05-28-2009, 11:56 AM
<!--quoteo(post=40756:date=May 28 2009, 10:52 AM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ May 28 2009, 10:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=40749:date=May 28 2009, 10:31 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ May 28 2009, 10:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=40746:date=May 28 2009, 10:20 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ May 28 2009, 10:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Not to beat a dead horse, but I just don't see how it could've been a money move -- especially when he signed Aaron Miles for nearly the same amount just hours after the trade.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It wasn't. It was about playing time and getting more left handed. I think money and the ownership transfer was used as a diversion. We still spent (and threw away) plenty of money in the offseason on other players.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Bingo.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You are welcome to believe that it wasn't about money, and you very well could right, but the fact is, Miles is making less than half of what DeRosa was.
It wasn't. It was about playing time and getting more left handed. I think money and the ownership transfer was used as a diversion. We still spent (and threw away) plenty of money in the offseason on other players.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Bingo.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You are welcome to believe that it wasn't about money, and you very well could right, but the fact is, Miles is making less than half of what DeRosa was.
I wish that I believed in Fate. I wish I didn't sleep so late. I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders.