12-31-2009, 04:12 PM
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Yeah...for this contract, it doesn't bother me too much. 3/15, no matter how you slice it, isn't all that much. If he was getting 3/30 and it was 6/10/14 or some shit, I would be losing my head. But 3/5.5/6.5? Whateves.
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I won't freak, but here's the thing: does anyone really believe Byrd is going to be the starter come 2012? We'll be paying him $6.5 million to be a shitty bench player in 2012 so we get the "benefit" of having him as the starter in 2010.
Sigh.
Yeah...for this contract, it doesn't bother me too much. 3/15, no matter how you slice it, isn't all that much. If he was getting 3/30 and it was 6/10/14 or some shit, I would be losing my head. But 3/5.5/6.5? Whateves.
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I won't freak, but here's the thing: does anyone really believe Byrd is going to be the starter come 2012? We'll be paying him $6.5 million to be a shitty bench player in 2012 so we get the "benefit" of having him as the starter in 2010.
Sigh.
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