***Official 2007-2008 MLB Offseason Thread***

[MikeyPatriot]

What?

[Triumph36]

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Also, my point was more in line with what Kyle said.

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$ only comes in when we're talking about what would be the best, most optimal deal. if they don't care... why should we as fans?

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if salaries are tied to ticket prices (and BP proved pretty effectively that they're not), then fans should care.

[Vyse]

i was talking about analyzation and stuff. LOL GOING TO BALLPARKS TO WATCH GAMES? That's a rip-off.

[MikeyPatriot]

They should probably just platoon the two

[slothinator]

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.230/.289/.406

.234/.284/.394

Which one is Richar, which one is Uribe?

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You realize one is an established 28 year old major leaguer with a track record of poor performances, and the other is 24 years with a good minor league record. And that one costs less than the other, and one has more potential/upside, etc...oh, and one has history of pistol whipping people and threatening to kill them.

I'm still surprised the White Sox did not go after Eckstein. Maybe they learned their lesson after the Erstad signing.

[Vyse]

Good minor league record? Where?

He has zero upside BTW

[MikeyPatriot]

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.230/.289/.406

.234/.284/.394

Which one is Richar, which one is Uribe?

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You realize one is an established 28 year old major leaguer with a track record of poor performances, and the other is 24 years with a good minor league record. And that one costs less than the other, and one has more potential/upside, etc...oh, and one has history of pistol whipping people and threatening to kill them.

I'm still surprised the White Sox did not go after Eckstein. Maybe they learned their lesson after the Erstad signing.

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Were you saying this to me?

[slothinator]

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Good minor league record? Where?

He has zero upside BTW

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Where? In the minor leagues obviously, you dumb ass:

2005 - .300, 20 HR
2006 - .292, only 8 HR, but a 52:77 BB:K ratio (showing improvement of a young hitter)
2007 - .305, 13 HR (before call up, 6 more HR after call up)

Richar has the tools to be a .280-.300 hitter with 20 HR pop. He won't K as much as Uribe, he'll draw more walks than Uribe, get more hits than Uribe, and hit the same number of HR. Now please tell me again that Richar has no upside as a replacement for that free swinging hack.

[slothinator]

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.230/.289/.406

.234/.284/.394

Which one is Richar, which one is Uribe?

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You realize one is an established 28 year old major leaguer with a track record of poor performances, and the other is 24 years with a good minor league record. And that one costs less than the other, and one has more potential/upside, etc...oh, and one has history of pistol whipping people and threatening to kill them.

I'm still surprised the White Sox did not go after Eckstein. Maybe they learned their lesson after the Erstad signing.

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Were you saying this to me?

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I thought you were saying there was no difference between the two players. Have I fallen victim to a level here?

[metsandfinsfan]

so 2 morans voted magglio over arod in the MVP race

if Detroit made the playoffs, i could see it .. but the fact that they didnt and Arod led the league in almost every offensive category .. wow