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Andy K.
January 5th, 2010
8:50 pm
Because honestly, if you’re going to get up in arms about what someone, across the country whom you’ve never seen in person once nor most likely will, believes in any facet, you’re in for a lot of disappointment. And that’s all i’m gunna say about that. Next! and by next I mean next Braves transaction….
The A Bomb
January 5th, 2010
8:50 pm
joerochester… Lentz ran off last night without answering me about his complaints about Cox coming back….I cornered him about his incredible suggestion weeks back that the Master of Disguise, Bobby Valentine, be running our ship in 2010. Last I checked when Valentine was on this side of the world he was Bobby Cox’s beeyatch.
jeffrey d
January 5th, 2010
8:50 pm
The thing about politics is that you’re not going to make a point. Most people are already so firm in their beliefs and you might as well be arguing with a brick wall. What I hate about politics is the people who have the “I’m a Republican and everything the Democrats do is the stupidest thing ever” and vice versa.
Luckovich sums it up superbly
http://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich/2009/02/25/
Blair
January 5th, 2010
8:50 pm
Go Jackets, you ever heard of this thing called arbitration? Go look at the raises given to players who are arb eligible and then consider your comments.
Thanks.
Blair
Andy K.
January 5th, 2010
8:51 pm
joerochester, dunno why i’ve never made the connection, but as in rochester, ny?
joerochester
January 5th, 2010
8:52 pm
Yes, sir. Home of Kodak.
jeffrey d
January 5th, 2010
8:52 pm
Rough night for Tech…down 2 TDs early in the Orange Bowl and losing to UGA in basketball
dogsbrekky
January 5th, 2010
8:53 pm
tiger – sent you my email
Doc Holiday
January 5th, 2010
8:54 pm
Anyway when I asked Wren if they might be keeping back $5-7 mill or so to spend later, he looked at me with raised eyebrows, then informed me that estimates he’s seen written about what they have left are innaccurate, that they are getting close to their projected payroll limit, and won’t be making any more big additions. – DOB
“wont be making any more big additions”??????
How about making a single one…………
Who was our big addition Mr. Wren? Wagner or was it Glaus??? please, give us a break!!!!!!!!
Andy K.
January 5th, 2010
8:55 pm
joerochester, and the garbage plate…I’m a Penfield native, myself.
TnBrian
January 5th, 2010
8:56 pm
It’s supposed to snow here in Chattanooga within the next few days, calling for 6 in. Whatever, but I really want it to because we have a huge and I mean HUGE hill across the road here that we all go sledding down when it ices up. Couldn’t tell you how fast you can get up to, but feels like a good rollercoaster ride.
azbravesfan
January 5th, 2010
8:57 pm
DOB,
Just wanted to say thanks for asking some of those direct questions many of us were curious about. I give you some serious props for flat out asking a GM if he wasn’t spending all the money he had available during the offseason.
Go Jackets!
January 5th, 2010
8:57 pm
What arb eligible players? The only player left with salary uncertainty is melky and I included $3mil for him in the calculations. He’ll be lucky if he gets that much, probably more like 2.5.
jeffrey d
January 5th, 2010
8:58 pm
Didn’t know you were in Chattanooga, TnBrian. One of my best friends goes to UTC so I’m up there every now and then.
Go Jackets!
January 5th, 2010
9:00 pm
I forgot to mention Moylan, but I also factored him in at a $1.5 million salary
David O'Brien
January 5th, 2010
9:00 pm
Anyway, it looks as if the team is almost set going into Spring Training. Biggest question will probably be — does Heyward win the RF jobf in April or in June?– LongtimeBravesFan
Agreed. Biggest things –literally and figuratively — to watch this spring should be Heyward’s progress and health/performance of Glaus and Wagner, along with the vision situations with McCann after his second Lasik, and McLouth after getting corrective lenses (contacts in his case) for the first time in his life.
Oh, and Schafer. Can’t forget Schafe.
And Freeman. Everybody’s going to be keeping an eye on Freeman.
Come to think of it, there’s going to be plenty to follow this spring. Get thee to Dark Star.
joerochester
January 5th, 2010
9:00 pm
Been here for two years, still haven’t had a garbage plate.
Andy K.
January 5th, 2010
9:01 pm
DOB, yea, if there’s any guy I’m pulling for, it’s Schafer…dunno why, just love the kid.
joerochester
January 5th, 2010
9:01 pm
Where are you now, Andy?
The A Bomb
January 5th, 2010
9:02 pm
joerochester — Condolences on the weather. I’m in SoCal where the budget sucks but the weather doesn’t.
Soph
January 5th, 2010
9:02 pm
Rough night for Tech…down 2 TDs early in the Orange Bowl and losing to UGA in basketball
I might be making this up but doesn’t Tech lose to UGA in hoops almost every year? I think…
Macon Braves (RIP)
January 5th, 2010
9:04 pm
Wayne in Utah—Well said at 8:28.
What I don’t get with the problem earlier is, Wayne said he was wrong and that he shouldn’t have even brought it up, but DOB responded to Wayne with his own point of view on the subject. Why is Wayne such an A-hole for bringing the subject up, but the person that makes the rules (and says that topic is off limits) won’t admit that maybe he shouldn’t have even bothered to respond to Wayne with his own point of view on the subject and that by responding he actually gave the subject more legs on the blog.
I take the blogmeister’s side on here most of the time because I think he does a fabulous job and has created (with the help of many great regulars) the best sports (and BBQ, music, etc.) blog on the internet. But I think this time he fueled an unacceptable (on here I mean) topic by responding with his own opinion and then accusing Wayne of being a crap starter for bringing it up.
Why can’t we just all get along….
nick not Nick
January 5th, 2010
9:04 pm
Hinske, Huff or Tracy???????????
dogsbrekky
January 5th, 2010
9:04 pm
Chatanooga is a fun place… nice… in fact TN outside of Memphis is GREATTTTTT
love Nashville and that drive out towards Asheville NC
Andy K.
January 5th, 2010
9:04 pm
here and there…florida then long island as of late…been thinking bout coming back home tho
jeffrey d
January 5th, 2010
9:04 pm
Soph – It’s gone back and forth for awhile. UGA wins one year, Tech wins the next, etc. UGA up by 7 with 1:22 left after a huge 3
joerochester
January 5th, 2010
9:05 pm
Weather sucks but the cost of living is great here.
.P.a.u.l .L.e.n.t.z
January 5th, 2010
9:05 pm
The A Bomb………I will stand behind last year’s post of replacing Bobby Cox with Bobby Valentine. To be honest, I would love to see a manager come in and put some life in our offense. Last year, there were games where our offense basically took the night off. I dont care how many runs we scored in the second half last season.
Seeing our offense not show up and play with any life against the likes of Cincinnati and Washington was pathetic. Seeing Bobby say game after game “we hit them right at them” was nothing more than a cop out. To be honest, I would love to have seen how Bobby Valentine would have reacted to the crap that our offense displayed at times last year. That would have been worth what I paid to watch the Braves on Direct TV last year.
I appreciate what Bobby did for the Braves as manager in the past. However the operative word is “past”. This will be the 5th year in a row that we dont make the play-offs. Last year, I blame Bobby Cox for last year’s slow start. There is NO WAY that Bobby Valentine would have kept putting Francoeur and KJ in the line-up as long as Bobby Cox did.
jeffrey d
January 5th, 2010
9:06 pm
in fact TN outside of Memphis is GREATTTTTT
What? I love Memphis! I was raised there. Downtown has really improved, especially after they built that new arena.
Andy K.
January 5th, 2010
9:06 pm
yup…that good ol rochester snow and bitter cold…
The_Superhoo
January 5th, 2010
9:06 pm
Melky in LF….tell me this doesnt depress you… :’-(
Robert (Chipper Is The Best)
January 5th, 2010
9:06 pm
Well, if Wren is only going after a “small piece” it sounds to me that the Braves are planning on Heyward starting the season in right field because I can’t believe that Wren really feels comfortable with Cabrerra starting evryday in RF with no other true power sources in the lineup except for Glaus. Yes, Chipper, McCann and McClouth can crank some bombs but they are exactly power hitters per se.
dogsbrekky
January 5th, 2010
9:07 pm
god… if you wanna watch some sad tv… just watch that cow joy Behar’s show… like right now
I need a razor blade………. now !
Steve from OH
January 5th, 2010
9:07 pm
Here are Glaus’ incentives:
http://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/7419266024
Looks like Wren got a very good deal.
joerochester
January 5th, 2010
9:08 pm
You miss Wegmans, Andy?
TnBrian
January 5th, 2010
9:08 pm
jeffrey d., I know some fine chicks that go to UTC and one of them happens to be a friend of my girlfriend’s… BAD, BAD TnBrian!
The A Bomb
January 5th, 2010
9:09 pm
Lentz — I gotta go right now but I will tell you this…. The last thing we need is some retread in the mold of Chuck Tanner running this thing.
I’ll respond in detail later. Stay tuned or review later. I’ll give you my perspective. Thanks.
.P.a.u.l .L.e.n.t.z
January 5th, 2010
9:09 pm
N8…..in response to your 3:33am posting, I can have it both ways.
In case your memory needs to be jogged……just last year, Philadelphia (a #6 seed) faced off against Arizona (#4 seed) in the NFC Championship game. Philly won 2 straight road games, only to lose to the Cardinals, in Arizona.
So yeah, it is possible for me to envision the Cowboys beating a hot Packers team in the NFC Championship game. Dallas is playing at a much higher level than the Cowboys team that faced the Packers earlier this year in Green Bay.
Fourbee
January 5th, 2010
9:11 pm
It’s going to seem like an awfully long time til ST, if this is the end of the Braves “MAJOR” off-season acquisions.
Blair
January 5th, 2010
9:11 pm
Go Jackets: Matt Diaz received a fairly nice raise.
azbravesfan
January 5th, 2010
9:12 pm
nick,
Interesting question – I like Aubrey Huff of the 3 as I think he’s got the best offensive upside. Defense looks rough (I”m looking at UZR), but mainly a pinch hit role anyway.
Macon Braves (RIP)
January 5th, 2010
9:13 pm
And by the way…I love the fact that politics are off limits here. Like jeffrey d said earlier, it’s not like you’re gonna change anyone’s mind. You’re just gonna get all hot and bothered and ruin everyone’s day.
Tomahawkin
January 5th, 2010
9:13 pm
DogsBrekky
Memphis and Beale Street Kicks Ass!
I had some way crazy times going to the Memphis in May BBQ/Music Festival
Tech, Come On!
Andy K.
January 5th, 2010
9:14 pm
do I ever…had come home for the holidays and hit wegmans, dibellas, dinosaur bbq. even got to go see an amerks game
Tomahawkin
January 5th, 2010
9:15 pm
Dizam
I leave the Blog for an hour to eat and watch old Rasslin on youtube and the blog becomes a political debate…
joerochester
January 5th, 2010
9:15 pm
I was in Memphis in Jan. 2007 for a Media Reform conference. It was pretty sweet there.
jeffrey d
January 5th, 2010
9:15 pm
I love Beale street
.P.a.u.l .L.e.n.t.z
January 5th, 2010
9:16 pm
ChopShop………Managers can lose the magic touch, just like players can lose it on the field.
My Dallas Cowboys are a perfect example. Tom Landry guided the Cowboys to 2 Super Bowl victories in the 70’s. However, by 1988, the Cowboys were a slow, old, bad 3-13 team. Jerry Jones did the right thing in giving Landry the heave-ho. Winning a Super Bowl in Jimmy Johnson’s 4th year and winning 3 in 4 years is living proof as to how right Jerry Jones was to fire Landry. There is NO WAY that the Cowboys could have rebuilt that team if Landry remained coach. Landry would have been just like Bobby Cox and kept Ed “way past his prime” Too Tall Jones and Randy White in the line-up. Landry would have never traded Hershel Walker to the Vikings for a boat load of draft picks (one of which we used to draft Emmitt Smith).
Managers get old and the game passes them by all the time. If the Braves had a different manager last year, chances are we dont struggle like we did in the first half. A new manager would probably not have kept Francoeur and KJ in there as long as Bobby did.
joerochester
January 5th, 2010
9:17 pm
Just moved here a little over two years ago. I like it a lot. My g/f teaches in the city and I’m finishing up grad school at Brockport.
McFann O
January 5th, 2010
9:17 pm
DOB …along with the vision situations with McCann after his second Lasik…
Ja…Hopefully this one will last longer than one season, eh?
Holy crud, I want it to be Spring Training!
Tomahawkin
January 5th, 2010
9:18 pm
P-Lentz
You boys got down last Sunday but Mark it down Philly will come correct this Saturday 21-10 Eagles, Watch…
And It seems that we both were right in that we knew that heading into the offseason the Owners were going to go cheap again just like they did last offseason…
This offseason has been worse than last years…
BravoMan
January 5th, 2010
9:18 pm
I wish Wren would’ve spread these deals out. What are we going to discuss for another month???
BravoMan
January 5th, 2010
9:20 pm
Hey how you been McFann O?
Andy K.
January 5th, 2010
9:21 pm
yeah it’s a cool place…some people say there’s nothing to do, but there really is, ya just gotta look….got league teams in basically every sport i think…wings-baseball ‘merks-hockey rhinos-soccer, k’hawks/rattlers-lacrosse…the radiers football team hold on or did they fall victim?
.P.a.u.l .L.e.n.t.z
January 5th, 2010
9:21 pm
David O’Brien………I must say that your 9:44am post left me speechless (in a good way, lol). You putting the hammer on “Wayne in Utah’s” lack of knowledge about global warming.
If I had said what you had said, he’d have vilified me and had a number of bloggers on here jumping on his soapbox.
Way to go with your courageous post. I honestly didnt think that you had it in you to be that direct with anyone (except me).
azbravesfan
January 5th, 2010
9:21 pm
I think I’m going to try to make spring training this year. I’m still upset with myself for not making it to a single AFL game this year when we had Heyward, Freeman, and Minor there. I live in Arizona and they play only an hour and a half away from me…just couldn’t find the time.
MZ
January 5th, 2010
9:21 pm
hard to beat Beale Street … some of the best BBQ in the country there
Andy K.
January 5th, 2010
9:23 pm
left out the razorsharks for basketball…i try to stay current, as you can see
GovClintonTyree
January 5th, 2010
9:23 pm
I think we’ll compete because of our pitching and I certainly like the Glaus signing, but I am disappointed that the club decided to put the Vazquez money in their pocket. Lot of question marks (”If he’s healthy….if he’s ready…” Would have liked the club to sign one honest-to-goodness power bat that wasn’t asterisked.
I’m not one of those guys who gets all up in arms and withholds allegiance/money because they’re “not trying”, but I sure would have liked to see a real, professional power hitting leftfielder instead of Melky Cabrera. Any perceived value there is a direct result of the New York propaganda machine.
MZ
January 5th, 2010
9:23 pm
you know who’d be a good fit for Norton’s old spot? Greg Colbrunn … not now … but if it was 1998, he’d be a good fit
GovClintonTyree
January 5th, 2010
9:24 pm
McFann, what about “Holy Curd” for that blog glossary?
joerochester
January 5th, 2010
9:24 pm
I love Sweet Tea down south. Andy… not sure about the arena team. I’ve gone to an amerks game or two. Mostly I go to Red Wings games.
medicated pete
January 5th, 2010
9:24 pm
the writing is on the wall for wrens next signing… jack cust!
David O'Brien
January 5th, 2010
9:25 pm
Steve from OH: All that stuff, incentives and everything, is in my Glaus story on our site. Here’s link: http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-braves/it-s-official-glaus-267589.html
MZ
January 5th, 2010
9:25 pm
you know that Mike Bielecki was pretty good
Steve from OH
January 5th, 2010
9:28 pm
DOB–thanks for the link!
BTW–heard Copperhead Road on the local classic rock station the other day. Thought you’d enjoy that…
Macon Braves (RIP)
January 5th, 2010
9:28 pm
Nevermind, Blogger Who Is NEVER Wrong agrees with DOB, so we know what that means….
ncgary
January 5th, 2010
9:28 pm
5 and a half weeks til pitchers and catchers report day
its not a hopeless offseason but it sure looks dim
looks like we are close to a contender, but no cigar yet
what a shame to get within a player or 2 away from being really good and quitting
Soph
January 5th, 2010
9:28 pm
Tech and that freakin pitch play. They live and die by it.
.P.a.u.l .L.e.n.t.z
January 5th, 2010
9:29 pm
cricket…….global warming will lead to eventual global freezing. Google it and do a little reading on how it will come to be. It’s happened in the past.
However what’s different this time is that it’s accelerating because of man pumping enormous amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere (for about 200 years when the Industrial Revolution began in England).
The world’s last Ice Age ended about 13 thousand years ago. It was only then when humans were able to travel to areas humans had never been……and eventually learn how to domesticate animals and grow food.
Before the last Ice Age ended, a 500 foot ice sheet covered half of America. How prosperous do you think America if everything above the Mason-Dixon line was uninhibited? Kind of hard to do anything when your land is covered by a 500 foot ice sheet.
As was portrayed in “The Day after Tomorrow”, we could eventually be the ones who become illegal immigrants that the Mexicans try to keep out of their borders.
GovClintonTyree
January 5th, 2010
9:29 pm
New one for the Bloglossary! On the last page, from the passionate blogger Topher24: “Wren has done a good job, as a hole….”
Couple different ways you could take that one, eh?
joerochester
January 5th, 2010
9:32 pm
I saw Precious this past weekend. Very powerful and sad movie.
David O'Brien
January 5th, 2010
9:32 pm
Medicated Pete: I had that same thought after I first heard that Glaus was working out at Cust’s place in Jersey, and I thought the Braves were still going to sign another bat. But Cust has several teams interested in him, and won’t have to take a PH/backup job. Dude hit 84 homers the past three seasons.
unbelievable
January 5th, 2010
9:32 pm
say what you want, but they’ve cut payroll. They should quit the BS and just tell us that. DOB even said when they were trying to move Lowe that it was estimated that we were at $87m on a $92-95m budget.
We then moved Vasquez ($11.5m) and added Melky (3.5). I read DOB’s detailed list of how they are getting to $90mil, but it still doesnt add up. You add in all of Glaus’ and Saito’s incentives, signing bonuses, and buyout clauses and you’re still around $85 mil maybe $86. So if we are operating on even a $90m budget there is room to add a piece, but even at $90 its been cut.
Bryan from Kansas (Go KU!)
January 5th, 2010
9:33 pm
Hey David long time no posting for me… I asked a question but I think it was right before you went to the press conference. What was the the facebook page? I looked up what you had said earlier and it didnt work. I hope you had a Merry Christmas and are having a Happy New Year so far…
Macon Braves (RIP)
January 5th, 2010
9:33 pm
It means either DOB is throwing up in his mouth….or more likely, rethinking where he is in life.
nolie
January 5th, 2010
9:34 pm
That’s what giving $60M to a 37 yr pitcher and another $22M to a untested MLB Japanese pitcher will do to ya TnB
I see nothing wrong with KK’s production so far for the money.
brian
January 5th, 2010
9:35 pm
are the Braves already planning on buying out McLouth at the end of the year? DOB you mentioned that Wren is figuring that into the payroll for this year. If McLouth stays healthy and plays like everyone expects him to, I don’t know if I would buy him out
Macon Braves (RIP)
January 5th, 2010
9:35 pm
Good grief…now we’ve got HIM putting his two cents in on the subject that DOB asked not to continue.
I wasn’t trying to continue the subject earlier, notice I made no comment on what my belief or position on the off limit subject is.
joerochester
January 5th, 2010
9:36 pm
Japanese pitchers traditionally struggle in their first year in the major leagues, sans Nomo. Dice-K struggled, too. When KK got settled down though, I though he looked pretty darn good to be a #5 starter in the rotation.
Soph
January 5th, 2010
9:36 pm
Ay-yi-yi. Just drop it people.
bravofan
January 5th, 2010
9:36 pm
the Braves are no better with these moves
joerochester
January 5th, 2010
9:37 pm
brian,
McLouth has an option for 10M. DOB said it would be especially unlikely to pick up Mclouth’s option because Schafer projects to be his replacement.
dogsbrekky
January 5th, 2010
9:38 pm
good lord… now I feel terrible about Memphis
but I still hate Boston… ha ha ha
joerochester
January 5th, 2010
9:39 pm
headline in our paper…”Stadium Developer may try to lure Bills to Los Angeles”
David O'Brien
January 5th, 2010
9:40 pm
Dogsbrekky: You should. Memphis is a cool town. Sun Records. Stax Records. Johnny Cash is from just down the road. Al Green. Aretha. Rufus Thomas. Jerry Lawler. And of course, on top of all else, The King lived there and is buried there, man. You gotta recognize….
Bryan, whether or not they end up buying out McLouth in 2012 is a total non-issue right now. If the guy plays like crazy the next two years, or is just really good and they don’t have another CF like Schafer to take over, they can simply pick up McLouth’s contract for 2012. Non-issue.
The option is for more than $10 mill, so if he has a couple of seasons like last year or only slightly better, what would you do? On second thought, don’t answer that. Because it’s a freakin’ non-issue on Jan. 5, 2010. For their own in-office accounting, they’re apparently building in a third of the buyout amount now in the event they do buy him out. If they don’t end up buying him out, so what? It’s $400,000. Again, this is not a publicly held company, and they don’t have to show their books or justify their accounting methods to us. You know what I mean?
nolie
January 5th, 2010
9:42 pm
Why can’t we just all get along…. Macon
what kinda fun is that, dummy?…. j/k
18 Wheels of Love
January 5th, 2010
9:42 pm
I think Glaus is the steal/deal of the offseason. And I think, regardless of the money situation, that we are in good shape heading to Disney. Rotation is top shelf and the main thing to remember, we get full seasons from Prado, McLouth, McCann and his eyes, Glaus, Diaz/Melky and hopefully Heyward. Compare that to last year’s KJ, Schafer, McCann’s glasses, Kotchman, Garrett, and Francoeur.
I think it is an upgrade at each position, even in RF with a rookie.
Prime Time
January 5th, 2010
9:43 pm
I thought they would have added one more bat. I really don’t see that much improvement in the lineup from last year unless Glaus is hitting 35 plus HRs and Heyward plays well.
It sucks if they are really cutting back on payroll.
Prime Time
January 5th, 2010
9:46 pm
Second half lineup not last years season opener.
.P.a.u.l .L.e.n.t.z
January 5th, 2010
9:47 pm
Lew………..the oil companies have been rumored for years to have been gobbling up patents that could help wean America off our oil dependence……because they want to keep making billions every year selling oil.
Also, what product, if used properly is guaranteed to cause health problems? Tobacco. Alcohol, if not abused, does not cause health problems in the average American. Neither does marijuana. However tobacco is addicting because of how the cigarette companies manipulate the nicotine in tobacco. Yet because of the profits involved, selling tobacco is legal.
nolie
January 5th, 2010
9:47 pm
Here are Glaus’ incentives: STEVE
so 1.5m incentives approx if he makes 550 PA? If he makes 550 PA he is likely gonna be worth way more than that added to his base
David O'Brien
January 5th, 2010
9:48 pm
Lentz, please don’t support me like that. And we’ve moved on, so drop it. Please.
Steve from OH
January 5th, 2010
9:48 pm
Yeah, he must’ve really wanted to be a Brave, nolie. Those terms are a steal…
dogsbrekky
January 5th, 2010
9:49 pm
nolie – If Glaus has 550 PA… we will all be happy cause there will be 30 bombs to go along with it
ryan c
January 5th, 2010
9:50 pm
personally, i think the braves front office is blowing smoke up everybody’s arse. no way around it, this is a big payroll cut and nothing frank wren, bobby cox, or any other braves fo members say can justify the money, or lack thereof. what next? the hotdog vendors at turner field’s hourly wages factor in on the braves payroll? i honestly dont understand why someone doesnt admit that the payroll has been cut this year. it doesnt make sense. i’ve never once seen the braves factor in performance bonuses in their payroll, especially to the point of all bonuses coming to be (even those which are surely not….takashi saito) factored in the final budget. just admint that liberty media is cutting payroll. frustrating!
Macon Braves (RIP)
January 5th, 2010
9:51 pm
what kinda fun is that, dummy?
When you’re right, you’re right…don’t know what I was thinking!
medicated pete
January 5th, 2010
9:51 pm
DOB David O’Brien
January 5th, 2010
9:32 pm
Medicated Pete: I had that same thought after I first heard that Glaus was working out at Cust’s place in Jersey, and I thought the Braves were still going to sign another bat. But Cust has several teams interested in him, and won’t have to take a PH/backup job. Dude hit 84 homers the past three seasons.
explain to me why they cant sign him if the price is right… sure he wants playing time…. but melky isnt gaurenteed pt nor is hayward im sure there is a way he would get his field time as well as his ab’s as long as his price is right. and if the days keep going by why wouldnt picking him up for cheep and a limited contract he could be perfect as the outfielder we are all looking for.
as long as you sign him what is the difference? not like the rest of the league doesnt lie to the players they sign! i still think hes perfect… lies are business!
joerochester
January 5th, 2010
9:51 pm
Let’s just hope the Braves draft Tebow.
unbelievable
January 5th, 2010
9:51 pm
I hope Glaus and Saito earn all their incentives.