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12-02-2006 01:54 PM #1
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12-02-2006 01:56 PM #2
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Horrible! Horrible! Horrible! Horrible!
When will this team learn???
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12-02-2006 01:58 PM #3
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why can't we acquire someone a little younger...I think with this offer we are looking more towards a stop gap, rather than trying to trade for a centerpiece.
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12-02-2006 01:58 PM #4
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All I have to say is:
UGH!
Please let him go to the Dodgers.
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12-02-2006 02:01 PM #5
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I mean seriously, do the Orioles actually look at stats and age?
He has been on a decline for 4 years in a row and is approaching 40 years old...Do they think he will start hitting well again?
I can't wait to hear the good ship lollypop spin this one.
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12-02-2006 02:02 PM #6
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There isn't a centerpiece being shopped around. I am glad this team isn't going to opening day with a Newhan/Fahey platoon.
Originally Posted by shroombal
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12-02-2006 02:04 PM #7
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You know what the kicker will be? We'll sign him to a two year deal! Originally Posted by Sports Guy
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12-02-2006 02:05 PM #8
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True... about any LF option on the market would be better than Newhan/Fahey. Gonzalez, though should be the lowest option on the totem pole. Originally Posted by TyCobb
I don't mind a one-year pact with Gonzalez, but there are several options I would pursue before signing him, let alone offering him a contract: Jose Guillen, Craig Wilson, even Cliff Floyd.
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12-02-2006 02:06 PM #9
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They probably won't get him but I think he'd be a fine stopgap for one year before they make their runs at Wells, A. Jones and Hunter.
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12-02-2006 02:06 PM #10
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All you guys are looking at is his age.
Why don't we look at other stuff about him?
Gonzo hit 52 doubles last year; He had 69 walks last year compared to 58 strikeouts; He also played 150 plus games and he has done that three of his last four years.
He might be old, but comparing him to a Jeff Conine or B.J Surhoff signing is extremely foolish.
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12-02-2006 02:07 PM #11
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I'm sorry....but I'm waiting for the punch line to this joke! Originally Posted by vab
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12-02-2006 02:08 PM #12
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This I agree with... shoot I say sign him - if those options I mentioned before don't pan out - to a two-year deal. Let him play LF in 2007 and DH in 2008. Originally Posted by kidpoker88
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12-02-2006 02:08 PM #13
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This is a joke, right? Originally Posted by vab
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12-02-2006 02:08 PM #14
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Exactly. THere is no doubt he is declining and I doubt the FO thinks he is going to get any better. Even with his decline he is still going to be a .350 OBP guy with gap power. Originally Posted by kidpoker88
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12-02-2006 02:08 PM #15
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Scott Boras (at least in Jones's case). Originally Posted by clapdiddy
I'm sorry....but I'm waiting for the punch line to this joke!
Isn't that a funny joke?
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