Spring Training 2010

[Coldneck]

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What about the past 2 seasons?
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You're right. Soriano's contract prevented us from signing...oh wait...it didn't prevent us from doing shit. We still signed the Milton Bradley's...we even signed the Aaron Miles's's. We get it. You don't like Soriano or his contract. Don't force squares into round holes to try and prove some point that doesn't exist.
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The mere fact that Soriano is on our roster prevented us from making a go at any top notch free agent signed in the last 3 years. <b>It also prevented us from trading for high salaried players like Halladay. </b> You sir, are a fucking retard if you cannot see that. How can you be so obtuse?
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We weren't willing to give the prospects for him, if we even had enough.
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How do you know this? I don't pretend to know either way. It really doesn't matter because the thought process never got to that point since we couldn't afford to pay him even if we got him.
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You pretend to know that we would have made a go if we didn't have Soriano.

Look at the package that the Jays received. We could not/would not match that.
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All I pretend to know is that if we weren't paying Soriano $18M per year we'd have the flexibility to add two solid players, or one fantastic player like Holliday. I also know that giving any player, much less a 30 year old player, an 8 year contract is retarded. Especially when that player has no position and relies on his legs for a significant portion of his usefulness. Speedsters in their mid/late 30s are a rare breed.

And Rok, I'm not the one that started talking about Soriano. I just chimed in because I cannot resist.
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The Holliday contract is going to look just as ugly as Alf's in a couple of seasons.
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I agree 100% and said so at the time. Perhaps I used a bad example.