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Josh Hamilton market update - 3 years $60-75 million

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I agree with you, but I'm not sure why. There was no way he was coming here.

And I, for one, am happy he isn't. But people will whine and insist that we are doomed, just like they do every time a big name, overpriced player goes elsewhere. Meanwhile, we made the playoffs with a team that almost everyone insisted was doomed in December last year.

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MurphDogg Hangout Grand Counsel

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Keep the attacks coming!!

I think it is hilarious that you all think there are only THREE people on this board that agree with us.

Now THAT is a funny!!

Keep thinking we are "the lone stragglers" who isn't happy with the owner.

Nothing could be further from the truth, but keep living in your little delusional world where the majority is happy with this team after last year.

Based on the link to the poll where posters stated their max offer to Hamilton, of 143 members, only Decap, lookinup, and NJOriolesFan would have offered more than 5/$125 million to Hamilton. Three other posters would have offered $1 more than the next highest team, and didn't say what their max years would have been. So 6 out of 143 posters thought we should have offered Hamilton more money. You are in the majority.

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The sad, very disturbing thing is you are actually serious.

I think you need to separate two ideas here. It is possible to be happy with the team while realize need for improvement. This team won 93 games and made the playoffs, that was something to be happy about. It is also possible to see that we need to improve on a few things to avoid regressing.

One thing I don't get, is this idea that those who are happy about the team's success last year are looked at as delusional. I'm not referring you your post in particular, mind you, but numerous that I have seen. My absolute favorite post is "let's be realistic, the 2012 Orioles were an 82 win team." No, they won 93 games. That REALLY happened. Back-of-the-napkin math, which is all pythag really is, is a nice thing to look at for discussion, but it isn't being any more "realistic" and saying that this team won 93 games last year is in no way being "delusional."

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This, ladies and gentleman, is one of the reason why people with under 500 posts make posts about how they get no respect from people that have been here, because at some point somebody in the same boat gave all of them a bad name by making posts like these, and consequently, some people become skeptical of them from there on out.

Hamilton wasn't coming here, the Orioles would have been stupid to give him five years and bid against themselves. Need is not an excuse to act stupid.

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Based on the link to the poll where posters stated their max offer to Hamilton, of 143 members, only Decap, lookinup, and NJOriolesFan would have offered more than 5/$125 million to Hamilton. Three other posters would have offered $1 more than the next highest team, and didn't say what their max years would have been. So 6 out of 143 posters thought we should have offered Hamilton more money. You are in the majority.

Did the Orioles even make an offer? If not, thats pointless. I said all along i'd go 5/125, if more then pass. I'm more upset that we never had an interest. If it comes out we we're in it until the end, fine. If no interest was even shown, that's where my problem is. You still can't say for sure, that Hamilton would have turned down a 4/100 + a 25M option, if it was made at the winter meetings. Especially with Texas and Seattle only willing to go 3/4 in the 15/20M per year range. Unless the Angels had a handshake type deal with Hamilton's agent, in the possibility they lost out on Grienke. Who knows. It's all moot now.

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