Guest Hollinger. Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I know the Pirates are interested, but I haven't heard much else. I think that'd be a good situation for him. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Pedro in a Pirates uni. Man, I may just have to buy a shirt if that happens. Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Man, I absolutely cannot believe that no one seems willing to take a flyer on Pedro Martinez. I mean, I'm sure he'll get a contract somewhere after the WBC, but it seems like someone would be willing to toss a million at him just in case he's still got something left.The problem is, he ain't got nothing left. Link to post Share on other sites
LenF Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Man, I absolutely cannot believe that no one seems willing to take a flyer on Pedro Martinez. I mean, I'm sure he'll get a contract somewhere after the WBC, but it seems like someone would be willing to toss a million at him just in case he's still got something left. The Indians apparently made an offer but he wants to remain in the NL. As already mentioned, the Pirates have some interest but it's doubtful he'd want to finish his career there. I've read that the Dodgers might be a logical landing spot for him but they are obviously concentrating on another former Red Sox player. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 The Indians apparently made an offer but he wants to remain in the NL. As already mentioned, the Pirates have some interest but it's doubtful he'd want to finish his career there. I've read that the Dodgers might be a logical landing spot for him but they are obviously concentrating on another former Red Sox player. Speaking of... Dodgers make two-year, $45 million offer to Manny Ramirez Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 That Manny offer is pretty much the same one he and Boras rejected. It's re-worded a little differently, so maybe he;ll bite. re:PedroThe single greatest pitcher ever over a 3-4 year period, in my opinion. Now? Time to hang up the cleats, I think. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 re:PedroThe single greatest pitcher ever over a 3-4 year period, in my opinion. Now? Time to hang up the cleats, I think. My adulation is out of control - I just can't hear that Pedro's career is over. It's killing me. My favorite athlete ever. Link to post Share on other sites
LenF Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 That Manny offer is pretty much the same one he and Boras rejected. It's re-worded a little differently, so maybe he;ll bite. The major advantage is that they he can decide whether to take the second year or re-enter the free-agent market next year. So he's completely protected... he either has a huge year and can re-enter the market or he has a bad year (or the economy has a worse year) and he can take the option. Seems like a pretty good compromise to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I'm surprised that there isn't more buzz on here about the Nats' GM skimming bonuses. The highest level executive likely actively undermining his organization by over-inflating the value of prospects so that they'll get higher signing bonuses and he'll get a bigger piece. Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 For whatever reason, baseball in D.C. is cursed. Maybe it's the cherry blossoms. Link to post Share on other sites
LenF Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I'm surprised that there isn't more buzz on here about the Nats' GM skimming bonuses. The highest level executive likely actively undermining his organization by over-inflating the value of prospects so that they'll get higher signing bonuses and he'll get a bigger piece. The Nats have already fired the guy that ran their Dominican academy and a couple writers are thinking that Bowden may be next. I think I remember reading where he has a pretty strong relationship with Bowden, though. Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 My adulation is out of control - I just can't hear that Pedro's career is over. It's killing me. My favorite athlete ever. Man, the movement he could put on those pitches was unreal. Not sure how anybody ever hit anything off him in his prime. Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 For whatever reason, baseball in D.C. is cursed. Maybe it's the cherry blossoms.Eh, I can't speak to the baseball woes of the past, but DC sports, in general, have been cursed at least since Jack Kent Cooke died. Whatever curse currently lingers over the area probably has to do with the overabundance of bad sports mojo in the air wafting down the road from Peter Angelos and Daniel Snyder across town. Personally, I grew up in DC during the time when there was no baseball in Washington and I had to convince myself that "Baltimore isn't that far away", so baseball in DC still feels like a strange concept to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Man, the movement he could put on those pitches was unreal. Not sure how anybody ever hit anything off him in his prime. I think this clip speaks to his impact here in Boston - . I was at this. Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Eh, I can't speak to the baseball woes of the past, but DC sports, in general, have been cursed at least since Jack Kent Cooke died.Except for D.C. United... Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Except for D.C. United...Good point. Whatever sports magic that exists in that city is mostly housed in RFK Stadium. Maybe the Nats shouldn't have been in such a rush to build their new park... Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 "First in war, first in peace and last in the American League." Not to knock on D.C., but the Senators did leave, umm, twice. (Watch, just to prove me wrong, the Nats will dominate the NL East this year.) Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 "First in war, first in peace and last in the American League." Not to knock on D.C., but the Senators did leave, umm, twice. (Watch, just to prove me wrong, the Nats will dominate the NL East this year.) (and the abortion that is the Texas Rangers got the expansion Senators...the glory continues) Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Yup. The Twins have had their moments, though. Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 "First in war, first in peace and last in the American League." Not to knock on D.C., but the Senators did leave, umm, twice. (Watch, just to prove me wrong, the Nats will dominate the NL East this year.)I guess since I still maintain my loyalties to all the DC-area teams I grew up with, people frequently ask me if I'm excited that the Nats are in town now. Huh? Even if I still lived there, my loyalties are still with the O's (god help me). The Expos Nats are for newcomers to the area or people who are old enough to remember the previous incarnations of the Senators. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I'm already tired of the A-Roid chant at Fenway. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I'm already tired of the A-Roid chant at Fenway.I remember a game at Fenway in late 1988 where the Sox were playing the A's. The fans in right field (where I was sitting) were getting on Canseco with the steroid chant. He walked over to the stands, flexed his muscles, laughed, and then took his position playing right field. Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Argh. Thanks, you guys. I had been approaching this season from a healthily-detached perspective.(actually, trying NOT to think about it at all too much) Not expecting too much from my team that has had a horrendous decade, with little reason to believe that improvement will happen at least for another couple years. I was being a realist. I'm not supposed to be susceptible to pre-season optimism anymore, but this thread got me reading some baseball blogs again. I was just reading a series of posts from the Roar from 34 O's blog that damn near brought a tear to my eye--talking about the 20th anniversary of the "Why Not?" season in which the O's followed up a disastrous 1988 (we never dreamed things could ever be worse than that) with a dream season full of improbable victories. 1989 might be the foundation for my entire baseball fandom. No baseball season before or since was ever as fun as being an O's fan in '89. I was too young to fully enjoy the O's championship in '83, but I fully remember the 0-21 to start '88. 1989 was pure magic...even if the team fell short of the playoffs in the end. It was like watching the movie Major League in real life. I was AT that game they mentioned about Mike Deveraux's controversial game-winning HR against the Angels--it is etched into my brain as one of the defining moments of a ridiculously fun season that is probably the reason I am an eternally-naive optimist at the start of every baseball season--because, hey, you never know. (but it is also the reason I get my heart broken every year) I don't have many illusions about my team this year. A decade of utter incompetence will do that to ya. We got no pitching and no real reason to believe they can compete in the AL East. But you never know. Hey, if good things can happen to the Deviled Eggs... God, I still do love this time of year. My only wish for this year is simply for it to be fun enough that I'm still paying attention by the All-Star break. That and praying for a certain owner to die. (edited to preserve good karma) That's not too much to ask, right? Why not? Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 You guys have Weiters, who might be the best catcher in baseball like tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites
jakobnicholas Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Despite the economic crisis we're in, the Raiders recently signed a cornerback to a record 15 million a year contract (no cornerback has made more than 11 million a year before this). The Redskins just signed Haynesworth to a 7 year/100 million dollar deal. NOW, Manny Ramirez doesn't like the generous offer by the Dodgers....for very nit-picky reasons. It's REALLY HARD to be a fan of professional sports sometimes. (from ESPN:) The Dodgers announced Thursday night the star outfielder's agent, Scott Boras, had declined a $25 million, one-year contract with a $20 million player option for 2010. It was the club's fourth offer to Ramirez this offseason. But Boras said he did not reject the Dodgers' offer, according to the Los Angeles Times. "They asked me to respond to them and I gave them a counterproposal within the framework of the structure we had agreed upon," Boras said. At any rate, Ramirez remains unsigned. "We want Manny back, but we feel we are negotiating against ourselves," Dodgers owner Frank McCourt said in a statement. "When his agent finds those 'serious offers' from other clubs, we'll be happy to restart the negotiations." An apparent sticking point in the negotiations is whether Ramirez will accept part of his salary as deferred payments, the Times reported, citing an unnamed source. The newspaper had previously reported that the team's latest proposal included deferred money. Under the terms of the contract that Ramirez was offered by the Dodgers on Wednesday, he would receive $10 million in 2009 and another $10 million in 2010, if he exercised the option for a second season, the Times reported. Ramirez then would be paid the remaining $25 million over the next three years, without any added interest -- $10 million each in 2011 and 2012, and $5 million in 2013, according to the Times' report. When making his counteroffer, Boras requested that none of the money be deferred, according to the report. Link to post Share on other sites
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