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Too much bashing of capitalism on this site. Tex was offered a lot of money by a good team that he said was always his first choice. There is nothing wrong with baseball. There is something wrong with our organization. We throw around confederate money and stupid offers and expect top tier free agents to take it. THATS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! If you are one of the best players in baseball you get paid like one of the best players in baseball. Angelos was not prepared to pay Tex like one of the best players. He will see the results though. He will see less than 3,000 people at games and OPACY taken over by Sox and Yanks fans. The Yankees made a smart baseball decision! The system isn't broke. They still might finish third next year.

A couple of other quick points....

1. I do believe that Belkast's info that he was given was correct to him. But, if what people say is true (that his source is close to Angelos) than I think he was used to make it look like we tried. I respect the insiders for giving us their opinions, becuase it is fun to read.

2. Time to trade B-Rob for whatever. Unless that whatever ist better than two picks. Its clear that we are going to lose probably 100 games next year and he definitely wont want to resign with us after that.

3. Go Orioles!

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So much energy of so many on this forum went into hoping for Tex that his going to the Yankees lets a lot of air out. But was a weak offense really the O's problem last year? Admitedly, Huff is up and down, but his numbers at first base/dh were almost as good as Tex's last year. Weiters, Jones and Markakis could contribute more offensively this year. It was the pitching that lost game after game. Maybe it makes a lot more sense to put the $ there. I have to agree with AM that matching the Yankees could hurt the team in the big picture.

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