MLB 2025 Season

eeriepadave wrote:

imalive wrote:

Madson - ruh-roh :?

just read that :( i liked him, hope he recovers quickly

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-reds-madson

yeah...phils dodged a bullet there.

gotta feel for the guy though. he was hoping for a long term deal...had to settle for a one year deal and was hoping to parlay that into long one next year. now, not.

Monster Rain wrote:

This can't be good for the ego.



http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/ ... o-end-now/

imalive wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:

This can't be good for the ego.



http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/ ... o-end-now/

#91 is always a tip-off

Turns out #91 is one of their top hitting prospects and his name is Oscar Taveras. He hit .386 with 8 HR and 62 RBI in 308 AB in A-ball as a 19-year old. I'm just relieved to know that the Guy family didn't just have really low expectations when they named their son.

imalive wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:

Magglio Ordonez tweeted that he's close to retirement. I guess he finally realized he wasn't getting a major league contract from anyone.

wow! is he a FA?

he was a stud for a while.

Yeah, his deal ran out after last season. I'm not sure why he thought he'd get anything better than a minor league deal. He's 38, played in just 92 games last year and 84 games the year before due to injuries, nad hit .255 with 5 HR and a .331 SLG% last year. Those 5 HRs work out to a HR every 65.8 AB. HIs last season with more than 12 HR was 2008. He was still able to hit alright in 2009 and 2010 but his power doesn't really exist anymore and if he can't stay healthy enough to play the field nobody is going to guarantee a contract for an aging DH with no power coming off consecutive injury-shortened seasons. Some guys are really delusional, I guess. At least he's walking away rather than hanging around and bitching about his role after his numbers declined, though (like Bobby Abreu is doing with the Angels).

Norm, I thought you were kidding. Well, hunh.

Okay, so when do we get to burn McCourt in effigy? Or maybe not just in effigy?

norm wrote:

oh it's official (mlb still has to give final approval)

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/ ... la&c_id=la


and sadly, we will not be completely rid of mccourt...he will be a minority owner of the parking lots :evil:

but don't feel bad for the asshole...he's walking away with a billion dollars :roll: :roll:

State of the art parking lots?

norm wrote:

magic johnson just bought the dodgers for 2 billion dollars


mccourt's last act as owner was a good one


holy fucking shit!!

Incredible dude. 2.15 billion dollars! That's a lot of money. Good news for you, and baseball in general.

Oh, and, it's officially baseball season.

norm wrote:

magic johnson just bought the dodgers for 2 billion dollars


mccourt's last act as owner was a good one


holy fucking shit!!

that's pretty awesome.