not only did he have Boras, but he was willing to go to whatever team gave him the most money, no matter how shitty the team was, or how uncomfortable the situation would be.
That's a lot of things that have to be lined up just perfectly, which is why it's unlikely to happen again.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
is that why he rought back derosa? oh wait.....
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He traded DeRosa because he bats right-handed.
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No, I think DeRosa was traded because Lou wanted to get less "hot wifey." The same reason Wood wasn't resigned.
A-Rod's deal was a perfect storm: he was 24, going on 25 when he hit free agency, so even the low IQ folks knew that his best years were ahead of him. He was a shortstop (a premier defensive position) yet he hit like Pujols. He had a hard-working, "Mr. Clean" rep.
And not only did he have Boras, but he was willing to go to whatever team gave him the most money, no matter how shitty the team was, or how uncomfortable the situation would be.
That's a lot of things that have to be lined up just perfectly, which is why it's unlikely to happen again.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
is that why he rought back derosa? oh wait.....
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He traded DeRosa because he bats right-handed.
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No, I think DeRosa was traded because Lou wanted to get less "hot wifey." The same reason Wood wasn't resigned.
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"That was some of the saddest stuff I've ever read. Fuck cancer and AIDS, ignorance is the scourge of the land." - tom v