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Which wild card front office do you most believe in?  

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  1. 1. Which wild card front office do you most believe in?

    • Houston Astros (led by Jeff Luhnow)
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    • New York Yankees (led by Brian Cashman)
      4
    • Chicago Cubs (led by Theo & Jed)
      68
    • Pittsburgh Pirates (led by Neal Huntington)
      15

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Jeff Fletcher's actual article on Hamilton-gate is worth reading: http://www.ocregister.com/angels/rangers-659718-hamilton-tuesday.html

 

He also has a reaction piece from the Angel's clubhouse: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/josh-659781-lack-mike.html

 

And finally, how Huston Street might be the recipient of the Hamilton savings: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/huston-659787-josh-notes.html

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how much salary do the angels have to eat??

 

I edited my original post to add an article that addressed that indirectly. It says they have cleared 20 million off the books for the next three years, that leaves them on the hook for 63 million.

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o2cui2i

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I edited my original post to add an article that addressed that indirectly. It says they have cleared 20 million off the books for the next three years, that leaves them on the hook for 63 million.

 

almost everyone on the planet knew that was a really bad deal. Glad it wasn't us!!

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almost everyone on the planet knew that was a really bad deal. Glad it wasn't us!!

 

It was a bad deal for everyone involved and I don't have a problem with Hamilton wiggling his way out of it. You only have one career, only one life to live, why force yourself to live with your mistake and be miserable? He wasn't contributing anyways. He might not contribute much in Texas either but at least he'll be where he's comfortable. I wouldn't have thrown the ex-wife unde the bus though. I mean I know where he's coming from. I have deep regrets over times in my life where I went against my gut and listened to my ex-wife but that's not her fault, that's all on me.

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o2cui2i

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It was a bad deal for everyone involved and I don't have a problem with Hamilton wiggling his way out of it. You only have one career, only one life to live, why force yourself to live with your mistake and be miserable? He wasn't contributing anyways. He might not contribute much in Texas either but at least he'll be where he's comfortable. I wouldn't have thrown the ex-wife unde the bus though. I mean I know where he's coming from. I have deep regrets over times in my life where I went against my gut and listened to my ex-wife but that's not her fault, that's all on me.

 

You can't blame a player for a team giving him too much money... lol

 

Angels and Dodgers have spent some insane money the last couple of years. Mariners have followed.

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You can't blame a player for a team giving him too much money... lol

 

Angels and Dodgers have spent some insane money the last couple of years. Mariners have followed.

 

 

You can't blame him for the money he got.. but you can blame him for not really fulfilling his end of the contract, which was to be playing baseball and taking care of himself. If he was a Blue Jay imagine the outrage. It would make Ricky Romero's wasted $ look like a little league contract.

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I say it again (all sports) Baseball should eliminate to No trade clause in contracts. With a option that a player can summit a list but he has to pay 100,000 per team selected on his list up to five , then doubles for next Five and so on for every year that contact is in place. The list is the list and can not be changed during the duration of the contact. Player can waive his right to be traded to a team on the list but still pays the penalty.The money is pooled into a fund. Then the teams on that list recieving a payout from those funds.
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I say it again (all sports) Baseball should eliminate to No trade clause in contracts. With a option that a player can summit a list but he has to pay 100,000 per team selected on his list up to five , then doubles for next Five and so on for every year that contact is in place. The list is the list and can not be changed during the duration of the contact. Player can waive his right to be traded to a team on the list but still pays the penalty.The money is pooled into a fund. Then the teams on that list recieving a payout from those funds.

 

 

That's bonkers.

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I say it again (all sports) Baseball should eliminate to No trade clause in contracts. With a option that a player can summit a list but he has to pay 100,000 per team selected on his list up to five , then doubles for next Five and so on for every year that contact is in place. The list is the list and can not be changed during the duration of the contact. Player can waive his right to be traded to a team on the list but still pays the penalty.The money is pooled into a fund. Then the teams on that list recieving a payout from those funds.

 

Whatever happened to your exclamation points after each sentence? ;[

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o2cui2i

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Manuel Margot struck out. Took 70 plate appearances. :(

 

nice start... too bad he's in the wrong farm system. lol

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Mayshit to Pacman

FLOYD: "I want drug-testing!"

MANNY: "Okay."

FLOYD: "You use this gloves!"

MANNY: "Okay."

FLOYD: "I want the date May 2!"

MANNY: "Okay."

FLOYD: "I want the fight at the MGM!"

MANNY: "Okay."

FLOYD: "It's going to be 60-40 in my favor!"

MANNY: "Okay."

FLOYD: "If I lose, there will be a rematch!"

MANNY: "Okay."

FLOYD: "If you lose, no rematch."

MANNY: "Okay."

FLOYD: "The fight will be in this weight."

MANNY: "Okay."

FLOYD: "I want the referee to be my countryman - an American."

MANNY: "Okay."

FLOYD: "I will be the one to make the announcement that our fight is on!"

MANNY: "Okay."

-----------------------

FRIEND: "Hey, Manny. You gave in to all his demands. Are you crazy?"

MANNY: "That's how we treat everyone in our Death Row. We give all they want before the execution."

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Mayshit to Pacman

 

fight starts about 6am my time, my buddy and I are really looking forward to this. He's a former Brittish boxer and his old trainer partner has two fighters on the early cards. It could be the fight of the decade. Boxing needs this fight to be good. Boxing is dying and if this is a s***** fight MMA will bury them.

o2cui2i Vancouver Canadians

o2cui2i

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"Around Baseball"

 

Mayweather will look like he's been beat with a bat after the fight, close enough.

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fight starts about 6am my time, my buddy and I are really looking forward to this. He's a former Brittish boxer and his old trainer partner has two fighters on the early cards. It could be the fight of the decade. Boxing needs this fight to be good. Boxing is dying and if this is a s***** fight MMA will bury them.

 

Mayshit is 36 and Pacman is 35..... it will be a s*** fight bro.

Im pacman fan, but this fight is just a s*** show.

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KingKat

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I wanted to watch the fight until I learned what a piece of s*** Mayweather is and now I don't care other than hoping he somehow loses.
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And next, reports come out that Stroman is dead in a car crash

 

 

Yeah when I saw the original twitter pic I was very, very worried. Stroman seems like the kind of guy to overspeed.

 

I'm also worried that he may be too aggressive @ Duke with the girls and he'll be labeled a rapist :(

o2cui2i Vancouver Canadians

o2cui2i

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Mayshit is 36 and Pacman is 35..... it will be a s*** fight bro.

Im pacman fan, but this fight is just a s*** show.

 

Pacman has been after this fight for years. Mayweather refused to fight him. It might be 2 years too late, but it will still be a great fight. closest ranked top fighters to be matched up for a long time. Most fights are so lopsided that they are irrelevant. this SHOULD be a great fight.

 

Pac is an offensive fighter and May is a counter puncher.... should be great

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And next, reports come out that Stroman is dead in a car crash

 

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If you got banned over this, I would not join the chorus to have you freed. It's in terrible taste to say the least.

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