Teixeira Watch: Part VIII- Decisions, Decisions

[hatepaste]

Did someone even say for sure that this announcement would be coming at 3?

Nah, the 20 year old kid from Sun board said by 3 o'clock an announcement is coming. It's more a joke than anything else.

[jcroemer]

The Angels just announced they re-inked Rivera and plan to pursue Manny should Tex go elsewhere

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/wires/12/19/2010.ap.bba.angels.rivera.0186/

[DiehardO's]

Did someone even say for sure that this announcement would be coming at 3?

Im pretty sure someone just threw out there 3 and a couple people ran with it, I dont think we have any actual reason to think there will be an announcement at 3

[Lester Freamon]

FWIW... my guy just said there is no talk of a Tex deal with the O's and still feels like he'll be a Red Sox.

Wow. I know this has been discussed a ton, but I still can't believe how different bigbird and Belkast's sources are.

[Mackus]

As does the rest of the national media...

Bigbird's guy isn't part of the national media.

[ejf1025]

Well...if he did give us the chance to match the best offers, then I may retract a bit. But, again, he still held out for the most money. If his biggest goal was to be playing for the Orioles, he could have accepted the 7/150 offer.

I think the only factor in our favor is that we may get the "last chance" to sign him. While I can certainly not begrudge him in getting every last nickel that he can, if he TRULY just wanted to be an Oriole, this negotiation would be done. He could have had Boras make the calls, get an idea of his worth to other teams, and told the Orioles that he wants what Team X is offering, and this would be done.

Maybe he has...offers keep changing.

You act like he's not allowed to drive his price up. Even if you only want to go to one place, you dont just walk in and say "give me this and I'm yours."

[clapdiddy]

I still have the feeling that Tex will be playing baseball with the Angels next season.

[UMDTerrapins]

I'm not falling for this. We won't have a decision today.

[DesertO]

I still have the feeling that Tex will be playing baseball with the Angels next season.

100% agree unless the wife is adamant about playing and being close to the East Coast.

[LeeMay]

If Tex goes elsewhere I'll be interested in seeing what kind of damage control the FO will put out into the media.

[McLovin]

Wow. I know this has been discussed a ton, but I still can't believe how different bigbird and Belkast's sources are.

And isn't it funny how people run for 130 pages with Belkast's posts, and bigbird's posts are grumbled about and quickly forgotten.

People believe what they want to hear...

[jcroemer]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3782150

An ESPN story about the signing of Rivera and how it means the Angels will not pursue Manny...

[Sports Guy]

All BB said was there was "no talk of a deal with the O's". Has there ever been?? I'm taking this particular piece of information with a BOWL of salt. No offense, BB!

BB has the most accurate Orioles source on this site and its not particularly close.

[WebLink21]

A poster said that Tex is an Oriole and it will be made public in about an hour. Probably BS, but you never know.

Why is this BS, but anything from the insiders on here can bring this site to a crashing halt?

[ejf1025]

As it should. But frankly, if I were Mark Teixeira I would be inclined against signing with the Orioles because of all the passion O's fans have for him. If he slumps or gets injured and has a slow recovery, the passion for him is likely to turn against him with a much greater vengeance than it would if he signed with a team which just regarded him as another player and didn't pay him more than twice as much as anyone else on their team.

This is also bs...

Baltimore as a whole has a huge Napoleon complex...they'll always hold him in esteem for choosing his home instead of Boston/Yankee money.

We just don't boo our guys unless it gets desperate...let alone hometown guys.