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If they pass on Hamilton ...I'm certain the guys that would want us to avoid Josh would be happy when they sign Jason Bay instead :laughlol:

IF Hamilton gets 8/200 mil, then good for him, and I can understand the O's losing out. If he gets 5/125 or even 6/150, i'll need more convincing it was a good move not to sign him. Personally, Id rather go 4/130 then 5/125. But, if the extra year is more important to Josh, then that wouldnt be a deal breaker for me.

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IF Hamilton gets 8/200 mil, then good for him, and I can understand the O's losing out. If he gets 5/125 or even 6/150, i'll need more convincing it was a good move not to sign him. Personally, Id rather go 4/130 then 5/125. But, if the extra year is more important to Josh, then that wouldnt be a deal breaker for me.

This is how I feel. Alot of mine and Johnnys argument has been based on what we think he is going to get. If the O's do not get Hamilton, I will express whether I am happy or irritated based off of what his contract is. I am basing my opinion that I do not want him off of the fact that I think he gets paid.

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IF Hamilton gets 8/200 mil, then good for him, and I can understand the O's losing out. If he gets 5/125 or even 6/150, i'll need more convincing it was a good move not to sign him. Personally, Id rather go 4/130 then 5/125. But, if the extra year is more important to Josh, then that wouldnt be a deal breaker for me.

You would rather pay $130 million for four years than $125 million for five? How does that math work? I don't think you would need to worry about whether 5/125 would be a deal-breaker given those 2 choices.

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I just think its odd, that up until 2012, Hamilton was made out to be a great guy, and an inspiration. Niw, hes looked at as a headache. I just think the timing, ironic. Maybe even a Texas ploy, to try and lower Hamiltons salary potential?

Exactly. I'm tired of people that are against giving anyone a big contract. Hamilton is a perfect fit. And if we sign him you can still cheer for the orioles. Billy Beane and Bill James aren't going to come throw you in a van and force you to watch old VHS tapes of the Montreal Expos and talk about what could've been if the strike didn't happen that year.

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IF Hamilton gets 8/200 mil, then good for him, and I can understand the O's losing out. If he gets 5/125 or even 6/150, i'll need more convincing it was a good move not to sign him. Personally, Id rather go 4/130 then 5/125. But, if the extra year is more important to Josh, then that wouldnt be a deal breaker for me.
This is how I feel. Alot of mine and Johnnys argument has been based on what we think he is going to get. If the O's do not get Hamilton, I will express whether I am happy or irritated based off of what his contract is. I am basing my opinion that I do not want him off of the fact that I think he gets paid.

Right, it's not like he isn't worth it if the terms are favorable. At 32 years old I think six years is too many and I'm a fan. I'd make a good offer at five years and see where that takes me.

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Never gonna happen.

And anyway, in my mind McLouth > Hamilton. I know that sounds kind of crazy, but Hamilton is suuuuch a headache and look how he performed in the playoffs. O's fans would get sick of his BS before August.

You mean the one game Texas played in the playoffs? Hamilton's past playoff performances have been all over the map and I wouldn't draw any conclusions from them. I'll trust the 3,151 regular season plate appearances over the 149 he has had in the postseason, anyway. I'd much rather have Hamilton if the money was right, though it probably won't be.

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You would rather pay $130 million for four years than $125 million for five? How does that math work? I don't think you would need to worry about whether 5/125 would be a deal-breaker given those 2 choices.
You see, Josh loves both baseball and the Orioles so much that he's willing to give back $5M if we agree to keeping him an extra season.
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Exactly. I'm tired of people that are against giving anyone a big contract. Hamilton is a perfect fit. And if we sign him you can still cheer for the orioles. Billy Beane and Bill James aren't going to come throw you in a van and force you to watch old VHS tapes of the Montreal Expos and talk about what could've been if the strike didn't happen that year.

No, he has risks, very significant risks. He's not a perfect fit with anyone, but there are teams with which he'd be an acceptable risk if the price is low enough. The O's might be one of those teams.

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A platoon of Mclouth and Reimold cannot be relied upon.. Both of them are huge question marks still.

Hamilton is 32 and has played 140+ games in a season twice, and has a well-documented list of high risk factors. He's far from reliable. Duquette is probably well-versed in cost-benefit analyses of various LF options including McLouth, Reimold, Hamilton, and others.

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Hamilton is 32 and has played 140+ games in a season twice, and has a well-documented list of high risk factors. He's far from reliable. Duquette is probably well-versed in cost-benefit analyses of various LF options including McLouth, Reimold, Hamilton, and others.

It's not as bad as people make it out to be. In 5 seasons he's averaged 129 games. Seems that the move the LF this past season did help keep him healthy as many projected.

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