Heyman: Orioles current favorite to land Fielder

[Floater]

You might piss a lot of people off for a few seconds

[Camden_yardbird]

In our offense they could pitch around him. Even if you put Markakis in front of him and Jones behind him (or Wieters or whoever you think the other best bat is), if they truly feared him they would pitch around him.

We are a NL offense, we have a guaranteed out or two every time through the lineup and that won't change if Fielder is on the team.

We are not an NL offense, and yes Fielder would help the lineup. Do you mind telling me who the guaranteed out in the lineup is?

[TonySoprano]

You might piss a lot of people off for a few seconds

That would be my collective body of work, 14,000 posts and counting.

[weams]

That would be my collective body of work, 14,000 posts and counting.

Congrats on Four my friend. Collectively.

[Don Quixote]

So what if this is three months old? There are still one or two people who believe it.

Cheeky...+1.

[TonySoprano]

Congrats on Four my friend. Collectively.

I get by with a little help from my friends

[Pedro Cerrano]

Just cause...

[MikeAD]

We are not an NL offense, and yes Fielder would help the lineup. Do you mind telling me who the guaranteed out in the lineup is?

Jesus I have to defend something I said in September?

[Orioles4Life21]

So first I'm on the home page of the forum and it says under last post: Prince Fielder to Orioles..., and now this haha

[scOtt]

So what if this is three months old? There are still one or two people who believe it.

Instigator!

[BaltimoreTerp]

My popcorn is stale

[McNulty]

Is this the official thread where Trea claims he's going to quit after this offseason if they don't make significant improvements?

[REDMAN]

Anyone out there besides me who thinks that Heyman does side work for the agents of players?

[clapdiddy]

Anyone out there besides me who thinks that Heyman does side work for the agents of players?

Specifically, Boras!

[TGO]

Anyone out there besides me who thinks that Heyman does side work for the agents of players?

Oh he absolutely does, though I don't know if you could call it side work. They use him and he prints it and gets page hits. As long as he doesn't cross a line of ridiculousness that would cause sources on the team side not to talk to him, he's golden. It's a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship.

There's also a section in Moneyball IIRC with Beane talking about how he believes some other GMs use some of the reporters to negotiate trades through the press. I think it was Gammons he was talking about in that situation but that was back when he was more active.