marvin Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Damon signs with the Yankees?!! Say it ain't so!Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Please see my comment under "Baseball 2005". As a Yankees fan, I don't particularly want Damon! But at least, he'll have to cut his hair and beard........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 I guess money really does speak louder that any sentimental / loyalty ties. Damon in pinstripes? Ugh! Maybe he'll be like the Biblical character Samson: short hair + no facial hair = powerless. Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popdude Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Why is it sacreligious? Players change teams all the time these days. Besides, it's not like Damon played his whole career with the Sox and jumped ship to the Yanks---he played with the Royals and A's previously.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Marv,This no more sacreligious than going to a Flames home game and cheering for the visiting team.....Right?Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 Nah this is much worse. Just as bad as Clemens leaving the Sox and going to the Yankees.Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMMY TUNES Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 The correct spelling of the word is "sacrilegious" all you inferior non-Yankee fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneG Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Couldn't Boston have countered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Actually, Clemens left the Sox for the Bluejays. He then signed 2 years later with the Yankees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Yes, Boston could have countered, but, per Damon, in his opinion, they had already given it their best shot, and appeared to be pursuing other centerfielders. He said that the Yankees seemed to be more interested in him than Boston...so he signed with them.Boston management is wringing their hands, claiming that Johnny D. jumped the gun, and gave up on them, yadda, yadda.This sounds like what happened with the Yankees and Andy Pettite 2 years ago. Steinbrenner was out wining and dining Gary Sheffield at the time, and seemingly ignoring AP, so he signed for less money to go home to Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkpat Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I believe my Cubbies have a new trading partner for Mr. Corey Patterson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 The Cubs made out like bandits, getting Pierre to replace Patterson...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 Yes and even getting Jacque Jones was a coup, I believe.Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkpat Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Pierre was a great pickup, but it also left the farm system barren, thus forcing the Cubs to sign a free agent (Jones, who is not be well received here in the media after a .249 season) rather than trade for a right fielder.Their new outfield of Matt Murton, Juan Pierre, and Jacque Jones should strike fear in the hearts of......well, Cub fans, anyways! They combined for 31 home runs last season (Murton had 7 in limited duty, Pierre had one, and Jones 23) a far cry from the forty we are used to from Alou and the fifty to sixty from Sosa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 There has been no loyalty in baseball since the Dodgers failed to re-sign Steve Garvey! And they've been paying ever since Kirk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 The 1984 Padres are still thanking LA for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubbiefanMike Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Bernie Williams signs with the Yanks a 1 year contract for 1.5 Million... probably makes him the highest paid bench warmer. The Cubs are knocking on the Orioles door for Migual Tejada wouldnt he look great in blue pinstripes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy the Nick Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 As an Oriole Fan, our big signing this year has been 39-year old Jeff Conine. The Woes of the O's continues. (longtime Oriole Player/Coach Elrod Hendricks passed away yesterday)If they let Miggie go too, we'd have a woe to the O's trifecta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkpat Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Tejada would be just what the Cubs need right now, a name superstar, to compete with the White Sox winning the Series in this town. That being said, there is no way I give up Prior or Zambrano, as news reports say that is whom the O's want back in any deal, and have to pay the guy sixty million bucks for the next three years, too. If I am taking over that contract, you are getting prospects, albeit good ones, in return.Problem here is that the Cubs gave up their best youngsters in the Pierre deal, so as much as I'd love to see it, I can't see this working out.Can you imagine a 3-4-5 of Lee, Tejada, and Ramirez, with Pierre at the top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkpat Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Hey Tony......thanks for bringing up 1984! I just got a sharp pain in my skull! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMMY TUNES Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Originally posted by blackhawkpat:[qb] Tejada would be just what the Cubs need right now, a ... juiced up superstar to fill the void left by Sammy Sosa last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted December 22, 2005 Author Share Posted December 22, 2005 The Nationals site says that the Cubs are talking about a Kerry Wood for Jose Vidro & Ryan Church deal.Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkpat Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 LOL! How IS Jason Giambi doing these days?Kerry Wood has a no trade contract for 2006 and it is a rare "no trade to anyone" contract. Most no trade contracts still allow teams an option to trade a guy to four or five selected teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JohnO Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Giambi was also voted the AL Comeback Player of the Year for 2005. Once he got adjusted to his smaller body, he got his old batting eye back, it seems. (NOTE: There's also the theory that he started doing 'roids again, but I doubt it seriously....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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