MLB Hot Stove Edition

[phanan]

I think Manny is just too much of a goofball to bother with steroids. I wouldn't be surprised if he's been clean the whole time.

I don't know, I just get that feeling about him.

 

[speedracer]

Dodgers have offered Manny 1/$25MM for 2009 + 1/$20MM player-only option for 2010. I really can't see how he can turn this down right now, but who knows.

 

[Hewson]

Boras has another team out there willing to go 4 yrs/$100MM

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Boras has another team out there willing to go 4 yrs/$100MM

i'd be surprised if he has a team willing to give that much this late in the game.

i think he's trying to milk the dodgers.

if i were a contender i'd try and swoop in with a ridiculous 1 year 30 million dollar deal and plug him into my lineup in a heartbeat.

 

[No spoken words]

I think Manny is just too much of a goofball to bother with steroids. I wouldn't be surprised if he's been clean the whole time.

I don't know, I just get that feeling about him.

I agree. I'd be shocked if he ever took anything.

And, also agreed with Headache on just how confounding it is that he's not wearing someone's uniform yet.

 

[Hewson]

i'd be surprised if he has a team willing to give that much this late in the game.

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Its the standard Boras negotiating ploy known as "mystery team".

 

[Hewson]

I agree. I'd be shocked if he ever took anything.

And, also agreed with Headache on just how confounding it is that he's not wearing someone's uniform yet.

Proper stroid use would seem to require far too much regimented discipline for Manuel Estrades Raimrez.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Its the standard Boras negotiating ploy known as "mystery team".

i believe the mystery team is the long island ducks.

 

[DaveC]

Manny Ramirez is a fuckwad.

 

[Hewson]

Perhaps the LI Ducks offer is just that much better than the Dodgers' $45MM over 2 years.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i honestly think boras is holding out hope that one of the two new york teams jumps in last second and will go back to the dodgers in a week or so if that doesn't happen.

in all honesty manny doesn't need to sign with anyone until after the WBC... it's a loophole this year. many teams will be without their stars until the WBC is over, so manny can just work out with the DR team and come in to camp right after it with whomever he signs with and not miss a beat.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I wonder what Manny Ramirez thinks of the new U2 album.

 

[CTU2fan]

I wonder how many teams called on Manny, with at least semi-legit offers. All I've heard was Dodgers, Giants, and a bit of Nats talk that I don't think was ever confirmed. And I half-think Boras made up the Giants stuff.

I wonder what Manny Ramirez thinks of the new U2 album.

I heard he digs the music but says Thom Yorke has a girlie voice.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

and he hates boots.

 

[Dalton]

Dontrelle Willis and I are done professionally.

That is all.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Manny has signed with the Dodgers for 2 years 45 mill.

And in other news, one of the guys in the hunt for our starting 2nd base job looks like he's about 12 years old. So we'll see how that works out.

 

[MrPryck2U]

Dodgers have offered Manny 1/$25MM for 2009 + 1/$20MM player-only option for 2010. I really can't see how he can turn this down right now, but who knows.

Good call! He didn't turn it down. I'm glad Manny stayed put in the NL West.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i'd just like to state that manny is no longer a free agent.

i'd also like to state that the only reason why manny isn't a met right now is bernie madoff.

fucking ponzi schemes :shakesangryfist:

 

[DaveC]

i'd also like to state that the only reason why manny isn't a met right now is bernie madoff.

Or maybe it's the fact that he's a total ass clown.

ETA: Actually no, on second thought that probably increased his chances of joining the Mets. He'd fit right in.

 

[MrPryck2U]

Well, America's favorite whipping boy (A-Rod) will be out 6-8 weeks due to surgery to remove a cyst.

 

[phanan]

10 weeks I heard.

 

[MrPryck2U]

According to Newsday, its 6-8 weeks.

But, I saw over at Yahoo that it could possibly be 10. Either way, it sucks. He's one of the Yanks best players.

 

[Hewson]

Well, America's favorite whipping boy (A-Rod) will be out 6-8 weeks due to surgery to remove a cyst.

Remove a cyst is code for "allow steroids and HGH to exit the system before getting detected by MLB".

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Or maybe it's the fact that he's a total ass clown.

ETA: Actually no, on second thought that probably increased his chances of joining the Mets. He'd fit right in.

har har har.

i'd take manny on my team for a 1 to 2 year contract in a heart beat.

how do your toronto blue jays look this year?

 

[DaveC]

Since when do I give a shit about the Blue Jays?

 

[phillyfan26]

They are your local team, I suppose.

 

[DaveC]

It makes no sense to me when people tell me I should support Toronto teams because they are my "local" team (this goes for the Jays and Raptors). Halifax and Toronto are as far apart as New Jersey and Chicago.

If anything, Boston teams are my "local" teams, and you would have to hold a butterfly knife to my ball sack before I would support the Patriots, Bruins, or Red Sox.

 

[phillyfan26]

Of course they're that far away, most of Canada contains absolutely nothing. That's why Canada fails, and is going to get its ass invaded.

 

[Dalton]

No one cares about Canada. Canadians don't even care about Canada. That's why they spend so much time talking about America.

 

[Hewson]

If anything, Boston teams are my "local" teams, and you would have to hold a butterfly knife to my ball sack before I would support the Patriots, Bruins, or Red Sox.

So we can thus deduce that you are a Celtics fan.