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BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,458 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I just read on espn.com that the Orioles signed Danys Baez to a three year contract worth $19 million ($6.33 million a year). If true, this is amazing. Baez posted a 4.53 ERA in the NL last year. Granted, he had success in the AL in 2005, but six million dollars worth of success for an average or maybe above average set-up guy? No doubt, competition by Boston and both NY teams drove the Orioles to the exhorbitant figure. Just my opinion, maybe someone else thinks the O's got a bargain?
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    softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,271 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Danny Baez has not been even the smallest whisper in any Yankee rumors. Perhaps the O's are just plain stupid? It would fit the bill under Angelos ......

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    stevekstevek Posts: 27,727 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And why not...the good ol' fans will just keep paying for it, right? Well, one of these days the fans will not want to pay for it any longer.
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    stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>And why not...the good ol' fans will just keep paying for it, right? Well, one of these days the fans will not want to pay for it any longer. >>



    Yup and until then, here's to spending more than the next guy image

    Cheers!

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    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
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    stevekstevek Posts: 27,727 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here's to $5 warm beers.

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    BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,458 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Here's to $5 warm beers.

    image >>



    That's cheap for MLB!
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    AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    People continue to insist this shows 'health' for MLB.

    I disagree.

    I see it as yet another sign MLB is in dire trouble...teams continuing to spend at breakneck and reckless ends is a troubling sign.

    I love basbeall - always been my favorite sport, but it's in deep, deep trouble. I can honestly see in the next 10 years or so a good number (10 or so) teams having to fold.
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    ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 12,538 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Here's to $5 warm beers.

    image >>



    That's cheap for MLB! >>



    Once we find out what the Sox pony up for JD Drew, make that $10 warm beers! image
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    ctsoxfanctsoxfan Posts: 6,246 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Here's to $5 warm beers.

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    That's cheap for MLB! >>



    Once we find out what the Sox pony up for JD Drew, make that $10 warm beers! image >>



    Drew is asking for $14 million a year, probably 4 years, and I hear the Sox are going to give him close to that.
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    WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    So, where are all the 'we need a cap' guys now?

    10 teams folding in 10 years? I think not.


    Steve
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    stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>So, where are all the 'we need a cap' guys now?

    10 teams folding in 10 years? I think not.


    Steve >>



    I'm fine with 10 teams folding. If a city can't support a team (ie Marlins) or the Owner is too cheap (TB), they don't deserve a team image
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    IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,738 ✭✭✭
    I think there are too many teams in MLB. The talent pool doesn't support this many teams, only thing keeping some of them going is revenue sharing.
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    WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    I think so too. But 10?

    1/3 of the league? the talent is out there. don't think it is not. do you want all 2-1 games?

    Steve
    Good for you.
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    AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    People really want 1/3 of the teams to fold up?

    I don't.

    But as long as people think that the sport is 'healthy' and they turn their back on a cap, then that is the path we are on.

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    hobart4281hobart4281 Posts: 376 ✭


    << <i>I think there are too many teams in MLB. The talent pool doesn't support this many teams, only thing keeping some of them going is revenue sharing. >>



    Stole my thunder..........I quit following the game several years ago when the talent level dropped and the salaries kept climbing. I have not been to a Reds game since they move into Great American. (Ticket prices+concessions+traffic+parking)+diluted talent=not a good value. If I want to catch a game I swing over to 5/3 Field and catch the Class A Dragons. Prices aren't too hateful and the games are fun to watch.
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