06-19-2009, 03:11 PM
<!--quoteo(post=45103:date=Jun 18 2009, 04:59 PM:name=The Dude)-->QUOTE (The Dude @ Jun 18 2009, 04:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=45101:date=Jun 18 2009, 04:53 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jun 18 2009, 04:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Just gonna throw this out there . . . there was never anything wrong with having Perez on the team for the league minimum on a one year deal, nothing at all . . . the way Baker chose to use him and signing him to a 2 year $5 million contract is another story.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Yeah, that's what killed me, the Hendry contract. You pay a guy like that league minimum ($350 K at the time), and dangle the carrot of "if you kick ass, we'll let you suit up again next year too." No more, no less. It's not Neifi's fault that Dusty was clueless enough to give him 600 PA's in the 2-hole, or that Jim was stupid enough to say "We're going to overpay you by a factor of 15 times what you're worth."
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Yeah, that's what killed me, the Hendry contract. You pay a guy like that league minimum ($350 K at the time), and dangle the carrot of "if you kick ass, we'll let you suit up again next year too." No more, no less. It's not Neifi's fault that Dusty was clueless enough to give him 600 PA's in the 2-hole, or that Jim was stupid enough to say "We're going to overpay you by a factor of 15 times what you're worth."
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