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The Rick Hangout Grand Counsel

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Let me preface my take by saying this: I am all for Huff at 1B, Scott/Reimold/Montanez at DH and LF.

Richie Sexson is not a bad signing.

Will he suck: probably

Could he be lightening in a bottle: maybe

The guy has hit 40 HR before, was consistently in the 30's. This is just like the Pena situation. It's a risk, but what the hell do we have to lose?

Not necessarily, I see your point, but there is less upside with Sexson than there was with Pena.

Pena was 28 when he joined TB, and didn't play much the year before.

Sexson is 33 and hit 12 homers last year.

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ever since the drug-testing began, his numbers declined each year.

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How badly do the O's want to clinch last place? Do they really have to sign and play these types of players too?

No...actually, they don't. There are actually free agents...let me repeat that...FREE AGENTS...out on the market right now that are young enough to be here for a few years and ACTUALLY...get this...BE PRODUCTIVE.

Amazingly enough, they are young enough that we could have them when...*snicker*...we could be competitive again!

And the big key is...drum roll please...we have NO POSITION PROSPECTS THAT ARE READY TO FILL ANY OF THESE ROLES IN THE NEAR FUTURE! Let me rephrase that...we actually have one, but we won't give him a chance. Hello! Paging Mr. Reimold! There's a bus for Norfolk waiting in front of the hotel for you Mr. Reimold!

So, we'll wind up with a platoon of Sexson and Hinske at first, and Salazar probably just pulled up the Sun's website and said "I'm OPS'ing 1100 down here and they want to sign WHO??".

OK...now that my insane rant is over....where's my pitchfork? :mwahaha:

:drek::drek::drek:

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Not necessarily, I see your point, but there is less upside with Sexson than there was with Pena.

Pena was 28 when he joined TB, and didn't play much the year before.

Sexson is 33 and hit 12 homers last year.

That's true. Again, I'm not advocating Sex(t)son, but we should be taking risks on players that have shown promise before.

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Seriously...How can you look at the state of the franchise, see what we are lacking and say that Hinske, Sexson or Casey make more sense than playing Reimold every day?

There is no justification for that type of decision.

He's probably doing it just to piss you off. I know I would be doing that if I were in his shoes.

:D

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:cussing::cussing::cussing::cussing::cussing:

:angryfire::angryfire::angryfire:

:rolleyestf:

And people wonder why I give the Orioles organization such a hard time?

MSK

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He wouldn't be that bad.

I would take a chance on him.

For a one year deal. That is about it.

Why though? What's the point? Particularly for a one year deal?

Let's say he does have a big year. We catch the proverbial lighting in a bottle. So what? He's then 34 years old and too much of a risk to offer a long term contract in order to retain him. He goes somewhere else in 2010.

Meanwhile he pushes Huff to DH, keeps Scott in left and keeps us from giving Reimold a shot. What is the point here? We need to think long term!

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