Now we can move on from Fielder

[.500_OR_BETTER]

It's amazing that in this day and age teams are giving out contracts they absolutely know they will live to regret or be saddled with for the second half of the contract.

They need to have player contracts not 100% gauranteed!

[Austin]

That's just stupid...

Which part?

[jincargo]

Yeah, LOL at the Tigers putting themselves in a position to win. Yeah. LOL. Wheeee.

[TiredofLosing20]

I kinda hope it is 9 years... I am pretty sure 99.9% of this board will agree with not going that long (assuming the money is $180+)

Ok... 9yr/$214.. Whose on board?

[NewMarketSean]

Thank you thank you thank you for not going to the Nats. That would have hurt.

No, that would have been awesome.

....And Detroit is back in a recession again!

[atomic]

Despite the fact that several posters here live in a fantasy world' date=' the Orioles were NEVER in contention to sign Prince Fielder. But come next year, there will be numerous threads, started by the same people, about how the Orioles are on the verge of signing the biggest name on the FA market, whoever that may be. It's become an annual event, just like last place finishes.[/quote']

Why do we even follow the team? Perhaps we should become yankees, red sox, or maybe tigers fans.

[sakata_catching]

Thank god it's over.

[Jagwar]

That's just stupid...

I literally was about to post those exact words.

[apollod]

214m over 9 years.. ridiculous

[VeveJones007]

Yeah, LOL at the Tigers putting themselves in a position to win. Yeah. LOL. Wheeee.

You don't think 9 years is absurd? Someone will start a poll pretty soon and you'll see that you're in an extreme minority.

[JTrea81]

Which part?

Both. Cabrera is a lousy defender at 3B.

[Austin]

Why do we even follow the team? Perhaps we should become yankees, red sox, or maybe tigers fans.

You are more than welcome to switch allegiances any time you want.

[Capn Vivi]

That is a really horrible contract. Wow. I love Prince but Wow.

We can all collectively breathe a sigh of relief.

[Kinvan]

How do you feel? Should the O's have topped that?

Absolutely not. It would have crippled our already broken franchise.

[clapdiddy]

Thanks to DD for NOT topping that offer.